pgstudies
Welcome to Stellenbosch University

Postgraduate Studies​​

      SCHOOL FOR DATA SCIENCE and
      computational thinking



​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​PROGRAMME OFFERING AND ASSOCIATED CLOSING DATES

As a postgraduate candidate, a maximum of three programmes is permitted upon application. P​lease ensure that you meet the minimum admission requirements for all your programmes of interest.

Your application for admission to a postgraduate degree programme will ONLY be processed once you have submitted a completed application form and uploaded all your supporting documents before the programme's closing date.

Thereafter, the Central Application Office will review your application and verify that your documentation is​ correct. Click he​re ​to view the presentation of academic qualifications and supporting documentation.​​​​​

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PROGRAMME OFFERING

​​Clicking on the ​hyperlinks within the table below ​enables you to view the programme's information.


closing dates​

 International      South Africa​​​

​​​​Programm​e​​
​​Contact​​ details
 ​Closing date
​​​Closing date 

​​Economic and Management scienc​es

BComHons (Mathematical Statistics: Focus on Data Science)
Prof Paul Mostert​
31 Oct 2024               31 Oct 2024

ENGINEERING

​PGDip in Engineering
(Industrial Engineering - 
Focus: Data Science)

Prof Andries Engelbrecht
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024

​MEng (Industrial Engineering)
(Focus: Data Science)
     Structured option
Prof Andries Engelbrecht
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024

​​MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIEN​​CES

MSc (Biostatistics)
Prof Taryn Young
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MSc (Clinical Epidemiology)
Prof Taryn Young
​​​31 Aug 2024
​​30 Sept 2024
MSc (Epidemiology)
Prof Taryn Young
​​​31 Aug 2024
30 Sept 2024
​PhD (Epidemiology)
Prof Taryn Young
​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025

SCIEN​​CE

BScHons (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology)
Prof Hugh Patterton
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024
BScHons (Computer Science)
- with a stream in Data Science
Department of Computer Science​​
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024
MSc (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence)​
​Dr Willie Brink
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024
PhD (Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology)​

Prof Hugh Patterton
​31 Mar 2025​
31 Mar 2025​​











Application Process