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Welcome to Stellenbosch University

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​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.​​​​


PROGRAMME OFFERING

The following Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programmes consists of coursework and research and may be followed full-time over one year or part-time over two year.

​Subspecialty programmes offer specialists in Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology the opportunity to qualify as subspecialists in one of the various subspeciality fields within these disciplines.

General admission requirements to the MPhil ​subspecialty programmes are available h​ere and displayed in italics below.

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


CLOSING DATES​​

 International      South Africa​​​​

​​​​​Programm​e​​​
​​​Department
​Closing date
​​​Closing date 

master of philosophy programmes

MPhil (Addiction Psychiatry)
Psychiatry
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
​MPhil (Adult Critical Care)
Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
​31 Mar 2025              31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Cancer Science)
Global Health​
​31 Aug 2024
​​​​30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Cardiology)
Medicine
31 Mar 2025              31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Psychiatry
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Community Mental Health)
​​Psychiatry
​31 Aug 2024             30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Developmental Paediatrics)
Paediatrics and Child Health
31 Mar 2025              31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Emergency Medicine)
Family and Emergency Medicine
Not offered for 2025-intake
​MPhil (Endocrinology)
​Medicine
31 Mar 2025              31 Mar 2025
​MPhil (Family Medicine)
Family and Emergency Medicine
​30 Sept 2024
​30 Sept 2024
​MPhil (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
​​Medicine
​​31 Mar 2025              ​​31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Gynaecological Oncology)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
​​​​31 Mar 2025              ​​31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Haematology)
Medicine
​​31 Mar 2025              ​​31 Mar 2025​
MPhil (Health Professions Education)​
​Centre for Health Professions Education​
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
​MPhil (Health Systems)
Global Health​
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
​MPhil (Infant Mental Health)
​​Psychiatry
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MPhi​l (Infectious Diseases)​
​Infectious Diseases​
31 Mar 2025              31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Maternal and Fetal Medicine)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
​Not offered for 2025-intake
MPhil (Mindfulness)​
Psychiatry
​​31 Aug 2024
30 Sept 2024
​MPhil (Minimal Access
Gynaecological Surgery)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
​Not offered for 2025-intake 
MPhil (Neonatology)
Clinical Neonatology
31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Nephrology)
​​Medicine
31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025​​
​MPhil (Neuropsychiatry):
     Clinical Neuropsychiatry
     Old Age Psychiatry​
Psychiatry

​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Paediatric Cardiology)
​Paediatrics and Child Health
​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Paediatric Critical Care)​
Paediatrics and Child Health
31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Paediatric Endocrinology)​​
Paediatrics and Child Health
31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)​
Paediatrics and Child Health
Not offered for 2025-intake

Paediatrics and Child Health
​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025​​​​
MPhil (Paediatric Medical Oncology)​
Paediatrics and Child Health
​​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
Paediatrics and Child Health
31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
Paediatrics and Child Health
31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Paediatric Pulmonology)​
Paediatrics and Child Health
​​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
MPhil (Paediatric Rheumatology)​
Paediatrics and Child Health
​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025   ​
MPhil (Pulmonology)​
Medicine​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025
​MPhil (Reproductive Medicine)
​​Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Not offered for 2025-intake
MPhil (Rheumato​logy)​​
​Medicine​
​​​31 Mar 2025               31 Mar 2025







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