Postgraduate Studies​​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​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​

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

CLOSING DATES​

​​​​​Programm​e​​	​​Department	​Closing date	​​​Clo​sing date
master's programmes​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Master'​s Degrees
​M​ in Social Work​	​Social Work	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Aug 2025
​Master of Urban and Regional Planning​	​Geography and Environmental Studies	​31 Aug 2025	​​31 Oct 2025
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Master of Arts (MA) ​​
MA (African Languages)​	​African Languages	​30 Nov 2025	​​30 Nov 2025
MA (​African Languages for Professional Contexts)	​African Languages	​Not offered for 2026-intake​
​MA (​Afrikaans and Dutch)	​Afrikaans and Dutch	31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025​
​MA (Ancient Cultures)	​Ancient Studies	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Ancient Languages)	​Ancient Studies	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Clinical Psychology)	​Psychology	​08 May 2025	​08 May 2025
​MA (Creative Writing)	​Afrikaans and Dutch	​31 Aug 2025	​​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Drama and Theatre Studies)​	​Drama	​31 Aug 2025	31 Oct 2025
​MA (English Studies) Thesis Coursework	​English	25 March 2026 30 Sept 2025	​25 March 2026 30 Sept 2025​
​MA (French)	​Modern Foreign Languages​	​​30 Nov 2025	​​30 Nov 2025
​MA (General Linguist​ics)	​General Linguistics	​30 Aug 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MA (Geographical Information Systems)	​Geography and Environmental Studies	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Geography and Environmental Studies)	​Geography and Environmental Studies	​​31 Aug 2025	​​31 Oct 2025
​MA (German)	​Modern Foreign Languages	​30 Nov 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MA (History)	​History	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Intercultural Communication)	​General Linguistics	​30 Aug 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MA (International Studies)	​Political Science	Not offered for 2026-intake
MA (Journalism)​	​Journalism	​30 Sept 2025	​30 Sept 2025
​MA (Lexicography)	​Afrikaans and Dutch	​​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Philosophy)	​Philosophy	​31 Aug 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MA (Political Science)	​Political Science	​30 Sept 2025	​​30 Sept 2025
​MA (Psychology)​	​Psychology	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (​Public Sociology and Anthropology)​	​Sociology and Social Anthropology	​31 Oct 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Second-language Studies)	​General Linguistics	​​30 Aug 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MA (Social Anthropology)	​Sociology and Social Anthropology	​31 Oct 2025	​​30 Nov 2025
​MA (Social Science Methods)	​Sociology and Social Anthropology	​Not offered for 2026-intake​​
​MA (Socio-Informatics)	​Information Science	​30 Sept 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Sociology)	​Sociology and Social Anthropology	​30 Sept 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MA (Technology for Language Learning)	​Modern Foreign Languages	​​Not offered for 2026-intake
​​MA (Translation)	​Afrikaans and Dutch	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Visual Arts)	​Visual Arts	31  Oct 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MA (Visual Arts: Art Education)	​Visual Arts	​31 Aug 2025​	30 Nov 2025
​MA (​Visual Studies)	​Visual Arts​	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025
Master of Music (MMus)
​MMus​	​Music	​31 Aug 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
​MPhil (Applied Ethics)​​	​Philosophy​	Not offered for 2026-intake
​MPhil (Decision-Making and Knowledge Dynamics)	​Information Science	Not offered for 2026-intake
​MPhil (Disaster Risk Science and Development [DRSD])​	​Research Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction [RADAR]	​​30 Oct 2025	28 Nov 2025
​​MPhil (Film Music)	​​Music	​​30 Sept 2025	​​30 Nov 2025
​MPhil (Information and Knowledge Management)	​Information Science	​​30 Sept 2025	​30 Nov 2025
​MPhil (Interdisciplinary Arts Studies)​	​Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation	​31 Oct 2025	​31 Oct 2025
​MPhil (​Monitoring and Evaluation)	​Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST]	​31 Aug 2025	​30 Sept 2025
​MPhil (Music Technology)	​Music	​30 Sept 2025	​​30 Nov 2025
​MPhil (Public Mental Health)	​Psychology	​​​31 Oct 2025	​​​31 Oct 2025
​MPhil (Science and Technology Studies)	​​Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST]​	​Not offered for 2026-intake
​MPhil (Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies)​ Coursework opti​on Research option​	​Sociology and Social Anthropology ​	​​Not offered for 2026-intake
​MPhil (Urban and Regional Science)​	Geography and Environmental Studies	​31 Aug 2025	​31 Oct 2025