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

Some programmes are offered across two faculties. This implies that the programme will reside within the faculty of AgriSciences, but hosted by an associated department within another faculty.


​PROGRAMME OFFERING

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


CLOSING D​ATES

 International      South Africa​​​

​​​​Programm​​e​​​
​​Depart​​​ment
​Clos​ing date
​​​​​​Closing date 

doctoral programmes​

PhD (Agricultural Economics and Management)
Agricultural Economics​
14 Sept 2022
​31 Jan 2023
PhD (Agronomy) ​
Agronomy
31​ Mar 2023
31​ Mar 2023
PhD (​Animal Science) 
Animal Science
31​ Mar 2023
​31​ Mar 2023
PhD (Conservation Ecology) 
​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology
31​ Mar 2023​
31​ Mar 2023
PhD (Entomology) ​
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
31​ Mar 2023

​31​ Mar 2023
PhD (Food Science)
​​Food Science
31 Oct 2022
​30 Nov 2022
PhD (Genetics) ​
Genetics
​31​ Mar 2023
​31​ Mar 2023
​​PhD (Horticultural Science) 
Horticultural Science
30 Sept 2022
30 Sept 2022​​
PhD (​Nematology​) ​

​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology
31​ Mar 2023

​​31​ Mar 2023
PhD (​Oenology) 
​Viticulture and Oenology
31​ Mar 2023
31​ Mar 2023​​
​​​PhD (Plant Pathology) ​
Plant Pathology
01 Oc​t 2022
01 O​ct​ 2022
PhD (Soil Science) ​
Soil Science
31​ Mar 2023
​31​ Mar 2023​​​
​PhD (​Viticulture) ​
​​Viticulture and Oenology
31​ Mar 2023
31​ Mar 2023
PhD (​Wine Biotechnology) 
​Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology​

31​ Mar 2023

31​ Mar 2023
PhDFor (Forest Science)​
​Forestry and Wood Science
​31​ Mar 2023​​​​
​31​ Mar 2023​​​​
PhDFor (W​ood Product Science) 
​Forestry and Wood Science
31​ Mar 2023​​​​31​ Mar 2023
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Doctoral programmes in other faculties

​​SCIENCE​

​​PhD​ (Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology)

Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
31​ Mar 2023
31​ Mar 2023​

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Application Process