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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.​​​​

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 2025
​31 Oct 2025
PhD (Agronomy) ​
Agronomy
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
PhD (​Animal Science) ​
Animal Science
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
PhD (Conservation Ecology)​ 
​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
PhD (Entomology) ​
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025

31 Oct 2025
PhD (Food Science)
​​Food Science
14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
PhD (Genetics) ​
Genetics
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
​​PhD (Horticultural Science) 
Horticultural Science
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025​​
PhD (​Nematology​) ​

​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025

​​31 Oct 2025
PhD (​Oenology) 
​Viticulture and Oenology
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
​​​PhD (Plant Pathology) ​
Plant Pathology
14 Sept 2025
31 O​ct​ 2025​
PhD (Soil Science) ​
Soil Science
14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025​​​
​PhD (​Viticulture) ​
​​Viticulture and Oenology
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
PhD (​Wine Biotechnology) 
​Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology​

14 Sept 2025

31​ Oct 2025
PhD For (Forest Science)​
​Forestry and Wood Science
14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
PhD For (W​ood Product Science) 
​Forestry and Wood Science
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025


Doctor of Science programmes
DSc in Agricultural Economics and Management
Agricultural Economics​
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
DSc in Agronomy
Agronomy
​14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025​
DSc in Animal Production Systems
Animal Science
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025​
DSc in Entomology
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025​
DSc in Food Science 
Food Science
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
DSc in Genetics
Genetics
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
DSc in Horticultural Science
Horticultural Science
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
DSc in Nematology
​​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
Dsc in Oenology
Viticulture and Oenology
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
Dsc in Plant Pathology
Plant Pathology
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
Dsc in Soil Science
Soil Science
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
Dsc in Viticulture
Viticulture and Oenology
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
Dsc in Wine Biotechnology​
Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology​

​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025

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Doctoral programmes across faculties
​​PhD​ (Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology)

Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
​14 Sept 2025

31 Oct 2025


Application Process