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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.​​​

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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​
​​​Department
​Closin​g date
​​​Closing date 

Postgraduate diploma programmes 

​ ​PGDip in Engineering 
(Civil Engineering)

Civil Engineering
​31 Oct 2025
​30 Nov 2025
​PGDip in Engineering 
(Electrical Engineering)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
​31 Oct 2025
​30 Nov 2025​
​PGDip in Engineering
(Industrial Engineering
)
​Industrial Engineering
31 Oct 2025
​31 Oct 2025
​PGDip​​ in Engineering 
(Mechanical Engineering)​

Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
​30 Sept 2025
​30 Sept 2025​​ 

master's programmes

Master of Engineering (MEng)

MEng (Chemical Engineering)​
     Research option
Chemical​ Engineering
31 Jan 2026
​31 Jan 2026​​
MEng (Chemical Engineering)​ (Focus: Data Analytics)​
   ​Structured option

Chemical​ Engineering
31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2025
MEng (Chemical Engineering)​
  (Focus: Sustainable Chemical  ​  Engineering)                           Structured option

Chemical​ Engineering

​31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2025​​
​MEng (Civil Engineering)
     Research option​
     Structured option
​Civil Engineering

31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2025

31 Jan 2026
31 Jan 2026​
​​MEng (​Electrical Engineering)
     Research option
     Structured option
​Electrical and Electronic Engineering


31 Jan 2026
31 Oct 2025

31 Jan 2026
31 Oct 2025​​​​​​
​MEng (Electronic Engineering)
     Research ​option
​Electrical and Electronic Engineering
​31 Jan 2026
31 Jan 2026
​MEng (Engineering Management)
     Research option
     Structured option​
Industrial Engineering

​30 Aug 2025​
31 Oct 2025

31 Oct 2025​
31 Oct 2025​​​
​MEng (Industrial Engineering)
     Research option
Industrial Engineering


30 Aug 2025

31 Oct 2025
MEng (Industrial Engineering)
(Focus Data Sciences)
    Structured option

Industrial Engineering


31 Oct 2025


31 Oct 2025
MEng (Industrial Engineering)
(Focus Logistics and Supply Chain Systems)

    Structured option
Industrial Engineering



31 Oct 2025



31 Oct 2025​
MEng (Mechanical Engineering)
     Research option
     Structured option​
Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
​​30 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
MEng (Mechatronic Engineering)
     Research option
​Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
​30 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025

Master Engineering Science (ME​ngS​ci​)
​Biomedical Engineering
     Research option​
     Structured option
​​Institute for Biomedical Engineering
​30 Sept 2025
​​​31 Oct 2025

doctoral programmes

PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Institute for Biomedical Engineering
30 Sept 2025​
31 Oct 2025​
​PhD (Chemical Engineering)
​Chemical​ Engineering
31 Jan 2026
31 Jan 2026
PhD (Civil Engineering)
Civil Engineering
31 Oct 2025
31 Jan 2026
​PhD (Electrical Engineering)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
​31 Jan 2026
​31 Jan 2026
​PhD (Electronic Engineering)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
​31 Jan 2026

​31 Jan 2026​​​
​PhD (Engineering Management)
Industrial Engineering
​30 Aug 2025​
30 Sept 2025​​
​PhD (Industrial Engineering)
Industrial Engineering​
30 Aug 2025
30 Sept 2025​​
​PhD (Mechanical Engineering)
​Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
30 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
PhD (Mechatronic Engineering)​
Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering​
​​30 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025






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