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Postgraduate Studies​​

Faculty of AgriSciences

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Programme Offering and Associated Closing Dates

As a prospective postgraduate diploma, honours and Master's candidate, a maximum of two programmes is permitted upon application. As a prospective doctoral candidate, a maximum of one doctoral programme 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. On the How to Apply page, please note the guidelines on presenting your academic qualifications and the supporting documents that may be required for your application.​​​​

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 Dates

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Programme 

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Department 

International
Closing date 
South Africa
Closing date 

Doctoral Programmes

PhD (Agricultural Economics and Management)
Agricultural Economics​14 Sept 2025​31 Oct 2025
Document
phd-agronomy.pdf (210.66 KB)
PhD (Agronomy) ​
Agronomy
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
Document
PhD (​Animal Science) ​
Animal Science14 Sept 202531 Oct 2025
Document
PhD (Conservation Ecology)​ 
​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology14 Sept 202531 Oct 2025
Document
phd-entomology.pdf (207.75 KB)
PhD (Entomology)
Conservation Ecology and Entomology14 Sept 202531 Oct 2025
Document
PhD (Food Science)
​​Food Science14 Sept 2025​31 Oct 2025
Document
phd-genetics.pdf (212.48 KB)
PhD (Genetics) ​
Genetics
​14 Sept 2025
​31​ Oct 2025
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Document
PhD (Horticultural Science) 
Horticultural Science14 Sept 202531 Oct 2025​​
Document
phd-nematology.pdf (214.45 KB)
PhD (​Nematology​) 
​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology14 Sept 2025​​31 Oct 2025
Document
phd-oenology.pdf (213.34 KB)
PhD (​Oenology)
 
​Viticulture and Oenology
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
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Document
PhD (Plant Pathology) 
Plant Pathology14 Sept 202531 O​ct​ 2025​
Document
PhD (Soil Science) 
Soil Science14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025​​​
Document
​PhD (​Viticulture) 
​​Viticulture and Oenology
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
Document
PhD (​Wine Biotechnology)
​Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology​
14 Sept 2025
31​ Oct 2025
Document
PhD For (Forest Science)
 
​Forestry and Wood Science14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
PhD For (W​ood Product Science)
​Forestry and Wood Science14 Sept 202531​ Oct 2025

Doctor of Science Programmes

DSc in Agricultural Economics and Managemen
t
Agricultural Economics​​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
dsc-agronomy.pdf (210.65 KB)
DSc in Agronomy
Agronomy​14 Sept 202531​ Oct 2025​
Document
​DSc in Animal Production Systems
Animal Science​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025​
Document
dsc-entomology.pdf (207.75 KB)
​DSc in Entomology
Conservation Ecology and Entomology​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025​
Document
DSc in Food Science 
Food Science​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
dsc-genetics.pdf (212.47 KB)
DSc in Genetics
Genetics​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
DSc in Horticultural Science
Horticultural Science​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
dsc-nematology.pdf (208.04 KB)
​DSc in Nematology
​​​Conservation Ecology and Entomology​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
dsc-oenology.pdf (219.83 KB)
Dsc in Oenology
Viticulture and Oenology​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
​Dsc in Plant Pathology
Plant Pathology​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
​Dsc in Soil Science
Soil Science​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
​Dsc in Viticulture
Viticulture and Oenology​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025
Document
Dsc in Wine Biotechnology​
Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology​
​14 Sept 2025​31​ Oct 2025

Doctoral Programmes Across Faculties​

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Document
PhD​ (Bioinformatics and

Document
Computational Biology)
Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology​14 Sept 202531 Oct 2025
Faculty Administrator: Doctoral programmes
Mr Erik van Zyl
+27 21 808 9111