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Postgraduate Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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. Please 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.
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 |
Department |
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Master's Programmes
Master's Degrees
| Social Work | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 | |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
Master of Arts (MA)
| African Languages | 30 Nov 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| MA (African Languages for Professional Contexts) | African Languages | Not offered for 2026-intake | |
| Afrikaans and Dutch | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| | Ancient Studies | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Ancient Studies | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Psychology | 08 May 2025 | 08 May 2025 | |
| | Afrikaans and Dutch | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Drama | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
Thesis Coursework | English | 25 March 2026 30 Sept 2025 | 25 March 2026 30 Sept 2025 |
| Modern Foreign Languages | 30 Nov 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| General Linguistics | 30 Aug 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Modern Foreign Languages | 30 Nov 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| History | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| General Linguistics | 30 Aug 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| MA (International Studies) | Political Science | Not offered for 2026-intake | |
| Journalism | 30 Sept 2025 | 30 Sept 2025 | |
| Afrikaans and Dutch | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Philosophy | 31 Aug 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| Political Science | 30 Sept 2025 | 30 Sept 2025 | |
| Psychology | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| | Sociology and Social Anthropology | 31 Oct 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| General Linguistics | 30 Aug 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| Sociology and Social Anthropology | 31 Oct 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| MA (Social Science Methods) | Sociology and Social Anthropology | Not offered for 2026-intake | |
| | Information Science | 30 Sept 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Sociology and Social Anthropology | 30 Sept 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| MA (Technology for Language Learning) | Modern Foreign Languages | Not offered for 2026-intake | |
| | Afrikaans and Dutch | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Visual Arts | 31 Oct 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Visual Arts | 31 Aug 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| | Visual Arts | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 |
Master of Music (MMus)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
| Philosophy | Not offered for 2026-intake | ||
| MPhil (Decision-Making and Knowledge Dynamics) | Information Science | Not offered for 2026-intake | |
| Research Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction [RADAR] | 30 Oct 2025 | 28 Nov 2025 | |
| Music | 30 Sept 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Information Science | 30 Sept 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | |
| Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation | 31 Oct 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST] | 31 Aug 2025 | 30 Sept 2025 | |
| Music | 31 August 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Psychology | 31 Oct 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
| Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST] | Not offered for 2026-intake | ||
| Sociology and Social Anthropology | Not offered for 2026-intake | |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | |
MPhil (Violent Histories and Repair) | Centre for the study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest [AVREQ] | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 |