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Postgraduate Studies

School for Data Science and Computational Thinking 

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.​​​​

Programme Offering

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

Closing Dates

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Programme 

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Department 

International
Closing date 
South Africa
Closing date 

Economic and Management Sciences

BComHons (Mathematical Statistics: Focus on Data Science)​
Prof Paul Mostert ([email protected])31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025

Engineering

Document
PGDip in Engineering

Document
(Industrial Engineering) 

Document
Focus: Data Science
Prof Andries Engelbrecht ([email protected])31 Oct 2025​​31 Oct 2025
MEng (Industrial Engineering) Focus on Data Science
Prof Andries Engelbrecht ([email protected])31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025

Medicine and Health Sciences

Document
MSc (Biostatistics)
Prof Taryn Young ([email protected])31 Aug  2025​​30 Sept 2025
Document
MSc (Clinical Epidemiology)
Prof Taryn Young ([email protected])31 Aug  202530 Sept 2025
Document
MSc (Epidemiology)
Prof Taryn Young ([email protected])31 Aug  202530 Sept 2025
Document
PhD (Epidemiology)​
​Prof Taryn Young ([email protected])31 Mar 202531 Mar 2025

Science

BScHons (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology)​
Prof Hugh Patterton ([email protected])31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025
Document
BSc Hons (Computer Science)
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With a stream in Data Science
Department of Computer Science​​ ([email protected])31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025
MSc (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence)​
Dr Willie Brink ([email protected])31 Mar 202631 Mar 2026
Document
PhD (Bioinformatics and

Document
Computational Biology)​
Prof Hugh Patterton ([email protected])31 Mar 202631 Mar 2026