Opportunities
Postgraduate and postdoctoral opportunities are listed below. Click on the title of the opportunity that interests you for more details. While many opportunities are associated with bursaries, students are encouraged to pursue funding independently. While South African citizens and permanent residents will enjoy preference, international candidates with outstanding academic performance and/or independent funding will also be considered.
All research undertaken in the department falls within one of our research groups. Supervisors’ profiles and research interests can be viewed here.
| Category | Research group | Title | Date posted | Closing date | Assumption date |
| Postdoc | Data Science & Green Hydrogen | Document
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Data Science & Green Hydrogen Engineering Research
| 2025-05-23 | 2025-07-25 | As soon as available |
| Postdoc | Bioresource Engineering | Document
Pilot-plant processing of lignocellulosic biomass through pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods
| 2025-05-23 | 2025-07-31 | No later than 15 January 2026 |
| PhD & MEng | Bioresource Engineering | Document
Pilot-plant processing of lignocellulosic biomass through pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods
| 2025-05-23 | 2025-07-31 | Between July 2025 and January 2026 |
| Postdoc | Extractive Metallurgy | Document
Investigating the economic performance, material flows and reverse logistics of hydrometallurgical recycling of metals from electronic waste
| 2025-03-28 | 2025-04-13 | May 2025 |
| PhD & MEng | Extractive Metallurgy | Document
Research opportunities in Extractive Metallurgy & Geometallurgy
| 2025-02-21 | May-June 2025 | |
| MEng | Bioresource Engineering | Document
Mitigating and sequestering of CO2 emissions through biochar production
| 2025-02-20 | No later than January 2026 | |
| PhD | Bioresource Engineering | Document
Optimization of bioprocesses for the production of valuable chemicals and innovative food products from sugarcane
| 2024-07-03 | 2024-11-30 | July 2025 or January 2026 |
| MEng | Bioresource Engineering | Document
Optimization of bioprocesses for the production of valuable chemicals and innovative food products from sugarcane
| 2024-07-03 | 2024-11-30 | July 2025 or January 2026 |
| PhD & MEng | Bioresource Engineering | Document
Multidisciplinary research with the SAGWRI – Grape4Green: From grape waste to delivery devices for improved biocontrol application
| 2024-07-03 | January 2025 |