Available Masters dissertation and Doctorate thesis topics

Students who have obtained a BEng Industrial Engineering Honours, BSc Applied Science Honours in Industrial Systems  (or equivalent) degree may continue their professional and academic development by enrolling for a Masters Degree, and students who have successfully completed their Masters, may enroll for a Doctorate.

Masters and Doctorates do not involve any formal course work, and instead respectively requires a dissertation and thesis as deliverable. Students may propose their own topics, or they may choose from current research topics in the department. For more information on current topics, please see the attached documents, listed below. For information on additional requirements and the application process for specific topics, please contact the document authors. Topics will be added and edited on a continuous bases. Please see 'Last Updated' date indicated next to each topic.

Students interested in proposing their own Industrial Engineering topics are encouraged to identify and collaborate with a potential supervisor in the department with similar research interests. For general inquiries please contact Bonolo Mokoka ([email protected])

Current Research topics in the Department:

1. Optimisation Group (Updated Daily) 

2. Enterprise Engineering 

3. Inventory Management  

4. Supply Chain Engineering