Important Application information

1. Do you meet the admission requirements? (see below)
2. Read through the Guidelines for Master's and Doctoral Applications. Please follow these guidelines carefully, especially in terms of the requirements of the abstract, and the steps following thereafter.
3. Determine your Research Focus Area (list includes the names of supervisors)
4. When applying ALSO submit an abstract on the proposed research idea of approximately 800 to 1200 words (see above-mentioned Guidelines for Master's and Doctoral Applications).
5. ALL Masters and Doctoral students, please consult the EBIT Postgraduate Lifecycle for information on all the administration processes during your studies as well as the forms that are needed to be handed in during the different phases of your studies. Please note that The Faculty life cycle specifies that you should identify and contact a potential supervisor. You are encouraged to identify a potential supervisor and fill this in on the application form, however you should NOT contact the potential supervisor at this stage, as a supervisor is allocated by our departmental Research Committee, based on a number of criteria.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY [PhD] (RESEARCH)

Programmes

1.    PhD Information Science (Code 12264005)

2.    PhD Library Science (Code 12264006)

3.    PhD Publishing (Code 12264007)

• MIS degree in Information Science or MIS degree in Multimedia or MIS degree in Publishing or MA (Development Communication) degree or relevant master’s degree

• Master’s degree in Information Technology or master’s degree in Information Systems or master’s degree in Computer Science or master’s degree in Information Science or relevant master’s degree deemed applicable by the departmental Postgraduate Committee
• Minimum cumulative weighted average of at least 65% for all the modules
• Minimum of 65% for the mini-dissertation or the dissertation

Additional modules may be required in order to reach the desired level of competency.

The departmental Postgraduate Committee reserves the right to make a thorough assessment of the applicant's academic transcript and the abstract of approximately 800 to 1200 words on the proposed Research focus area/idea to decide if the applicant is suitable for postgraduate studies.

Additional requirements

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