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Program: PhD (Information Science)

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Code Faculty Department
12264005 Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Department: Information Science
Credits Duration NQF level
Minimum duration of study: 2 jaar Totale krediete: 360 NQF level:  10

Admission requirements

  1. 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

Additional requirements

Refer also to G42-G55.

Research information

Refer also to G50.

The number of articles that have to be submitted to an accredited journal(s) on submisison of a doctoral thesis should be a minimum of two. Departments may, however, require a higher number, as specified in their postgraduate brochures or departmental websites. At the latest, just before the department submits the final result of a thesis to the Dean, a student should submit proof of submission of articles issued by an accredited journal(s), to the head of the relevant department, for his/her recommendation to the Dean. The submitted articles should be based on the reasearch that the student has conducted for the thesis and should have been approved by the supervisor. The affiliations of both the student and supervisor should be listed as the University of Pretoria.


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