At the University of Pretoria (UP), we encourage students to apply for our internationally recognised postgraduate programmes.
As one of Africa’s top research institutions, we are passionate about transdisciplinary research, which means we solve the world’s most pressing concerns in a holistic way rather than in traditional academic silos. At UP, we think big, creatively and out of the box!
We also offer a range of academic and other support to ease your postgraduate journey so that you can make a difference with your knowledge and skills.
UP has some of the best research infrastructure in South Africa in terms of laboratories, libraries and practical sites. We produce cutting-edge research and are among the top producers of research in the country – so #ChooseUP for postgraduate studies in just about any field you can think of.
Use our Virtual Campus to help you decide on a course, or to discover a new field of interest, explore our campuses, and access the information you need to apply. Also browse our Research Matters site for a cross-section of some of our research offerings.
If you already know what you would like to study, explore the course options in each of our faculties to find out more.
Please pay attention to opening and closing dates for applications, as they differ from programme to programme.
738 Programmes found
PhD specialising in Dentistry
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Diagnostic Radiology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Dietetics
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Digital Culture and Media
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Dogmatics and Christian Ethics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/11/2025PhD specialising in Drama and Film Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Drama
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Early Childhood Intervention
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Economics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Education Management, Law and Policy
Closing Dates: SA – 31/08/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Education Policy Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 31/08/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Education
Closing Dates: SA – 31/08/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Educational Psychology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/08/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Electrical Engineering
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Electronic Engineering
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Engineering Management
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in English
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Entomology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Entrepreneurship
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Environmental Economics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Environmental Health
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Environmental Science and Society
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Epidemiology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Family Medicine
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Finance and Investment
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Fine Arts option Creative Production
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Fine Arts option Curatorial Practice
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Fine Arts
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Food Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Forest Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Fraud Risk Management
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in French
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Genetics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Geography and Environmental Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Geography
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Geoinformatics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Geology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in German
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Health Systems
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Heritage and Cultural Tourism
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Heritage and Museum Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in History
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Horticultural Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Human Genetics
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Human Physiology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Human Resource Management
Closing Dates: SA – 30/06/2025; Non-SA – 30/06/2025PhD specialising in Hydrogeology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Industrial Engineering
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Industrial Psychology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/06/2025; Non-SA – 30/06/2025PhD specialising in Information Design
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Information Science
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Information Systems
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Information Technology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Interior Architecture
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Internal Medicine
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in International Relations
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Landscape Architecture
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Leadership and Security Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Leadership
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Learning Support, Guidance and Counselling
Closing Dates: SA – 31/08/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Library Science
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Linguistics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Literary Theory
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Marketing Management
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Mathematical Sciences
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Mathematical Statistics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Mathematical Statistics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 31/08/2025PhD specialising in Mechanical Engineering
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Medical Immunology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Medical Microbiology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Medical Nuclear Science
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Medical Physics
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Medical Virology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Medicinal Plant Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Mental Health
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Metallurgical Engineering
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Meteorology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Microbiology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Mining Engineering
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Mission Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/11/2025PhD specialising in Neurology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in New Testament Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/11/2025PhD specialising in Nursing Science
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Nutrition
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Occupational Therapy
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Old Testament Studies
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/11/2025PhD specialising in Ophthalmology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Organisational Behaviour
Closing Dates: SA – 30/06/2025; Non-SA – 30/06/2025PhD specialising in Orthopaedics
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Paediatrics
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Pastoral Family Therapy
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/11/2025PhD specialising in Pasture Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Pharmacology
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Philosophy
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Physics
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Physiotherapy
Closing Dates: SA – 31/05/2026; Non-SA – 31/05/2026PhD specialising in Plant Pathology
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Plant Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/09/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025PhD specialising in Political Science
Closing Dates: SA – 30/11/2025; Non-SA – 30/09/2025
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