????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????PROGRAMME OFFERING AND ASSOCIATED CLOSING DATES?

As a postgraduate candidate, a maximum of three programmes is permitted upon application. P?lease ensure that you meet the minimum admission requirements for all your programmes of interest.

Your application for admission to a postgraduate degree programme will ONLY be processed once you have submitted a completed application form? and uploaded all your supporting documents? before the programme's closing date.

Thereafter, the Central Application Office will review your application and verify that your documentation is? correct. Click he?re ?to view the presentation of academic qualifications and supporting documentation.????

PROGRAMME OFFERING?

?Clicking on the ?hyperlinks within the table below ?enables you to view the programme's information.?

CLOSING DATES?

?????Programm?e??	??Department	?Closing date	???Clo?sing date
master's programmes?
???????????????????Master'?s Degrees
?M? in Social Work?	?Social Work	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Aug 2025
?Master of Urban and Regional Planning?	?Geography and Environmental Studies	?31 Aug 2025	??31 Oct 2025
????????????????Master of Arts (MA) ??
MA (African Languages)?	?African Languages	?30 Nov 2025	??30 Nov 2025
MA (?African Languages for Professional Contexts)	?African Languages	?Not offered for 2026-intake?
?MA (?Afrikaans and Dutch)	?Afrikaans and Dutch	31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025?
?MA (Ancient Cultures)	?Ancient Studies	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Ancient Languages)	?Ancient Studies	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Clinical Psychology)	?Psychology	?08 May 2025	?08 May 2025
?MA (Creative Writing)	?Afrikaans and Dutch	?31 Aug 2025	??31 Oct 2025
?MA (Drama and Theatre Studies)?	?Drama	?31 Aug 2025	31 Oct 2025
?MA (English Studies) Thesis Coursework	?English	25 March 2026 30 Sept 2025	?25 March 2026 30 Sept 2025?
?MA (French)	?Modern Foreign Languages?	??30 Nov 2025	??30 Nov 2025
?MA (General Linguist?ics)	?General Linguistics	?30 Aug 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MA (Geographical Information Systems)	?Geography and Environmental Studies	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Geography and Environmental Studies)	?Geography and Environmental Studies	??31 Aug 2025	??31 Oct 2025
?MA (German)	?Modern Foreign Languages	?30 Nov 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MA (History)	?History	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Intercultural Communication)	?General Linguistics	?30 Aug 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MA (International Studies)	?Political Science	Not offered for 2026-intake
MA (Journalism)?	?Journalism	?30 Sept 2025	?30 Sept 2025
?MA (Lexicography)	?Afrikaans and Dutch	??31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Philosophy)	?Philosophy	?31 Aug 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MA (Political Science)	?Political Science	?30 Sept 2025	??30 Sept 2025
?MA (Psychology)?	?Psychology	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (?Public Sociology and Anthropology)?	?Sociology and Social Anthropology	?31 Oct 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Second-language Studies)	?General Linguistics	??30 Aug 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MA (Social Anthropology)	?Sociology and Social Anthropology	?31 Oct 2025	??30 Nov 2025
?MA (Social Science Methods)	?Sociology and Social Anthropology	?Not offered for 2026-intake??
?MA (Socio-Informatics)	?Information Science	?30 Sept 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Sociology)	?Sociology and Social Anthropology	?30 Sept 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MA (Technology for Language Learning)	?Modern Foreign Languages	??Not offered for 2026-intake
??MA (Translation)	?Afrikaans and Dutch	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Visual Arts)	?Visual Arts	31  Oct 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MA (Visual Arts: Art Education)	?Visual Arts	?31 Aug 2025?	30 Nov 2025
?MA (?Visual Studies)	?Visual Arts?	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025
Master of Music (MMus)
?MMus?	?Music	?31 Aug 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
?MPhil (Applied Ethics)??	?Philosophy?	Not offered for 2026-intake
?MPhil (Decision-Making and Knowledge Dynamics)	?Information Science	Not offered for 2026-intake
?MPhil (Disaster Risk Science and Development [DRSD])?	?Research Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction [RADAR]	??30 Oct 2025	28 Nov 2025
??MPhil (Film Music)	??Music	??30 Sept 2025	??30 Nov 2025
?MPhil (Information and Knowledge Management)	?Information Science	??30 Sept 2025	?30 Nov 2025
?MPhil (Interdisciplinary Arts Studies)?	?Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation	?31 Oct 2025	?31 Oct 2025
?MPhil (?Monitoring and Evaluation)	?Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST]	?31 Aug 2025	?30 Sept 2025
?MPhil (Music Technology)	?Music	?30 Sept 2025	??30 Nov 2025
?MPhil (Public Mental Health)	?Psychology	???31 Oct 2025	???31 Oct 2025
?MPhil (Science and Technology Studies)	??Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST]?	?Not offered for 2026-intake
?MPhil (Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies)? Coursework opti?on Research option?	?Sociology and Social Anthropology ?	??Not offered for 2026-intake
?MPhil (Urban and Regional Science)?	Geography and Environmental Studies	?31 Aug 2025	?31 Oct 2025