532 Affordable PhD programmes in South Africa

The PhD in Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is offered in the specialisations of Geology, Geophysics and Palaeontology.

Anthropology emerged from the aim of recording and understanding the great diversity of human life and experience. This programme is offered at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

The School of Public Health has an active doctoral programme at University of Cape Town, with around 90 PhD candidates currently registered.

At the University of Cape Town, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Film Studies. 

The Doctor of Philosophy in History of Art is offered within the Wits School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

A doctoral degree in Criminal Justice at the University of South Africa (UNISA) will require you to undertake research at the most advanced academic levels culminating in the submission, assessment and acceptance of a thesis.

The School of Education (SoE) at University of Cape Town aspires to have a leading doctoral programme that develops a new generation of researchers whose work is located at the intersection of context, theory, practice, reflection, and insight.

A doctoral degree in Economics at the University of South Africa (UNISA) will require you to undertake research at the most advanced academic levels culminating in the submission, assessment and acceptance of a thesis.

The Archaeology PhD at University of Cape Town is a research degree on an advanced topic under supervision which can be taken in any of the departments in the faculty. Examination is by thesis alone. 

We offer a phd programme degree in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Cape Town. Join us and study with us! 

This is a research Psychology doctoral degree offered at the University of Cape Town, by dissertation only.

A doctoral degree in Environmental Management at the University of South Africa (UNISA) will require you to undertake research at the most advanced academic levels culminating in the submission, assessment and acceptance of a thesis.