532 Affordable PhD programmes in South Africa

At the University of Kwazulu Natal, we offer our graduagte students a phd programme degree in Sport Science.

At the University of Kwazulu Natal, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Virology. 

The Department of Political Studies aat the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is one of the oldest and most respected departments of political science in South Africa.

The PhD degree in Heritage Studies is offered within the Wits School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

A doctoral degree in Public Health 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.

We offer a PhD in Commercial Law programme degree at the University of Cape Town. Join us and study at our university!  

International Tax students at University of Cape Town need to comply with national regulations for visas etc before they are cleared for registration. 

This Geography (Research) programme is offered by the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics within the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg.

This Philosophy degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

This Accounting - Auditing degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

This Information Design degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

This Geography degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

Doctoral study in the English Department is possible in a range of topics in literary and cultural studies as well as in creative writing. We offer a English Studies degree at the Stellenbosch University.

This Oenology, Viticulture and Wine Biotechnology programme from Stellenbosch University lead to one of the following qualifications: PhD (fields: Oenology, Viticulture or Wine Biotechnology). A dissertation containing original research in one of these fields is required. 

The Geoinformatics programme at Stellenbosch University is research-based and contains no coursework. The student completes a dissertation of about 90 000 words on a selected geoinformatics research problem.   

This Psychology programme at Stellenbosch University, which requires a minimum of two years of study, focuses on the acquisition and broadening of knowledge in a specific area of psychology at an advanced level. 

The general aim of the PhD General Linguistics program at Stellenbosch University is to prepare and guide students intellectually in doing advanced research in specific (sub)areas of linguistics.

The programme requires the writing of a dissertation that contains the results of independent and original research on a research problem through which the student makes a substantial contribution to their field.

We offer our graduate students at the Stellenbosch University a unique phd degree in Plant Pathology.

The Physics Department at Stellenbosch University is host to a South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) research chair in Photonics, Ultrafast and Ultra intensive Laser science.​​