27 PhD programmes in Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences in South Africa

In Conservation Ecology at Stellenbosch University, we specialise in the conservation of plants, animals and fungi, which includes the conservation of the organisms themselves, their interactions with other species and the natural process across landscapes that allows them to persist. 

The Geography and Environmental Studies programme from Stellenbosch University is research–based and contains no coursework. The student completes a dissertation of about 90 000 words on a selected geographical research problem. The dissertation must place the research in a disciplinary context and contributes to the creation of new knowledge. 

This Geology (Research) programme is offered by the Department of Geology within the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg.

This Meteorology degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

This programme at Stellenbosch University focuses on research in one of the various specialization fields of Soil Science and trains students to become a subject specialist in this field. 

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.

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