13 PhD programmes in Biology in South Africa

The Conservation Biology 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. 

This Reproductive Biology degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

Candidates for the PhD in Mechanobiology at University of Cape Town must satisfy the general requirements of the Faculty of Health Sciences, as given in the Faculty of Health Sciences Postgraduate Handbook.

The Biological Sciences 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. 

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of Cape Town provides a new career opportunity for biological scientists as well as for interdisciplinary collaboration between the mathematicians, statisticians, physicists, computer scientists and chemists with life scientists.

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

Bioresources Engineering at University of Kwazulu Natal integrates scientific principles and engineering practice to solve practical problems in the production and processing of food, feed, fibre and fuels.

This program in Animal Production Systems at Stellenbosch University leads to the qualification PhD (Agric) (field: Animal Sciences). 

MSc and PhD Chemical and Systems Biology Programmes at University of Cape Town are by dissertation only and students need to be accepted by a potential supervisor(s) in a specific division.

MSc and PhD Medical Cell Biology Programmes at University of Cape Town are by dissertation only and students need to be accepted by a potential supervisor in the Division. 

This Reproductive Biology - Andrology degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

A doctoral degree in Life Sciences 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 degree programme in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg encompasses a wide range of focus areas.