8 PhD programmes in Literature in Africa

This Doctor of Literature degree is offered within the School of Literature, Language and Media at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

A doctoral degree in Languages, Linguistics and Literature 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.

This Afrikaans (Research) programme is offered by the Department of Language, Cultural Studies and Applied Linguistics within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

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

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

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

We offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Political Studies at the University of Cape Town.

The Department of English Literary Studies at University of Cape Town supervises research degrees in a broad range of areas, from Early Modern to contemporary literature and theory.