89 PhD programmes in Natural Sciences & Mathematics in South Africa

At the at the Stellenbosch, we offer our graduate students a unique a phd degree in Botany. We hope you will join us! 

A dissertation containing the results of your independent, original research is required. We offer a phd degree in Chemistry a the Stellenbosch University.

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

The Department of Oceanography at University of Cape Town, the only one of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, aims to advance knowledge of all facets of the oceans around Africa and in the Southern Hemisphere.

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. 

Chemistry at the University of Kwazulu Natal is the study of atoms and molecules and how they react and interact with one another and with the environment.

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

This Zoology degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural 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.

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

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

A doctoral degree in Physics 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.

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.

We offer MSc and PhD degrees in Neuroscience at the University of Cape Town in collaboration with other departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Are you interested in studying Astronomy at the University of Cape Town? We offer a great programme where you can study! 

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

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

This Chemical Pathology degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

This programme at Stellenbosch University leads to the qualification PhD (For) in Forestry and Natural Resource Sciences or Wood and Wood Products Sciences. The programme focuses on research in various specialist fields of forestry and ensures that students become specialists in these fields.\

This Biochemistry programme is offered by the Department of Biochemistry within the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg.