94 PhD programmes in Social Sciences in South Africa

The Urban and Regional Science programme at Stellenbosch University is presented by the Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (CRUISE) of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.

The Doctor of Philosophy in Economics by Coursework at University of Cape Town is offered in collaboration with other universities in sub-Saharan Africa and supported by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) through donor funding. 

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

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

This Ancient Culture Studies degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

This Econometrics program is offered by the Department of Economics and Econometrics within the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg.

This Psychology programme is offered by the Department of Psychology within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

A doctoral degree in Psychology 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 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.

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 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 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 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.

The Socio-Informatics programme at Stellenbosch University does not involve any formal lectures, class work or assessments (other than that of the dissertation itself). 

This Transport Economics program is offered by the Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management within the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg.

This Organisational Behaviour degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

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

The School of Economics is one of the largest departments in the University of Cape Town, with a wide variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

A Gender Studies PhD degree at University of Cape Town requires the design and implementation of a research dissertation, under supervision or co-supervision.