49 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Department of Physiological Sciences at the Stellenbosch University undertakes investigative research to better understand the health challenges facing South Africa. 

This PhD Biomedical Engineering programme at Stellenbosch University prepares the candidate for a research, academic, or high-level consulting career. It requires that a candidate to undertakes independent research at the most advanced academic levels.

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. 

We offer our graduate students a degree in Animal Production Systems at the Stellenbosch University.

The Department of Biochemistry has several of active research groups, each making a significant contribution to biochemistry and science as a whole (refer to our latest publication list). 

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. 

Students at Stellenbosch University may apply for admission into the PhD (Philosophy) programme on the basis of a strong MA degree in Philosophy from a recognised university.

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. 

Students at Stellenbosch University may apply for admission into the PhD (Applied Ethics) programme on the basis of a strong MA degree in either Philosophy or Applied Ethics from a recognised university, or an equivalent qualification as judged by the University Senate.