Postgraduate & postdoctoral studies hub
Faculty information | Degrees and diplomas | Application and registration | Fees and funding | Post-Doctoral Fellows | International students | Administration, services and support | Postgraduate Student Council
As Africa's top research-led university, UCT is home to a large number of world-ranked researchers. This means that postgraduate students are assured of interacting with scholars who are internationally recognised experts in their field.
Be part of one of the many innovative and dynamic research teams doing cutting-edge interdisciplinary work, such as doing research on African climate change and development, getting involved in the international SKA radio telescope project, joining the first centre for experimental research in economics in Africa, sustaining South Africa's valuable water resources, developing Africa's vibrant cities, participating in translational research that fights infectious diseases, HIV/Aids, TB, cancers and genetic conditions, or pioneering work in computational mechanics. In addition, UCT offers a full range of postgraduate programmes in six Faculties: Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Science.
To enhance the postgraduate experience, the university provides numerous resources and has steadily increased its funding for postgraduate studies.
Faculty information for postgraduate students
- Commerce
- Graduate School of Business
- Engineering & the Built Environment
- Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Law
- Science
Postgraduate degrees and diplomas
- Honours and Master's
- Commerce
- Graduate School of Business
- Engineering & the Built Environment
- Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Law
- Science
- Doctoral
- Application procedures
- Application directions - explanation of application procedures
- Application forms
- Online credit card payment facility
- Check your online application status
- Cancellation of registration
- Fees
- Postgraduate Funding Office: for scholarships and fellowships
- Funding notice board
- Research Professional Africa (a database of national and international funding opportunities)
- Instructions on how to register for RPA
- Overview
- Guidelines and forms
- Funding Notice board
- Health Sciences PDRF News
- International Postdoctoral visa applications
- International Academic Programmes Office
- Full degree
- Semester Study Abroad
- Short-term international programmes
- Application
- Health Sciences
- Sciences
- Funding
Administration, services and support
- Blue Desk Postgraduate Information Desk - a central helpdesk for all postgraduate queries
- Vula
- Student Admin Self Service (PeopleSoft)
- Student records
- UCT Commissioner of Oaths list
- myUCT
- Housing
- Careers Office
- Career resources for PhDs and PDRFs
- Libraries and Research Commons
- Thesis collection
- Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED):for workshops, seminars and writing support
- Centre for Educational Technology (CET): training and workshops
- Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS)
- Handbooks
