Master Programmes in South Africa 2025

The MEd in Educational Leadership is designed to enable graduates who are well-educated in the principles and practices of transformative learning, as applied to contexts such as expressive and movement arts education, developmental and health coaching, and transformative leadership.

The MBL qualification is a professional qualification in line with the requirements of the HEQSF with regards to professional master’s degrees. This qualification is intended to provide candidates with the conceptual knowledge and fundamental competencies that will support further studies and applications in the field of Business Leadership at NQF level 10. This qualification is aligned with the requirements of best practice in management education, nationally and internationally, and addresses the needs of middle and senior managers in an affordable, flexible and pragmatic manner.

This Postgraduate master program will prepare you for a position in Web development. This fairly new degree was shaped by employers expressing their need for employees with web-development skills: database management, computer networking, information security, Web applications, etc. This program is tailored to meet this demand by balancing foundational areas of understanding and problem solving with an emphasis on Web-centered technologies. Our graduates are immediately productive and adaptive as programmers, Web developers, software developers, software architects, Web applications developers.

The curriculum consists of a dissertation that incorporates a research proposal to be completed within the first year of study.

The Department of Historical Studies has a longstanding commitment to creating and developing innovative and sustainable linkages between teaching, research and social dissemination of academic knowledge. It patiently and systematically trains graduate students in the art of writing empirically solid, conceptually alive and socially relevant histories through a diverse but balanced platter of coursework, a series of lively seminars, workshops, conferences, and colloquia, and intimate and meticulous supervision of primary research. No wonder that the Department has played a consistently leading role in generating internationally recognised historical research of excellent quality and thereby training students for careers both within and beyond academia.

Embark on a transformative journey with our Master of Commerce in Leadership Studies (MCLS). Unlock your potential, inspire others, and excel in a dynamic business landscape with cutting-edge leadership principles.

The Executive Professional programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of senior managers, executives, and functional or operational leaders who wish to develop their expertise and strengthen their managerial skills in project management.

The purpose of the MCom/MPhil in Transport Economics is to develop intellectual and specialized competencies and practical skills in the acquisition, interpretation, understanding, and application of transport economics, management, and regulatory principles.

The MECI Early Childhood Intervention is a full-time postgraduate program run by the University of Pretoria. As the most diverse Faculty at the University, Humanities offers an exciting range of programs and discipline-based majors. The Humanities programs offer part-time and full-time options and allow students to specialize in a chosen field.

This Program offers the student with a four-year BDiv, a BThHons or equivalent qualification, the opportunity of theological specialisation and research at master's level.

Three modules counting 30 credits each (at least one of these modules must be completed during the first year of registration).

There will not be an intake of new students for each degree every year. It therefore remains the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the degree they wish to apply for, will indeed be offered, by contacting the relevant head of department or viewing the department webpage

The coursework master’s degree curriculum consists of compulsory core and elective theoretical modules (90 credits) as well as a mini-dissertation (90 credits).

A student must work under the guidance of a study leader for at least one academic year.

The degree is conferred on the basis of a dissertation and examination on the field of study of the dissertation and/or divisions of the field of study as required by the relevant head of department.