{"id":18239,"date":"2021-06-16T04:26:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T02:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/how-to-apply-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:48:26","slug":"postgraduate-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/postgraduate-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18239\" class=\"elementor elementor-18239\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3efda90 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3efda90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"f00aca4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad25ddb\" data-id=\"ad25ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc3e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bc3e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Postgraduate Studies 2026<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a2a69 elementor-widget 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Education<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><ul><li class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bachelor of Education (Honours) Curriculum Studies<\/li><li>Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematics Education<\/li><li>Master of Education<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Enquiries and applications:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:postgrad.edu@spu.ac.za\">postgrad.edu@spu.ac.za\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/faculty-of-hum-programmes\/\"><span style=\"color: #dd1328;\"><strong>Faculty of Humanities<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Bachelor of Arts Honours in Archaeology<\/li><li>Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Heritage Studies<\/li><li>Bachelor of Arts Honours in Languages (Afrikaans)<\/li><li>Bachelor of Arts Honours in Languages (English)<\/li><li>Bachelor of Arts Honours in Languages (Setswana)<\/li><li>Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Anthropology<\/li><li>Bachelor of Social Science Honours in History<\/li><li>Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Sociology<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Archaeology (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Archaeology (Coursework)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Heritage Studies (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Heritage Studies (Coursework)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Afrikaans (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: English (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Setswana (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Anthropology (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Anthropology (Cousework)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: History (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Sociology (Dissertation\/Research)<\/li><li>Master of Arts: Sociology (Coursework)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Enquiries and applications:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:postgrad.hum@spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">postgrad.hum@spu.ac.za\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-nas-programmes\/\"><span style=\"color: #dd1328;\"><strong>Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Bachelor of Science (Hons) Computer Science<\/li><li>Bachelor of Science (Hons) Data Science<\/li><li>Bachelor of Science (Hons) &#8211; Biological Sciences<\/li><li>Bachelor of Science (Hons) &#8211; Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics)<\/li><li>Bachelor of Science (Hons) \u2013 Physical Sciences<\/li><li>Master of Science (e-Science)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Enquiries and applications: <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:postgrad.nas@spu.ac.za\">postgrad.nas@spu.ac.za\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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