Masters and Doctoral Studies Hub

Get started with your Masters and Doctoral studies

Considerting M or D studies?

Considering M&D studies?

M & D payable fees

Fees and bursaries

M & D courses available

Course options

Ambitious students are empowered to achieve  academic and professional goals through a diverse range of internationally accredited postgraduate programmes.

 

Applying for Masters and Doctoral studies

Applying

Guiding you through the application process whether you are a current NWU student, NWU alumnus, new applicant or international student.

 

Application approved? See the roadmap to your journey as an M or D student

Step 1

Registration

All you need to know about the registration process from start to finish.

 

Step 2

Study onboarding

  • How to log in to the Higher Degree System (HDS)2
  • Prelimenary Supervisor Allocation3
  • Supervisor agreement4

 

Step 3

Structured Masters

A structured master's degree is a taught program with a fixed curriculum, including courses, lectures, and seminars around a central theme.5

 

Step 4

Proposal guidance

Intro and link to preliminary guidance process [link HDS]

 

Step 5

Ethics

Step 6

Doing the research

 

Step 7

Finalising the study

Intro and link to HDS

 

Step 8

Examination

Intro and link to HDS

 

 

Step 9

Graduation

Checklist7

 

Support

 

Wellness support

 

Wellness support

We support students in times of need and help them achieve optimal wellness in all areas of life, including emotional, social, and physical well-being.

 

 

Postgraduate student working on his laptop

 

Postgraduate Support Centre

We offer a range of training initiatives and support to help NWU postgraduate students enhance their research and academic writing skills and by providing additional research-related tools, skills and strategies to ensure that they finish their degrees in good time.

 

 

Postgraduate student working on her laptop, training calendar

 

Research and Postgraduate Support training calendar

This calendar is your gateway to important training opportunities to support you in your Masters or Doctoral journey.

 

 

  1. HDS/HDA/Faculties? One doc standardised?
  2. To be provided by Higher Degrees?
  3. Engineering has a document. Standardise for all? Inclusion in HD Manual? Who is responsible? Mention was also made of Prelim agreement on HDS. Welma has link?
  4. Senate approved process document? Must be clarified at Faculty level and standardised, and notice to be added to node/22443. Currently only on HDS. Course options must contain supervisor options. To-dos for now and by who?
  5. Content/write-up to be provided by?
  6. Welma gives overview on 10th. Is it the same as the training bank on eFundi?
  7. Ceremonies Department