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32 Master's degrees offered by the university
German (Research)
The one year German (Research) programme at the Stellenbosch University entails the writing of a thesis topic in German which is selected by the student in close consultation with the Department.
French
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Stellenbosch University, which offers the French programme at the Stellenbosch University, is one of the largest residential university departments for foreign language learning in South Africa.
Public Mental Health
The Department of Psychology, which offers the Public Mental Health programme at the Stellenbosch University, has among the most productive academic psychologists in South Africa on its staff, several of whom have won prestigious awards and grants for their teaching and research. We are committed to conducting research, teaching, practice, and community service of the highest possible standard.
Geography and Environmental Studies
The Geography and Environmental Studies programme at the Stellenbosch University entails geographical research on spatial problems in human geography resulting in a thesis.
Security and Africa Studies (Option B)
The Faculty of Military Science is based at Saldanha, on the West Coast of South Africa, where it is housed in the South African Military Academy. The institution offers education and training for members of the Department of Defence at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as the Security and Africa Studies (Option B) programme at the Stellenbosch University.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The vision of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), which offers the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry programme at the Stellenbosch University, is to promote health and equality in South Africa and beyond.
Political Science
The Political Science programme at the Stellenbosch University is offered full-time and consists of taught modules and a thesis. Students undertake an advanced study of a number of focus areas in political science.
Afrikaans and Dutch
In the Afrikaans and Dutch programme at the Stellenbosch University, students may choose between a 100% and a 66,6% thesis supplemented by six-month coursework (33,3%) overseas. The Universities of Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Tilburg and Nijmegen in the Netherlands and Ghent in Belgium are some of the most important universities with which we have exchange agreements.
Education Policy Studies
Research in this Department, which offers the Education Policy Studies at the Stellenbosch University, explores the dynamic field of contestation between the democratic transformation of education and societal changes in relation to education policy implementation. Educational leadership and management constitute the focus of policy implementation.
Security and Africa Studies (Option A)
The Faculty of Military Science is based at Saldanha, on the West Coast of South Africa, where it is housed in the South African Military Academy. The institution offers education and training for members of the Department of Defence at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as the Security and Africa Studies (Option A) programme at the Stellenbosch University.
Socio-Informatics
The MA Socio-Informatics programme at the Stellenbosch University develops research capacity in socio-Informatics by means of an independent research project under supervision, which culminates in the writing of a thesis.
African Languages
The MA programme in African Languages at the Stellenbosch University is a research-directed programme that focuses on the development of advanced reflective language view on African languages.