University Of Cape Town UCT Postgraduate Faculty Of Humanities is willing to provide students with a high-quality education that emphasizes critical thinking, analytical skills, and research-based knowledge.
The faculty offers postgraduate programs including Master’s and PhD degrees in subjects such as African Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Classics, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and more. Interested applicants are to make sure they read the lists of courses provided below and check if their dream course or program is offered by the school before they apply for admission.
Faculty Of Humanities Programmes
Postgraduate Certificate
- FET Teaching
- Foundation Phase Teaching
- Senior Phase & FET Teaching
Postgraduate Diploma
- Adult & Community Ed & Training
- African Studies
- Education Leadershp &Managemnt
- Educational Technology
- Fine Art
- Higher Education Studies
- Library & Information Studies
- Performance
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
- African Languages & Literature
- African Studies
- Afrikaans
- Anthropology
- Arabic Language & Literature
- Archaeology
- Archaeology & Environmental Sc
- Art Historical Studies
- Classical Studies
- Curatorship
- Dance
- Development Studies
- English Studies
- Environmental & Geog Studies
- Film & Television Studies
- Film Theory & Practice
- French Language & Literature
- German Language & Literature
- Greek Language & Literature
- Heritage and Public Culture
- Historical Studies
- Industrial Sociology
- International Relations
- Italian Language & Literature
- Justice & Transformation
- Latin Language & Literature
- Linguistics
- Media Theory & Practice
- Organisational Psychology
- Performance
- Philosophy
- Philosophy, Politics & Econom
- Political Communication
- Politics
- Portuguese Language & Lit
- Public Policy & Administration
- Religious Studies
- Romance Languages&Literatures
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Teaching French Foreign Lang
- Theatre & Performance
Bachelor of Education (Hons)
- Education
Bachelor of Music (Hons)
- Musicology
- Performance
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons)
- African Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Archaeology & Environmental Sc
- Clinical Social Work
- Criminal Justice Social Work
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Environmental & Geog Studies
- Gender and Transformation
- Heritage and Public Culture
- Industrial Sociology
- International Relations
- Justice & Transformation
- Organisational Psychology
- Philosophy
- Philosophy, Politics & Econom
- Political Communication
- Politics
- Psychology
- Public Policy & Administration
- Religious Studies
- Social Development
- Social Policy & Management
- Sociology
Master of Arts
- African Languages & Literature
- Afrikaans
- Afrikaans
- Anthropology
- Anthropology
- Applied Drama & Theatre Studs
- Arabic Language & Literature
- Archaeology
- Art Historical Studies
- Classical Studies
- Clinical Psychology
- Creative Writing
- Dance
- Documentary Arts
- Dramaturgy
- Economic Development
- Economics
- Economics
- Education
- English Language & Lit
- Environmental & Geog Studies
- Film & Television Studies
- Film Studies
- Fine Art
- French Language & Literature
- German Language & Literature
- Global Media
- Greek Language & Literature
- Hebrew Language & Literature
- Historical Studies
- Historical Studies
- Industrial Sociology
- Industrial Sociology
- International Relations
- Italian Language & Literature
- Language, Lit & Modernity
- Latin Language & Literature
- Linguistics
- Linguistics
- Literary Studies in English
- Media Studies
- Media Theory & Practice
- Neuropsychology
- Organisational Psychology
- Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Political Communication
- Political Studies
- Politics
- Practical Anthropology
- Psychological Research
- Religious Studies
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Teaching French Foreign Lang
- Theatre
Master of Education
- Adult Education
- Applied Lang & Lit Studies
- Curriculum Studies
- Ed Policy, Leadership & Change
- Higher Education Studies
- Mathematics Education
- Psychology of Education
- Science Education
- Theatre & Performance
Master of Library and Information Science
- Library & Information Studies
Master of Music
- Music (Diss & Composition)
- Music (DISS & Cwk)
- Music (Diss & Performance)
- Music (DISS Only)
- Music (Diss, Perf & Coursework)
Master of Philosophy
- African Studies
- African Studies
- Criminology
- Development Studies
- Digital Curation
- Environmental Humanities
- Fine Art
- Heritage and Public Culture
- Islam, Gender & Sexuality
- Justice & Transformation
- Library & Information Studies
- Philosophy, Politics & Econom
- Political Studies
- Psychology
- Public Policy & Administration
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Theories/ Justice & Inequality
Master of Social Sciences
- African Studies
- Anthropology
- Applied Economics
- Clinical Social Work
- Criminal Justice Social Work
- Criminology
- Economic Development
- Economics
- Environmental & Geog Studies
- Gender and Transformation
- Gender Studies
- Global Studies
- Industrial Sociology
- International Relations
- Organisational Psychology
- Philosophy
- Political Communication
- Political Studies
- Politics
- Practical Anthropology
- Probation & Correctional Pract
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Social Development
- Social Planning & Admin
- Social Policy & Management
- Social Work
- Sociology
Occasional (Humanities) (PG)
- Humanities General
PhD
- Archaeology
- Gender Studies
- African Studies
- Linguistics
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Education
- Environmental & Geog Studies
- English Language & Lit
- Media Studies
- Film Studies
- Fine Art
- Art Historical Studies
- Historical Studies
- Library & Information Studies
- Music
- Criminology
- Philosophy
- Political Studies
- Public Administration
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- African Languages & Literature
- Afrikaans
- Classical Studies
- French Language & Literature
- German Language & Literature
- Hebrew Language & Literature
- Italian Language & Literature
- Spanish
- Sociology
- Industrial Sociology
- Social Work
- Social Development
- Theatre
- Dance