UCT courses

Looking for the list of all the UCT courses, UCT offers a variety of study options for postgraduate students including diplomas, honours, master’s and PhD programmes. 

In this blog post, we will explore all the courses that UCT offers grouped into faculty basis:

Faculty of Commerce

  • Postgraduate Diploma 
    • Actuarial ScienceBusiness & Systems AnalysisBusiness AdministrationBusiness CommunicationComputer ForensicsDevelopment FinanceDevelopment Policy & PracticeOperations Management and Process InnovationEntrepreneurshipInformation Systems ManagementManagement PracticeMarketingSport ManagementAccounting
    Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
    • Actuarial ScienceEconomicsFinanceInformation SystemsOrganisational PsychologyQuantitative FinanceStatisticsSurvey Data AnalysisTax Technical & Compliance
    Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (Part time)
    • Business & Systems AnalysisComputer ForensicsEconomic Analysis & Financial MarketsEnterprise Syst & Bus Proc ManInformation Systems
    Master of Business Administration 
    • Executive ManagementFull TimeModular
    Master of Business Science
    • Marketing
    Master of Commerce
    • Applied EconomicsApplied FinanceCorporate Finance & ValuationsDevelopment FinanceEconomicsFinancial Reporting ,Analysis & GovernceSouth African TaxationActuarial ScienceDevelopment Policy & PracticeEconomic DevelopmentEconomic ScienceFinanceFinancial ManagementIndustrial and Organisational PsychologyInformation SystemsInternational TaxationInvestment ManagementManagementMarketingOperations ResearchRisk Management of Financial MarketsStatisticsTaxationInternational Management
    Master of Philosophy 
    • Actuarial ScienceAnalytical Population ResearchDemographyDevelopment Policy & PracticeInclusive InnovationMathematical FinanceProgramme EvaluationQuantitative FinanceFinancial TechnologyManagement Studies
    Occasional Commerce Postgrad
    • Commerce GeneralMBA (Full time)
    PhD
    • Actuarial Science
    • Management Studies
    • Marketing
    • Organisational Psychology
    • Demography
    • Development Policy & Practice
    • Economics
    • Taxation
    • Finance
    • Quantitative Finance
    • Business Administration
    • Information Systems
    • Statistics
    • Economics

Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment

  • Postgraduate Diploma 
    • Power Plant Engineering
    Bachelor of Science (Honours) 
    • Architectural StudiesCity & Regional PlanningConstruction ManagementGeographical Information SystemsLandscape ArchitectureMaterials ScienceNuclear PowerProperty StudiesQuantity Surveying
    Master of Philosophy 
    • ArchitectureArchitecture & PlanningChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringConservation Built EnvironmentConstruction Econ & ManagementConstruction Economics & ManagementElectrical EngineeringEng Education ElectricalEng Education MechanicalEngineering Education ChemicalEngineering Education CivilEngineering ManagementGeomaticsNuclear PowerSpace StudiesTransport Studies
    Master of Science
    • ArchitectureArchitecture & PlanningArchitecture (Professional)Chemical EngineeringChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringCivil Infrastr Mngmnt & MaintCivil Infrastructure Management & MaintenanceElectrical EngineeringEngineering ManagementGeomaticsGeotechnical EngineeringLandscape ArchitectureMaterials EngineeringMechanical EngineeringNuclear PowerProject ManagementProperty StudiesRadar and Electrical DefenceStructural Eng & MaterialsStructural Engineering & MaterialsTelecommunicationsTransport StudiesWater Quality EngineeringCity & Regional PlanningGeotechnical EngineeringStructural Engineering & MaterialsTransport StudiesUrban Design
    Occasional EBE Postgraduate
    • ArchitectureChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringConstruction Econ & ManagementElectrical EngineeringGeomaticsMechanical Engineering
    PhD
    • Architecture & Planning
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Construction Econ & Management
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Eng Education Electrical
    • Engineering Education Civil
    • Engineering Management
    • Geomatics
    • Materials Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Transport Studies

Faculty of Health Sciences

Postgraduate Diploma

  • Addictions Care
  • Clin Paediatric Physiotherapy
  • Clinical Hepatology
  • Clinical Paed Emergency Care
  • CliniPaed Electrophys & Epilep
  • Community & Gen Paediatrics
  • Community Eye Health
  • Development Paediatrics
  • Disability Studies
  • Family Medicine
  • Health Economics
  • Health Leadership
  • Health Professional Education
  • Healthcare Tech Management
  • Interdisciplin Pain Management
  • Neonatology
  • Occupational Health
  • Paediatric Cardiology
  • Paediatric Critical Care
  • Paediatric Gastroenterology
  • Paediatric Nephrology
  • Paediatric Pulmonology
  • Paediatric Radiology
  • Paediatric Rheumatology
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Pesticide Risk Management
  • TB-HIV Management

Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours)

  • Applied Anatomy
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biokinetics
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Exercise Science
  • Forensic Genetics
  • Human Genetics
  • Infectious Diseases & Immunol
  • Medical Biochemistry
  • Medical Cell Biology
  • Medical Physics
  • Neuroscience and Physiology
  • Radiobiology
  • Structural Biology

Master of Medical Science

  • Anatomical Pathology
  • Anatomy
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Cardiovascular Biomechanics
  • Cell Biology
  • Chemical Biology
  • Chemical Pathology
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Clinical Science & Immunology
  • Dietetics
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Exercise Science
  • Forensic Entomology
  • Forensic Genetics
  • Forensic Medical Microbiology
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Genetic Counselling
  • Global Surgery
  • Haematology
  • Human Genetics
  • Infection Management
  • Mechanobiology
  • Medical Biochemistry
  • Medical Cell Biology
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Medical Physics
  • Medical Virology
  • Medicine
  • Molecular Forensics
  • Musculosketal Science
  • Neuroscience (Physiology)
  • Neuroscience (Psychiatry)
  • Neuroscience (Surgery)
  • Nutrition
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatrics
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health
  • Radiobiology
  • Radiotherapy
  • Sports Injuries
  • Surgery
  • Trauma Science
  • Trichology & Cosmetic Science
  • Urology

Master of Medicine

  • Anaesthesia
  • Anatomical Pathology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Chemical Pathology
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Forensic Pathology
  • Medical Genetics
  • Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology (Clinical)
  • Pathology (Haematological)
  • Pathology (Microbiological)
  • Pathology (Virological)
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surg
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health Medicine
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Radiology
  • Surgery
  • Urology

Master of Philosophy

  • Biokinetics
  • Biomedical Forensic Science
  • Clinical Paediatric Surgery
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Liaison Mental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Paediatric Forensic Pathology
  • Paediatric Pathology
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • African Emergency Care
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Emergency Medicine
  • Counselling & Psychotherp Serv
  • Disability Studies
  • Disaster Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Exercise&Sports Physiotherapy
  • Health Innovation
  • Health Sciences Education
  • Healthcare Tech Management
  • Maternal & Child Health
  • Medical Virology
  • Occupational Health
  • Paediatric Pathology
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Patient Safety & Clinical Decision-Making A
  • Patient Safety & Clinical Decision-Making B
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health
  • Public Mental Health
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Surgery  

Master of Philosophy  (subspeciality)

  • Addictions Mental Health
  • Adv Hepatology & Transpl
  • Allergology
  • Cardiology (Adult)
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Haematology
  • Critical Care (Adult)
  • Development Paediatrics
  • Endocrinology (Adult)
  • Forensic Mental Health
  • Gastroenterology (Medical)
  • Gastroenterology (Surgical)
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Gynaecological Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases & HIV Med
  • Maternal & Foetal Medicine
  • Neonatology
  • Nephrology (Adult)
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Paediatric Cardiology
  • Paediatric Critical Care
  • Paediatric Endocrinology
  • Paediatric Gastroenterology
  • Paediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Paediatric Nephrology
  • Paediatric Neurology
  • Paediatric Oncology
  • Paediatric Pulmonology
  • Paediatric Rheumatology
  • Pulmonology (Adult)
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Urogynaecology
  • Vascular Surgery

Master of Public Health

  • Community Eye Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Economics
  • Health Systems
  • Social & Behavioural Sciences

Master of Science

  • Paediatric Neurosurgery
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Exercise & Sports Physiotherapy
  • Nursing
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Audiology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Child Nursing
  • Physiotherapy

Occasional (Med) Postgraduate

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Clinical Sc & Immunology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Genetic Counselling
  • Health Economics
  • Health Sciences General
  • Medical Biochemistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Public Health

Medical Elective 

  • Health Sciences General

International Affiliate

  • Health Sciences General
  • Paediatrics
  • Psychiatry

PhD

  • Anaesthesia
  • Anatomical Pathology
  • Anatomy
  • Anatomy & Cell Biology
  • Audiology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Forensic Science
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Cardiovascular Biomechanics
  • Cell Biology
  • Chemical Biology
  • Chemical Pathology
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Clinical Sc & Immunology
  • Dermatology
  • Dietetics
  • Disability Studies
  • Emergency Health Sciences
  • Exercise Science
  • Family Medicine
  • Forensic Entomology
  • Forensic Genetics
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Forensic Pathology
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Genetic Counselling
  • Haematology
  • Health Communication
  • Health Innovation
  • Health Sciences Education
  • Healthcare Tech Management
  • Human Genetics
  • Maternal & Child Health
  • Mechanobiology
  • Medical Biochemistry
  • Medical Cell Biology
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Medical Physics
  • Medical Virology
  • Medicine
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Neuroscience (Physiology)
  • Neuroscience (Psychiatry)
  • Neuroscience (Surgery)
  • Neurosurgery
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatrics
  • Physiology
  • Physiotherapy
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surg
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health
  • Radiology
  • Radiotherapy
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Surgery
  • Trichology & Cosmetic Science
  • Urology

Doctor of Medicine

  • Anaesthesia
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Neurosurgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

Faculty of Humanities

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

Faculty of Law

Postgraduate Diploma

  • Criminology, Law and Society
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Law
  • General
  • Labour Law
  • Marine & Environmental Law
  • Shipping Law
  • Tax Law

Master of Laws

  • Commercial Law
  • Comparative Law in Africa
  • Constitutional & Administrative Law
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminology, Law and Society
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Law
  • General
  • Human Rights Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Law
  • International Taxation
  • International Trade Law
  • Labour Law
  • Law of Mineral & Petrol Extraction & Use
  • Marine & Environmental Law
  • Private Law
  • Private Law and Human Rights
  • Rhetoric Studies
  • Shipping Law
  • Tax Law

Master of Laws (Professional) 

  • Commercial Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Trade Law
  • Labour Law
  • Marine & Environmental Law
  • Private Law and Human Rights
  • Shipping Law
  • Tax Law 

Master of Philosophy

  • Commercial Law
  • Comparative Law in Africa
  • Constitutional & Administrative Law
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminology, Law and Society
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Law
  • General
  • Human Rights Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Law
  • Labour Law
  • Law of Mineral & Petrol Extraction & Use
  • Marine & Environmental Law
  • Private Law
  • Private Law and Human Rights
  • Public Law
  • Rhetoric Studies
  • Shipping Law
  • Tax Law

Occasional (Law) PG

  • Law General

PhD

  • Commercial Law
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminology
  • Private Law
  • Public Law
  • Rhetoric Studies

Faculty of Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

  • Actuarial Science
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Archaeology
  • Archaeology & Environmental Science
  • Astrophysics & Space Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Environmental & Geographic Science
  • Geochemistry
  • Geology
  • Information Technology
  • Marine Biology
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular & Cell Biology
  • Ocean & Atmosphere Science
  • Physics
  • Statistical Sciences
     

Master of Philosophy

  • Advanced Analytics
  • Applied Ocean Science (Marine Biology)
  • Applied Ocean Science (Operational Ocean Science)
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics & Space Science
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biostatistics
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change and Development
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Science
  • Conservation Biology
  • Data Science
  • Environmental & Geographic Science
  • Environment, Society & Sustainability
  • Geochemistry
  • Geology
  • Information Technology
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular & Cell Biology
  • Ocean & Atmosphere Science
  • Operational Research
  • Operational Research
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Statistical Ecology
  • Statistical Sciences
  • Tertiary Chemistry Education
  • Tertiary Physics Education
  • Theoretical Physics
  • Urban Studies

Master of Science

  • Advanced Analytics
  • Applied Ocean Science (Marine Biology)
  • Applied Ocean Science (Operational Ocean Science)
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics & Space Science
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biostatistics
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change and Development
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Science
  • Conservation Biology
  • Data Science
  • Environmental & Geographic Science
  • Environment, Society & Sustainability
  • Geochemistry
  • Geology
  • Information Technology
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular & Cell Biology
  • Ocean & Atmosphere Science
  • Operational Research
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Statistical Ecology
  • Statistical Sciences
  • Tertiary Chemistry Education
  • Tertiary Physics Education
  • Theoretical Physics

Occasional (Sci) postgraduate

  • Astrophysics & Space Science
  • Science General

South African Affiliate

  • General
  • Science General

International Affiliate

  • Science General

PhD

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Science
  • Conservation Biology
  • Environmental & Geographic Science
  • Geochemistry
  • Geology
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular & Cell Biology
  • Ocean & Atmosphere Science
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Statistical Ecology
  • Statistical Sciences
  • Tertiary Chemistry Education
  • Tertiary Physics Education

UCT refers to the qualifications that you undertake as your ‘degree’. Courses are the individual academic components that make-up the programme. Successful completion of the programme earns you a degree. Elsewhere in the world other terminology is used to describe the same thing.