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Doctor of Philosophy specialising in Environmental Humanities at University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme overview

The PhD specialising in Environmental Humanities is a doctoral research degree (course code ANS6500W) built on an approved co-supervised, cross-disciplinary research project, culminating in an 80,000-word ethnographic thesis.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: Anthropology  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Engagement with appropriate literature and one to two months of field-based research, leading to the thesis.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Humanities PhD rules (FD3): applicants must have the required academic background and submit an acceptable research proposal for which supervision is available.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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