Master of Philosophy in Gender Studies at University of South Africa

Entry requirements

A completed bachelor honours degree or an appropriate postgraduate diploma or a 480 credit bachelor's degree in gender related discipline with an average pass mark of 60% or above. Selection will be done by means of a research statement which all students have to submit upon application. Statements will be assessed by the lecturers and supervisors in the Institute of Gender Studies and students will be admitted if they have submitted a viable research statement as well as on the basis of capacity for supervision within the Institute. All students with foreign qualifications, including those with qualifications from African countries, must have their qualifications evaluated at SAQA. (www.saqa.org.za). Applicants must submit a transcript or an academic record, as well as a document describing their intended research. Students will be accepted on the following criteria: Suitability and viability of the intended research; adequate supervisory capacity and research expertise in the discipline or department. There is an approved selection procedure which is in line with Unisa's policies on equality and diversity in the discipline or department. Applicants who would like to apply for admission through recognition of prior learning (RPL) must be at least 35 years old; and have at least eight years' relevant work, and research experience in the study field in which they would like to apply for admission to a qualification. For more information on RPL criteria visit: http://www.unisa.ac.za/rpl