32 Master's degrees in Environmental Sciences in South Africa

At Forest Science from University of Pretoria we strive to continuously improve our high impact research and significantly address the national shortage of PhD graduates that respond to global and local challenges.

The master in Environmental Education at University of South Africa (UNISA)  is committed to reaching out to all of humanity by providing scholarship, service, learning and continuous professional development opportunities to aspirant and serving educators, managers and policy makers, and other practitioners in education at home and abroad. 

The Master’s in Environment, Society and Sustainability from the University of Cape Town is designed for students with diverse backgrounds who have an interest in environment, society and sustainability. Problems pertaining to the environment, society and sustainability are interdisciplinary in nature and students with backgrounds in both natural and social sciences are encouraged to apply.

At Environment Law from the University of the Western Cape, its strong teaching and applied research focus is building critical capacity in both the private and public sectors.

The aim of the Environmental Science program of Rhodes University is to help students develop appropriate mathematical tools necessary to represent and interpret information quantitatively. It also aims to develop certain skills and meaningful ways of thinking, reasoning and arguing with quantitative ideas in order to solve problems in any given context.

The Environmental Science programme offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is aimed at students who are interested in a career in environmental management and sustainability.

This Environment, Society and Sustainability programme from University of Cape Town  is designed for students with diverse backgrounds who have an interest in environment, society and sustainability. Problems pertaining to the environment, society and sustainability are interdisciplinary in nature and students with backgrounds in both natural and social sciences are encouraged to apply.

The School of Law from University of Kwazulu Natal offers a coursework LLM programme in Environmental Law on both the Howard College and Pietermaritzburg Campuses.

The Master of Science by dissertation in Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences is offered by University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in a wide range of research areas that facilitates an understanding about how the world around us works and the role of different organisms on Earth.

The Environmental and Geographical Science programme at University of Cape Town is furthering the knowledge, understanding and management of the interactions between humans and their social, biological and physical life-support systems.

Holders of any other equivalent South African or international qualification may also be considered for the Applied Sciences (Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences) programme at Tshwane University of Technology.

Holders of any other equivalent South African or international qualification may also be considered for the Health Sciences (Environmental Health) programme at Tshwane University of Technology.