22 Master's degrees in History in South Africa

This Church History and Church Polity programme from University of Pretoria offers the student with a four-year BDiv, a BThHons or equivalent qualification, the opportunity of theological specialisation and research at master’s level.

This Church History and Church Polity (Coursework) programme from University of Pretoria offers the student with a four-year BDiv, a BThHons or equivalent qualification, the opportunity of theological specialisation and research at master’s level.

The Master of Arts in Heritage from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg can be undertaken in two different ways: by dissertation only or by coursework and research report. 

History from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving.

Violent Histories and Repair from Stellenbosch University aims to educate, train and mentor emerging scholars and engaged young researchers to contribute to the much-needed decolonising development of knowledge on the multi-dimensional and transgenerational legacies of violent histories.

History, a programme offered by the Stellenbosch University, is a subject of many dimensions, but its central thrust is to explain change over time. How we deal with change, in our personal life or in wider society, depends on how well we are informed. This department aims to provide students with the necessary intellectual skills to understand processes of change and historical debate. 

Sociology (Coursework) from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving that will help you develop to your full potential.  

The master in History of 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. 

Heritage and Cultural Sciences - Heritage and Cultural Tourism from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving.

The Master of Arts in the field of History of Art from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg has an active cohort of postgraduate students pursuing Honours, Masters and PhD degrees

The Faculty of Military Science is based at Saldanha, on the West Coast of South Africa, where it is housed in the South African Military Academy. The institution offers education and training for members of the Department of Defence at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as the Military History (Option A) programme at the Stellenbosch University.

The master of Theology in Church History at University of South Africa (UNISA) offers high-quality general academic and career-focused distance education tuition in the arts, humanities, social sciences, religion and theology. 

The Department of Historical Studies has a longstanding commitment to creating and developing innovative and sustainable linkages between teaching, research and social dissemination of academic knowledge. The Historical Studies programme is offered by University of Cape Town.

History is the study of ancient cultures; their art, literature, thought and history. The focus of Classics is the ancient Mediterranean – Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East – but our courses also include modules on ancient Africa, India and China. The Classics program of Rhodes University is designed to stimulate, inform, and encourage reflection.

Some of the courses included in this History programme at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg are: Themes in African-American History in the United States and Oral & Documentary History: Theory and Practice.

History (Coursework) from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving.

Art History and Visual Culture is the study of ancient cultures; their art, literature, thought and history. The focus of Classics is the ancient Mediterranean – Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East – but our courses also include modules on ancient Africa, India and China. The Classics program of Rhodes University is designed to stimulate, inform, and encourage reflection.

The Faculty of Military Science is based at Saldanha, on the West Coast of South Africa, where it is housed in the South African Military Academy. The institution offers education and training for members of the Department of Defence at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as the Military History (Option B) programme at the Stellenbosch University.

Gender Studies (Coursework) from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving that will help you develop to your full potential. 

The  Ancient Cultures programme at the Stellenbosch University focuses on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds, the interrelatedness of these cultures and their influence on the modern world.