Overview

Programme Description

The Theories of Justice and Inequality programme at the University of Cape Town proceeds from the understanding that inequalities in contemporary life take multiple forms. Income-based inequalities are built on and often go together with divisions along ethnic, racial, caste and gender lines. Struggles against these multiple divisions and interacting inequalities on the African continent and global south are at the heart of the programme.

What can we learn from collective struggles to obtain justice and equality of the distant and more recent past? How can they help us grapple with the present social and political predicaments? How might collective endeavours for a just future help us re-imagine and institute democracy, freedom, sovereignty, and a better tomorrow for all? These are some of the questions that students in the programme will be trained to answer from a range of disciplinary standpoints—from the Social Sciences and the Humanities, from Law and from Environmental and Geographical Sciences.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Action, Resistance, Alternatives

Theorising Justice from the South

Ethnographic Problematiques

Oral History: Method, Practice, and Theory

Advanced Historical Methods and Approaches

Data Analysis in Political Sciences: Quantitative

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00

Language

English

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88

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Credits

180 alternative credits

180-210

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Disciplines

Sociology Criminal Justice View 33 other Masters in Sociology in South Africa

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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88

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Other requirements

General requirements

A good pass (i.e. an overall average of 68%) in an Honours degree in Sociology, Industrial Sociology, Development Studies or a cognate discipline is required for acceptance into year two of the specialisation leading to the Master’s degree.

A 500-word research outline

Depending on your field of specialisation you may also be required to submit a CV and/or a sample of academic writing.

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

50600 ZAR / year

≈ 50600 ZAR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

32500 ZAR / year

≈ 32500 ZAR / year

Additional Details

International students must add the relevant Administrative Service Fee (ZAR 5300) /International Term fee to the cost of the typical fee.

Dissertation:R23100

Living costs

Cape Town

South Africa

9088 - 15529 ZAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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