Overview

Key Features

The Masters in Portuguese Studies offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg aims to guide the students:

To foster interdisciplinary connections to promote Portuguese language, literatures and cultures.
To make students recognise Portuguese as a pluricentric language with multiple variations, whilst making them culturally aware of their distinct aspects.
To conduct research in various spheres of Portuguese as a foreign language and second language.
To provide students with proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language and grant a master qualification to those who may wish to expand their linguistic and cultural knowledge in Portuguese.

To cultivate the potential to pursue doctoral studies in Portuguese.

Career Opportunities

International business consultant
Diplomatic service
Lawyer/ Attorney/Advocate /Judge
Teacher
Engineers
Journalist /Foreign correspondent
Translator / Interpreter
Tourism officer
Publisher
International agent
Cultural-business consultant
Immigration officer
Researcher

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Masters in Portuguese Studies is only offered by Dissertation.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-10 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

Disciplines

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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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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

BA degree with Honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate.
A supervisor from the must be identified and approached before application.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

31100 ZAR / year

≈ 31100 ZAR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

31100 ZAR / year

≈ 31100 ZAR / year

Additional Details

full-time R31 100
full-time, second term R16 600
part-time R20 710
part-time, second term R10 520

Living costs

Johannesburg

South Africa

8434 - 12036 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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Scholarships Information

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