Doctor of Philosophy Health Sciences
The Doctor of Philosophy is offered in a range of fields across all seven Schools in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Overview
By submission of published work or by submission of a thesis.
- Anaesthesia
- Bioethics and Health Law
- Biomedical Informatics and Translational Medicine
- Critical Care
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Family Medicine
- Forensic Medicine
- Health Sciences Education
- Internal Medicine
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Paediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgery
- Wits Reproductive and HIV Institute
- Anatomical Pathology
- Chemical Pathology
- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Haematology and Molecular Medicine
- Human Genetics
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Virology
- Anatomical Sciences
School of Therapeutic Sciences
- Biokinetics
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Sports Medicine
- Therapeutic Sciences
School of Oral Health Sciences
- Community Dentistry
- Conservative Dentistry
- Experimental Odontology
- Material Science
- Oral Biology
- Oral Medicine and Periodontology
- Oral Pathology
- Orthodontics
- Prosthodontics
- Physiology
- Public Health
Entry Requirements
Doctorate:
- A masters degree from Wits or another university.
- A graduate of this or another university who holds a degree in another faculty whose curriculum has ordinarily extended over not less than four academic years of full-time study.
- A supervisor from the School must be identified and approached prior to application.
Additional entry requirements apply. Contact relevant School.
University Application Process
- Applications are handled centrally by the Student Enrolment Centre (SEnC). Once your application is complete in terms of requested documentation, your application will be referred to the relevant School for assessment. Click here to see an overview of the Wits applications process.
- Please apply online. Upload your supporting documents at the time of application, or via the Self Service Portal.
- Applicants can monitor the progress of their applications via the Self Service Portal.
- Selections for programmes that have a limited intake but attract a large number of applications may only finalise the application at the end of the application cycle.
Please note that the Entry Requirements are a guide. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee a place. Final selection is made subject to the availability of places, academic results and other entry requirements where applicable.
International students, please check this section.
For more information, contact the Student Call Centre +27 (0)11 717 1888, or log a query at www.wits.ac.za/askwits.
University Fees and Funding
Click here to see the current average tuition fees. The Fees site also provides information about the payment of fees and closing dates for fees payments. Once you have applied you will be able to access the fees estimator on the student self-service portal.
For information about postgraduate funding opportunities, including the postgraduate merit award, click here. Please also check your School website for bursary opportunities. NRF bursaries: The National Research Foundation (NRF) offers a wide range of opportunities in terms of bursaries and fellowships to students pursuing postgraduate studies. External bursaries portal: The Bursaries South Africa website provides a comprehensive list of bursaries in South Africa.