The School of Economics is one of the largest and most successful economics departments in South Africa. With over 30 faculty members, the department can offer a wide range of postgraduate courses within the coursework Honours and Masters programmes.
The School of Economics offers a coursework PhD programme called the AERC (African Economic Research Consortium) Collaborative Programme. In this programme, students take courses in Cape Town and Nairobi over two years and then write a dissertation. We also offer purely research-based degrees at both Masters and PhD levels and a popular part-time Honours programme in Economic Analysis of Finance Markets (formerly known as Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management).
UCT’s postgraduate economics degrees carry full international recognition because of their carefully designed content, which makes them comparable with similar programmes abroad.
Term Dates: The Masters and Honours degrees commence three weeks before the official start of the University term. Please get in touch with the Postgraduate Administrator for the exact term dates.
The School of Economics offers the following Postgraduate Programmes:
Honours Programmes
- Honours in Economics
- Economic Analysis of Financial Markets (EAFM) - Formerly Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management
Masters Programmes
- Masters Programmes in Economics by Coursework and Dissertation
- Masters by Dissertation only
- MPhil specialising in Financial Technology
Doctorate Programmes
Please note that the closing date for the AERC Collaborative PhD programme is 31 July. Please note this earlier closing date.
- PhD by Dissertation
- PhD by Coursework and Dissertation (Including the AERC Collaborative Programme)
For more information, please see the Commerce Postgraduate Faculty handbooks.
Contacts
- EAFM Convenor: Dr Godfrey Ndlovu
Email: eafm@uct.ac.za - Honours Convenor: Professor Lukasz Grzybowski
Email: lukasz.grzybowski@uct.ac.za - Masters and PhD Convenor: Associate Professor Andrew Kerr
Email: Andrew Kerr andrew.kerr@uct.ac.za - Master of Philosophy specialising in Financial Technology: Dr Allan Davids
Email: Allan Davids allan.davids@uct.ac.za - Postgraduate Administrative Officer: Paula Bassingthwaighte
Email: paula.bassingthwaighte@uct.ac.za - Postgraduate Administrative Assistant: Reza Abrams
Email: reza.abrams@uct.ac.za - Masters specialising in Economic Development Convenor: Michael Smith
Email: michael.smith@uct.ac.za - EAFM Administrative Assistant: Abigail Henwoods
Email: abby.henwood@uct.ac.za