Postgraduate and postdoctoral opportunities are listed below. Click on the title of the opportunity that interests you for more details. While many opportunities are associated with bursaries, students are encouraged to pursue funding independently. While South African citizens and permanent residents will enjoy preference, international candidates with outstanding academic performance and/or independent funding will also be considered.
All research undertaken in the department falls within one of our research groups. Supervisors’ profiles and research interests can be viewed here.
Category
Research group
Title
Date posted
Closing date
Assumption date
Postdoc Data Science & Green Hydrogen Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Data Science & Green Hydrogen Engineering Research 2025-05-23 2025-07-25 As soon as available
Postdoc Bioresource Engineering Pilot-plant processing of lignocellulosic biomass through pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods 2025-05-23 2025-07-31 No later than 15 January 2026
PhD & MEng Bioresource Engineering Pilot-plant processing of lignocellulosic biomass through pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods 2025-05-23 2025-07-31 Between July 2025 and January 2026
Postdoc Extractive Metallurgy Investigating the economic performance, material flows and reverse logistics of hydrometallurgical recycling of metals from electronic waste 2025-03-28 2025-04-13 May 2025
PhD & MEng Extractive Metallurgy Research opportunities in Extractive Metallurgy & Geometallurgy 2025-02-21 May-June 2025
MEng Bioresource Engineering Mitigating and sequestering of CO2 emissions through biochar production 2025-02-20 No later than January 2026
PhD Bioresource Engineering Optimization of bioprocesses for the production of valuable chemicals and innovative food products from sugarcane 2024-07-03 2024-11-30 July 2025 or January 2026
MEng Bioresource Engineering Optimization of bioprocesses for the production of valuable chemicals and innovative food products from sugarcane 2024-07-03 2024-11-30 July 2025 or January 2026
PhD & MEng
Bioresource Engineering
2024-07-03
January 2025