UCT Philosophy: Call for Master's and PhD Scholarship Applications

[Olerato Mogomotsi]

Dear Colleagues, 

The University of Cape Town's Department of Philosophy cordially invites applications for our 2026 master's and doctoral scholarships. 

We encourage applications from prospective postgraduates working in all areas of philosophy, provided the applicant's proposed project can be supervised by the department. 

Whilst the department predominantly works on analytic philosophy, the department also offers supevision on topics in classical phenomenology, existentialism, Frankfurt school critical theory and contemporary philosophy (Philosophy of AI). 

For more information on our research expertise, please click here.

To get a better sense of what the department offers and postgraduate life at UCT Philosophy, please have a look at our postgraduate information brochure. 

For the call for applications, please click here. 

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions (olerato....@uct.ac.za). 

Applications close on the 14th of November. 

Best wishes,