545 Master Programs in Africa for 2024

The Master of Commerce degree in Development Finance at the UCT Graduate School of Business gives you the practical know-how to turn your ideas into long-term development solutions that improve lives, uplift communities, and place Africa on the global stage.

The MPhil (Sustainable Development) programme is defined as a research-based MPhil and is more highly rated in the national higher education system than a 2-year coursework MPhil. Students thus graduate with a highly rated research-based Master’s degree from the University of Stellenbosch.​ The School of Public Leadership offers two project management courses: a basic course called Project Management and an advanced course called Advanced Project Management. Both of these courses can be selected as electives and will be accredited under these titles.

From national security to the privacy of personal communications, the smooth running of societies and economies depends on the security of computer networks. With a security breach potentially costing a company millions, highly skilled experts who can provide protection are sought-after across the globe. Technology is constantly developing and security issues are too, making this a challenging and rapidly evolving specialism.

The one-year "Mediterranean Studies" programme of the Master in Advanced European and International Studies - bilingual (English/French) takes place in Nice, Tunis and Istanbul.

The Department of Historical Studies has a longstanding commitment to creating and developing innovative and sustainable linkages between teaching, research and social dissemination of academic knowledge. It patiently and systematically trains graduate students in the art of writing empirically solid, conceptually alive and socially relevant histories through a diverse but balanced platter of coursework, a series of lively seminars, workshops, conferences, and colloquia, and intimate and meticulous supervision of primary research. No wonder that the Department has played a consistently leading role in generating internationally recognised historical research of excellent quality and thereby training students for careers both within and beyond academia.

This Postgraduate master program will prepare you for a position in Web development. This fairly new degree was shaped by employers expressing their need for employees with web-development skills: database management, computer networking, information security, Web applications, etc. This program is tailored to meet this demand by balancing foundational areas of understanding and problem solving with an emphasis on Web-centered technologies. Our graduates are immediately productive and adaptive as programmers, Web developers, software developers, software architects, Web applications developers.

The program is structured in such a way to combine on-site learning activities with off-site activities. The intensive on-site learning activities are preceded by preparatory reading and related exercises for submission to the school. There is also post-session follow-up work involving activities like problem-solving assignments, paper writing based on field research, and independent reading.

In this program, taught in French, students will work in multicultural teams on projects focusing on societal, ecological, and environmental issues and will try to answer the question of how to put design at the service of the population and its surroundings.

The Executive Professional programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of senior managers, executives, and functional or operational leaders who wish to develop their expertise and strengthen their managerial skills in project management.

EUCLID offers two closely related programs associated with its recognized expertise and intergovernmental mandate in the field interfaith studies and diplomacy.

The purpose of the Master of Public Management and Governance is to equip students with specialized knowledge and insights to develop in-depth knowledge in a complex area of study through independent research, to demonstrate specialized leadership, self-reflexivity, and adaptability, to develop analytical and management competencies at the master’s level to perform advanced and professional tasks in the public sector, to gain abstract knowledge into either policy evaluation as a higher-order management function or sustainability management, to synthesize information autonomously in these specialized fields in order to become leaders who can handle contradictions and evaluate highly complex problems independently, to write high-level texts and to apply research methods and techniques to solve problems which need scientific solutions.

The MECI Early Childhood Intervention is a full-time postgraduate program run by the University of Pretoria. As the most diverse Faculty at the University, Humanities offers an exciting range of programs and discipline-based majors. The Humanities programs offer part-time and full-time options and allow students to specialize in a chosen field.

This Program offers the student with a four-year BDiv, a BThHons or equivalent qualification, the opportunity of theological specialisation and research at master's level.

The MPhil in Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa is a full-time postgraduate program run by the University of Pretoria. The faculty and staff pursue this idea by focusing on the law and on excellence in all divisions of jurisprudence. It is also pursued by focusing on jurists and by preparing students to become leaders of their communities where they can promote the law and its principles effectively.

The coursework master’s degree curriculum consists of compulsory core and elective theoretical modules (90 credits) as well as a mini-dissertation (90 credits).