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 Extractive Metallurgy Investigating the economic performance, material flows and reverse logistics of hydrometallurgical recycling of metals from electronic waste 28-03-2025 13-04-2025 May 2025
PhD & MEng Bioresource Engineering Biopolymer recovery and modification 12-03-2025 31-03-2025
PhD & MEng Extractive Metallurgy Research opportunities in Extractive Metallurgy & Geometallurgy 21-02-2025 14-03-2025 May-June 2025
MEng Bioresource Engineering Mitigating and sequestering of CO2 emissions through biochar production 20-02-2025 No later than January 2026
MEng Green Hydrogen Engineering The pyrolysis of methane derived from biogas 2025-02-17 March 2025
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