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Stellenbosch University

Doctor of Philosophy in Evaluation Studies

The Doctor of Philosophy in Evaluation Studies in Interdisciplinary Studies is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Doctor of Philosophy in Evaluation Studies offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

This two-year doctoral programme aims to meet the demand for high-level and scarce skills in monitoring and evaluation studies on the African continent. At this level, the aim is to ensure that a new generation of evaluation scholars is trained to ensure that the growing professionalisation of the field is sustained and that a tradition of high-quality scholarship in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in Africa is established and further expanded.

The successful completion of the programme involves a good grasp of the theoretical and methodological demands of scholarship in the field that culminates in a novel and original contribution to the field in the form of a substantive dissertation and subsequent journal articles.

Programme Structure

The program entails the writing of a dissertation that contains the results of independent and original research on a research problem.

Programme Content

Compulsory Module: Evaluation Studies

 

Assessment and Examination

A dissertation that is assessed according to the regulations of Stellenbosch University. Also consult Calendar, Part 1 (General), on doctoral studies.