The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand invites graduate students to apply to undertake degree programmes in Migration and Displacement. All programmes can either be undertaken full-time or part-time. ACMS enrols a maximum of 25 Hons, MA and PhD students each year from various academic backgrounds and countries. Based in the School of Social Sciences, migration and displacement is an interdisciplinary field encompassing a wide range of disciplines including economics, public health, political science, sociology, urban planning, and development studies. With migration and displacement being such important and hotly-debated topics, the course has a wide-ranging academic and practical scope. The programmes are taught by ACMS staff who are widely published and have conducted innovative research projects.

Our postgraduate programmes are designed to give students a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding and analysing a wide range of topics in the field of migration and displacement. They also equip graduate students with the practical skills necessary to understand, analyse and advise on the drivers, impacts and management of migration within academia, government, business and non-profit organisations, where many of the programme’s alumni are currently employed. Students are strongly encouraged to partake in the Centre’s research activities and are frequently invited to publish and present their work done as part of this programme. For application requirements please visit the Wits University website Migration and Displacement page and the funding opportunities page. If you have any further enquiries feel free to email: teaching@migration.org.za or call +27-11-717-4033.