Prospective students

Application Procedure

Please apply online at the following links:

Electronic: Apply online at the pgstudies webpage application here.
Foreign students: Apply online at the International Office webpage here.

Project opportunities for 2023 !

The following research opportunities are available at the South African Grape and Wine Science Institute for Masters and Doctoral students: ( Please click on each project title to see more information)

Available PhD Projects

Exploring the potential of yeast and bacteria te reduce smoke taint in wine
Extracting valuable compounds from wine yeasts to improve sustainability of the wine industry.
Assessing vitamin uptake and metabolism in wine yeasts.
Sensory impact of mixed species fermentations.
Species vs strains: Investigating evolutionary and ecological implications of different taxonomic levels in microbial ecosystems.
CRISPR mediated genome -editing for waterwise grapevines.
Adaptability and resilience of grapevine scions/rootstocks to water stress.
New Breeding technologies to increase the clonal diversity of Pinotage.
Available MSc Projects
The impact of grapevine surface waxes on fungal pathogens.
Effect of Ecklonia maxima seaweed extract on ripening dynamics, fruit and wine quality .
Berry characterisation in Vitis vinifera L. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir under different climatic conditions.
Development of novel malolactic fermentation starter cultures using conventional and non-conventional lactic acid bacteria.
Oxygen additions during fermentation: effect on wine composition.
Profiling South African Shiraz wines
Evaluating the potential of combined microbial consortia and seaweed extracts in promoting plant growth and disease resistance.
Analysing the colour locus in a collection of gamma-irradiated Pinotage plants to identify novel colour variants as potential Pinotage clones.
Are grapevine defense response genes induced when plant defensin peptides are sprayed onto the plant?
Using hairy root cultures to study terpene production in grapevines.
Physical and chemical bunch characterization of table grapes using machine vision.

Brochures

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Download SAGWRI Prospectus 2023 click here

Prospective students

Prospective students

Application Pro​cedure

Please apply online at the following links:

Project opportunities for 2023 !

The following research opportunities are available at the South African Grape and Wine Science Institute​ for Masters and Doctoral students: ( Please click on each project title to see more information)

Available PhD Projects

Available MSc Projects

Brochures

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Application Procedure

The following research opportunities are available at the South African Grape and Wine Science Institute for Masters and Doctoral students: ( Please click on each project title to see more information)