Are you interested in working in the space sector to bring real benefits to society?
SANSA is looking for forward-thinking individuals to join Africa’s next generation of Earth-observation and space scientists.
South Africa needs an increase in science and engineering graduates if we are to effectively resource the country with necessary and scarce skills to achieve goals of the National Development Plan and ensure a successful and sustainable future for our citizens.
Earth Observation (Hons, MSc, PhD)
- Remote sensing
- Geospatial programming
- Earth system science with remote sensing
- Earth observations in ecosystems accounting
- Applications of remote sensing in environmental management including oceans and marine, agriculture and rangelands, water resource management, mineral resource and spatial planning
Engineering (MEng, MTech, MSc, PHD, DTech)
- Software and software systems engineering
- Aeronautical, aerospace, mechanical, electrical, electronic, mechatronic and computer engineering
- Space, systems, antenna and RF engineering
Space Science (Hons, MSc, MPhil, PhD)
- Antarctic radar studies of climate change
- Multi-instrument studies of space weather
- Modelling geomagnetically induced currents in power systems
- Multi scale ionospheric physics, structure and dynamics
- Ionospheric and radio propagation modelling
- Theory of waves and solutions in plasmas
- Solar physics
- Space Weather forecasting and verification aligned to navigation and radiation applications
All SANSA divisions (Hons, MSc, PhD)
- Computer science
- Information systems
- Software and systems engineering
- Data Science
- Field of your choice related to key SANSA objectives
- Space, systems, antenna and RF engineering
HOW TO APPLY
Visit the SANSA website at
Click Here to SANSA REGISTER BURSARY PAGE to find out more about our requirements and to submit your application.
You can find more information on SANSA research projects at