Fully-funded undergraduate and postgraduate bursaries in South Africa may be available to help fund your further studies in the next academic year – but make sure you apply before the closing date and you also meet the minimum criteria or requirements for the bursary or scholarship your applying for.
Some undergraduate and postgraduate bursaries and scholarships in South Africa are specifically designed to pay for tuition fees, others to help with living costs. They may cover all your expenses or just make a small but useful contribution – you may even be able to secure funding from more than one source.
In South Africa both the government and private organizations supports the candidates in providing the bursaries and scholarships to reach there goals. The financial aid is provided to candidate in the form of bursary or scholarship at different level of education such as undergraduate and postgraduate level through which economically backward candidate can make there dreamed career.
Since the fee for higher studies day by day is increasing, instead of being a brilliant candidate its not possible for some candidates to go for higher studies. Here the bursaries and scholarships act has a tool for them to pursue higher studies. South African bursaries and scholarships are meant for individual development. However, through which overall development of the country is reached.
Apply for the following bursaries and scholarships open for South African students to study at South African colleges and universities.
See available bursary and scholarship opportunities by categories below:
| ACCOUNTING BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Accounting Sciences, Chartered Accounting, Internal Auditing, Financial Accounting, Finance & Financial Management, Management Accounting and Taxation |
| AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Agricultural Management, Agriculture Science, Animal Welfare, Botany and Zoology, Consumer Science, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation and Plant Science. |
| ARTS AND COMMUNICATION BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Architecture, Communication Sciences, Dance, Drama & Theatre, Fashion & Textile, Film & Motion Picture, Fine Art & Visual Art, Graphic Design, Jewellery Design, Marketing, Multimedia, Music and Performing Arts) |
| ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Administration, Administrative Management, Business Informatics, Business Management, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management Human Resource Management, Local Government Finance, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Marketing Management, Public Administration and Management, Safety Management , Small Business Management, Supply Chain and Operations Management, Tourism Management and Transport and Logistics) |
| EDUCATION BURSARIES (Education, Foundation Phase Teaching, Intermediate Phase Teaching and Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching. |
| ENGINEERING AND IT BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Environmental Engineering, General Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Informatics, Information Technology, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical, Engineering, Mechatronics, Metallurgy & Metallurgical, Mine, Surveying & Mineral Surveying, Mining Engineering, Rock Engineering & Rock Blasting, Software Development, Sound Engineering, Structural Engineering, Systems Engineering) |
| GOVERNMENT BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Municipalities, National Departments, Provncial Departments and State Entities in All South African provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape. |
| LAW BURSARIES (Criminology, Correctional Management, Forensics science, Law, Policing, Security Management |
| MEDICAL BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Audiology, Biochemistry, Dietetics & Nutrition, Dental & Dentistry, Emergency Medical Care, Ergonomics, General Medical, Health Science & Health Related, Hygiene, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Orthotics and Prosthetics, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Radiography, Speech & Hearing Therapy) |
| SCIENCE BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Aviation, Air Traffic & Pilot, Actuarial Science, Agriculture & Agricultural, Related Studies, Analytical Chemistry & General Chemistry, Animal Science, Anthropology and Archaeology, Biology & Biological Science, Biomedical, Botany & Plant Studies, Econometrics, Environmental, Farming, Food Science & Food Technology, Forestry, Genetics, Geography & Geographic, Geo Related [Geomatics, Geophysics, Geohydrology, Geochemistry, Geo-Informatics], General Science, Geology, Grain & Crop Studies, Horticulture, Hydrology & Hydrogeology, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Aquatic Science, Maritime Studies & Related Studies, Mathematics [Business Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, Financial Mathematics], Materials Science, Microbiology, Natural Science, Physics, Soil Science, Statistics & Statistical Science, Technology, Veterinary Science & Related Studies, Water, Waste & Sanitation, Weather & Climate, Zoology, Entomology & Nematology) |