About The Bursary

This Bursary is for the 2025 academic year. You need to be studying full-time in 2025 to qualify. 

What will the Bursary include?

• The available funding opportunities serves as a commitment to skills development, meaningful socio-economic transformation, and the country’s broader development agenda. 

In most instances you can expect the sponsorship to offer the following:

• Full-Fee Funding, covering: Registration/Tuition, accommodation, meals, books  and stationery/necessities (as approved by the sponsor).
• Laptop provided for study purposes.
• On-going psycho-social support provided by Excel@Uni.
• Light-touch mentorship for developing essential skills imperative for personal and professional growth.  
• The final details of what the bursary will cover, will only be confirmed & final when successful applicants recieve their final bursary award/pledge letter (signed by the sponsor)

Who Can Apply

The bursary programme will be aimed at candidates who meet the following criteria:

• South African Citizen
• Under 30 years of age. 
• This bursary also allows applicants that are 2024 matric students; or on a gap-year after matric in 2023. 

All students registered for full-time studies at any DHET/CHE registered tertiary Institution (university, college, etc), in 2025. 

• For the following NQF-6 (or higher) qualifications: Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Bachelors Degree/Honours

This opportunity is NOT open to: 

• These qualification levels: N4/5/6, Higher Certificate, Masters or Doctoral students. 
• Students at these institution types: TVETs, Community Colleges, Graduate/Business School

Academic performance:  

• Obtaining a good academic record with an academic performance-average of 60% (or above) for the latest full academic-year (and/or year so far) 
• People with living with evidences disabilities only need an academic performance-average of 50% (or above)

Students registered as (first, second or third/final) year students in the following fields of study:

• STEM-related (Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics/Quantitative or Medical) degrees 
• Medicine/Medical sciences (or closely related)
• Human Resources (or closely related)
• Marketing (or closely related)
• Legal (or closely related) 
• Purchasing / Logistics / Supply Chain (or closely related) 
• Business Management (or closely related) 

Depending on application stage, candidates may be required to undergo screening, shortlisting, interview, and psychometric assessments.

Amongst qualifying applications, the following may be preferred:

• Applicants in line with the sponsor’s transformation/ employment equity objectives and requirements. 
• Applicants in their 2nd year onwards.
• Applicants on track to finish their qualification in the minimum-time required (not N+1 or higher)