Wednesday 3 July 2024

Bursaries: Questions and answers

When Should You Start Applying For Bursaries? 
** You should start applying as early as possible. Most bursaries do not need your Matric results immediately. Also, be sure to apply to as many options as possible.

Which bursaries are still open for 2025?
** Bursaries
Amazon: Bursaries 2025
Glencore: Bursaries 2025
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC): Bursaries 2025
Sasol: Mining/Engineering Bursaries 2025
SANRAL: Bursaries 2025
MMEG: Bursaries 2025
Thuthuka Bursary 2025
South African Reserve Bank: Bursaries 2025

Is UCT open for 2025 application?
** When to apply. Applications opened on 2 April 2024. The closing date for applications for undergraduate study at UCT in 2025 is 31 July 2024. We will not consider applications received after this date.

Do you pay back a bursary?
** This money must be repaid once the student takes up employment. A BURSARY is an award given to students in need of financial support who are performing well academically. 

Can I use my Grade 11 report to apply for university?
** Which results should I apply with? You need to use your final Grade 11 results for the application and you will be conditionally admitted based on those. Your admission status will be finalised upon the release of your final National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) results in January.