Bursaries Open for 2025 Application
If you are in need of tertiary funding for the 2025 academic year, a bursary is the perfect way to fund your studies. Most bursaries are applicable to students who can prove they are in financial need, have a good academic record and are hard working.
Below you will find a link to each bursary with further information such as the following: eligibility requirements, details on how to apply, application forms where available or details on how to obtain an application form, a list of supporting documents required, closing dates and contact details of the bursary holder if you have any further queries.
Please note that bursaries are only applicable to South African citizens (unless indicated otherwise), who have either completed Matric or are currently in Matric. You will need to prove excellent academic results, as well as financial need in order to apply for a bursary.
LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN BURSARIES Open for 2025 Application
- Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) (closing: 24 May 2024)
- Grand Gaming Bursary (closing: 31 May 2024)
- NFVF International Bursary (closing: 3 June 2024)
- (PAMSA) Bursary (closing: 7 June 2024)
- Fine Music Radio (FMR) Bursary (closing: 14 June 2024)
- Loughborough Development Trust Africa Scholarship – study in the UK (closing: 14 June 2024)
- SAFRIPOL Community Bursary (closing: 30 June 2024)
- Sanlam Bursary (closing: 30 June 2024)
- Schoeman Coetzee Bursary (closing: 30 June 2024)
- Afrimat Bursary (closing: 15 July 2024)
- Schauenburg Education Trust Bursary (closing: 15 July 2024)
- Sasol Mining Bursary (closing: 19 July 2024)
- Canon Collins RMTF Scholarship (closing: 22 July 2024)
- Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship (closing: 22 July 2024)
- Canon Collins Tom Queba and Pegasys Scholarship (closing: 22 July 2024)
- Stellenbosch University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (closing: 22 July 2024)
- Analyze Consulting Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- Jones & Wagener Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- LDM Spaza Shop Competition (closing: 31 July 2024)
- Mediclinic / ER24 Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- NFVF Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- NFVF International Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- Ninety One Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- SANS Killie Campbell Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- Stellenbosch University Lisa Maskell Scholarship (closing: 31 July 2024)
- TuksSport UP Sport Performance Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- W&RSETA UJ Bursary (closing: 31 July 2024)
- Rhodes Trust Scholarship (closing: 1 August 2024)
- UFS & Media24: Matriculant of the Year Bursary Competition (closing: 2 August 2024)
- TWK Agri Bursary (closing: 12 August 2024)
- Capitec Bursary (closing: 15 August 2024)
- Hortgro Bursary (closing: 15 August 2024)
- Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund Bursary (closing: 15 August 2024)
- Chery South Africa Scholarship Challenge (closing: 16 August 2024)
- SARAO Postgraduate Scholarship (closing: 20 August 2024)
- Netwerk24 Scholarship (closing: 23 August 2024)
- Liberty Bursary (closing: 30 August 2024)
- SBF High School Scholarship (closing: 30 August 2024)
- UCT International and Refugee Scholarship (closing: 30 August 2024)
- Haw & Inglis (H&I) Gap Year and Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Masakh’iSizwe (MiS) Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Mediclinic Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Momentum Metropolitan Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Old Mutual Education Trust (OMET) Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- SAICA Thuthuka Bursary Fund (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Sappi Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- SARAO Undergraduate Scholarship (closing: 31 August 2024 – differs by university)
- South African Actuaries Development Programme (SAADP) Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- South African Road Federation (SARF) Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- UCT Online High School Scholarship (closing: 31 August 2024)
- UFS Bursary: Star of Stars Competition (closing: 31 August 2024)
- VKB Group Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Vodacom Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024)
- Nedbank Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024 extended)
- INISA Student Grant (closing: 1 September 2024)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Bursary (closing: 1 September 2024)
- Gert-Johan Coetzee Bursary (closing: 10 September 2024)
- TETA Bursary (closing: 11 September 2024)
- MMEG (Margaret McNamara Education Grants) Bursary (closing: 14 September 2024)
- African Scholars Fund Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Amazon Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Citrus Academy Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Hollywood Foundation Bursary (Future is Bright) (closing: 15 September 2024)
- IMESA Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Knight Piésold Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Bursaries (closing: 15 September 2024)
- South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Transnet Bursary (closing: 15 September 2024)
- Allan Gray Orbis Foundation High School Scholarship (closing: 16 September 2024)
- Bigen Bursary (closing: 16 September 2024)
- University of Pretoria Doctoral Scholarship (closing: 18 September 2024)
- Buscor Bursary (closing: 20 September 2024)
- Glencore Bursary (closing: 20 September 2024)
- KAS-SAIIA-Scholarship (closing: 21 September 2024)
- MQA Bursary (closing: 21 September 2024)
- Dudley D’Ewes Scholarship (closing: 27 September 2024)
- Royal Bafokeng Institute (RBI) Student Loan (closing: 27 September 2024)
- Accenture Scholarship (closing: not confirmed)
- Kearney Bursary (closing: not confirmed)
- Moshal Scholarship Program (closing: not confirmed)
- Mineral Processing Guru (MPG) Bursary (closing: not confirmed)
- PG Group Bursary (closing: not confirmed)
- Siemens Bursary (closing: not confirmed)
- WBHO Bursary (closing: not confirmed)
- Worley Bursary (closing: not confirmed)
- Advance Africa Scholarship (closing: none – applications are accepted anytime)
- BBD Bursary (closing: none – applications are accepted anytime)
- Career Wise Bursaries (closing: none – applications are accepted anytime)
- MINDS Scholarship (closing: none – applications are accepted anytime)
- TTI Bursary (closing: none – applications are accepted anytime)
Please remember to check back here soon as we are constantly adding new bursaries to this page.
Please note: any applications submitted after the closing date, will unfortunately not be accepted – please apply on time to avoid disappointment
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