FirstRand Empowerment Foundation invites students to apply for Bursary Programme for 2025 academic year.
Bursary Application closing date: 15 December 2024
The FirstRand Empowerment Foundation is inviting students to apply for their Bursary Programme, for the 2025 academic year.
Bursaries will be awarded for studies in the following fields:
- Agricultural Sciences: All specialisations
- Arts: Psychology
- Commercial Sciences: Accounting, Actuarial Science, Economics, Financial Management
- Engineering: All specialisations
- Environmental Sciences: Climate Sciences, Renewable Energy
- Information Sciences: Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Management, Information Technology
- Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics, Risk, Statistics
- Natural Sciences: Biosciences, Electronics, Physics
- Social Sciences and Law: Society and Sustainability, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Law
The bursary will provide cover for the following expenses:
- Tuition fees,
- Learning Resources,
- Computer (for 1st year students),
- Accommodation,
- Meals
- Amonthly stipend.
Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:
- You must be a South African citizen
- You must NOT be older than 21 years in your first year of study
- You must be currently in Matric or have completed Matric within the last 3 years (applicants who completed Matric more than 3 years ago may NOT apply)
- You must have achieved a minimum of level 5 for Mathematics in Matric
- You must have a strong academic record
- You must intend on studying full time, towards a first undergraduate degree in one of the fields listed above, in 2025
- You must have applied for and been provisionally admitted to study at a public university in South Africa, in 2025
- You must have a combined gross family income NOT more than R600 000 per annum
How to apply
Applications must be submitted online at: FirstRand Empowerment Foundation Bursary Application 2025
Required Documents:
Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application:
- Clear photograph (head and shoulders)
- South African ID document (certified copy)
- Grade 11 final results and Matric June results, if currently in Matric
- Matric certificate, if completed Matric
- Proof of university acceptance/ provisional acceptance for 2025
- Proof of parents or guardians household income (latest payslips if employed/ affidavit if unemployed/ affidavit stating annual income if self-employed/ most recent audited financial statement or 3 months’ most recent bank statements if they own a business/ SASSA letter stating the grants received if applicable)
- Parents death certificates if deceased
- Letter from the court stating child support amounts if parents are divorced or affidavit from the parent stating the child support amount received if parents are separated
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