The FirstRand Empowerment Foundation is offering bursaries for first-year students enrolling in 2027 at traditional public universities in South Africa. These bursaries are designed to support students across a range of degree programmes aligned with the critical skills needs of the country and FirstRand’s social investing focus areas.
Degree Programmes Funded:
- Agricultural Sciences: All specialisations
- Commerce: 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
- Arts: Psychology, Digital Arts, Fine Arts, Multimedia, Architecture, Art and Design
- Health Sciences: Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Public Health, Pharmacy
What the Bursary Covers:
- Tuition fees
- Accommodation
- Meals
- Learning resources
- A monthly stipend
- A computer for first-year students
Selection Criteria:
- Only Black South African citizens, as defined by the BBBEE Act, will be considered
- Applicants must have a minimum of level 5 for Mathematics in Grade 12
- Applicants must not be older than 21 years in their first year of study
- Applicants must be provisionally admitted into a South African public traditional university for full-time studies
- Family’s combined gross annual income must not exceed R700,000
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