FirstRand: Postgraduate Bursaries 2025
The FirstRand Empowerment Foundation is inviting students to apply for their Bursary Programme for the 2025 academic year. Bursaries will be awarded for Postgraduate studies (Bachelor of Honours degree) in a variety of fields.
Eligible Fields of Study
- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- Agricultural Sciences
- BA Honours Arts (Psychology)
- Biosciences
- Business Information
- Climate Sciences
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Electronics
- Engineering
- Environmental Sciences
- Financial Management
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Information Management
- Information Science
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Law
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Renewable Energy
- Risk
- Sciences
- Society and Sustainability
- Statistics
Eligibility Requirements
- You must be a South African citizen.
- Age between 21 and 35 years.
- Completed Matric with a minimum of 60% in Mathematics (not Mathematical Literacy).
- Completed an Undergraduate degree between 2022 and 2024.
- Enrolled in a full-time 1 year honors degree program.
- Pursuing your first postgraduate qualification.
- Studying at a public university in South Africa.
- A minimum overall average of 60% in undergraduate studies.
- Combined gross family income not exceeding R600 000 per annum.
