Looking for a bursary that will pay for your tertiary education can be a very daunting task.There is a couple of things that you will need to do. You also have the task to make decisions about your career choice.
Grads24 has put together a list of bursaries that you can choose from for 2025 academic year. These are basically financial assistance offered by private companies of South Africa. The aim of offering bursaries is to contribute toward skills development. This creates a pool of qualified citizens which makes it easier to have them employed.
UNDERGRADUATE BURSARIES FOR 2025
These are different from postgraduate because they target first qualifications like diplomas and degrees. They exclude second qualification that are more advanced like postgraduate diplomas and degrees. There are those that are put aside for furthering your studies.
Below you will find bursaries for undergraduate qualifications that you can choose from.
ACCOUNTING BURSARIES
(Absa, Allan Gray, FNB, KPMG, Investec, Sanlam bursaries and more)
AGRIULTURE BURSARIES
(Citrus Academy, Digby Wells, GWK, Hortgro Bursary, Potato SA, SAMAC bursaries and more.)
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
COMMERCE BURSARIES
CONSTRUCTION BURSARIES
EDUCATION BURSARIES
ENGINEERING BURSARIES
GENERAL BURSARIES
GOVERNMENT BURSARIES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BURSARIES
LAW BURSARIES
MARKETING BURSARIES
MEDICINE BURSARIES
WHAT IS A BURSARY?
A bursary is financial support made available to university & university of technology students and learners who wish to further their studies. In this website you will find university, university of technology and TVET college (NSFAS) bursaries.
A bursary is a type of financial assistance that companies and organisations extend to students who are unable to pay for their tertiary edication. Recipients of bursaries must be able to demostrate that they can achieve good results throughout their programme they enrol for. They mus also be able to prove that they are from previously disadvantaged backround.
What Should Be Included In A Bursary Application?
In order to assess your online bursaries for 2025 application companies will ask you to provide a set of information. Additionally they will ask you to provide them with some documents. This is required for your application to undergo assess to check if you are the candidate they are looking for.
Usually you will be asked to provide the following:
- Your ID document
- Your previous year’s results
- Your full CV
- Motivation Letter
- In rare cases you will be asked to provide proof of household income income
Grads24 keeps updating all pages that carry information about bursaries to help all readers who visit us on daily basis.