When it is August you know that the year is almost over as we are left with just four months. Matriculants are already done with their mid year exams and have received their results already. These results are very important as they allow you to apply for space to study next year. We present you with the list of bursaries that are closing in the month of August.
What makes these bursaries very important is that they close when you already have results for the current year. You have no excuse!
Browse the list below to find a bursary that is suitable for your 2025 academic year studies.
LIST OF ALL BURSARIES CLOSING IN AUGUST 2024
Here goes the list for Aug
1. Capitec Bursary – Closing 15 August 2024
Capitec bursary applications for 2025 are open for learners and students who wish to enrol for their undergraduate qualifications next year. Studies must be undertaken in South Africa and must be for these fields of study:
- Accounting
- Engineering
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Business Studies
- Transport & Logistics
2. Hortgro Bursary – Closing 15 August 2024
This company has been around for sometime and specializes in horticulture since the 1600. More than 700 students have been funded and the company has spent more than R43 million to date.
Below are some of the qualifications that do qualify for this bursary:
- Agricultural Studies
- Horticulture
- Project Management
- Entomology
- Microbilogy
- Marketing
3. Liberty Bursary – Closing 30 August 2024
Students who wish to pursue undergraduate studies in Actuarial Science are targeted for these bursaries. Liberty has been in business since year 1957. Liberty is a Standard Bank owned insurance business and offers its services in 18 countries in Africa.
- Actuarial Science
Studies can be undertaken in any recognised university in South Africa offering Actuarial Science as a qualification.
4. Mediclinic Bursary – Closing 31 August 2024
Opening within the health sector, Mediclinic provides South Africans with quality medical care services which comprise of hospitals that are spread all over the country. There are bursaries that are available to interested students to apply for next year. Here are the study fields that can apply:
- Doctors who wish to complete qualifications accredited by HPCSA which is Health Professions Council of South Africa
5. Haw & Inglis Bursary – Closing 31 August 2024
This bursary is open for applications from students who wish to study one of the following qualifications listed below:
- Engineering
- Construction
6. Masakh’isizwe (Mis) Bursary – Closing 31 August 2024
This one is Western Cape government’s initiative to close the skills shortage gap in the province. It is aimed at creating a pool of qualified individuals in specific fields of study highlighted below.
- Architecture
- Engineering
- Town Planning
- Construction
- Property Studies
7. Momentum Metropolitan Bursary – Closing 31 August 2024
This group is in the financial services sector of the economy with more than 14 subsidiaries in Africa and the United Kingdom. It offers bursaries in the following studies:
- BSc Actuarial Science
- BBus Science Actuarial Science
- BCom Actuarial Science
- BSc Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
Nedbank Bursary – Closing 31 August 2024
Because Nedbank is operating in a financial services and products sector, bursaries it offers are in line with skills needed by the sector. The bank is one of major banks in South Africa and employs individuals with qualifications to work mostly in the financial services environment.l
- Nedbank Bursary (closing: 31 August 2024 – extension)
- 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)
- Accenture Scholarship (closing: not confirmed)
- Hatch Bursary (closing date not confirmed yet)
- 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)
- 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)