Bursary Requirements
If you want to apply for a bursary, you need to show that you are eligible by ensuring that:
- You have not received any other bursary or assistance
- You are pursuing a course of study in a discipline that will benefit the Financial services Industry
- You are registered at a recognised Tertiary Education Institution in South Africa
- You are a Pan African citizen
Fields of study
The purpose of the programme is to provide financial support to university students studying on a full-time basis towards one of the qualifications listed below:
Bachelor or postgraduate degree in:
- Accounting (towards CA(SA) or CIMA or ACCA)
- Actuarial Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Informatics
- Statistics
- Risk or Investment management
- Agricultural Sciences majoring in one of the following:
- Animal science with Agricultural Economics
- Soil science with Agricultural Economics
- Horticulture with Agricultural Economics
- Viticulture with Agricultural Economics
- Agronomy with Agricultural Economics
- Plant production with Agricultural Economics
- Engineering (Industrial OR Financial OR Process)
What does the bursary include?
- 100% of the prescribed university tuition fees, registration fees and exams fees.
- An amount equal to the average rate for accommodation in a single room at a university residence at the university at which students is studying.
- An amount for meals based on three meals per day.
- An amount towards books is given to each student per annum.
Qualifications
Qualifying Criteria for Postgraduate and/or Undergraduate Applicants
Applicants must:
- be studying full-time for the 2013 academic year at an accredited South African university towards one of the qualifications listed above
- undergraduate or postgraduate students must have achieved a minimum aggregate of 70% in the first semester of their degree studies for the 2012 academic year
- have no criminal record
Qualifying Criteria for 2012 Matriculant Applicants
Applicants must:
- have achieved a minimum aggregate of 80% for the June 2012 examinations
- be studying full-time for the 2013 academic year at an accredited South African university
- have no criminal record
Closing Date: 31 August 2012
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