External Bursaries

The Cisco Charitable Foundation Trust South Africa opens call for applicants for bursary programme. As an organisation committed to developing the skills of South Africa’s youth, as well as aligning to our country’s transformation efforts, the Cisco Charitable Foundation Trust has started a bursary programme aimed at furthering IT education opportunities for South African beneficiaries. Successful applicants must be able to show good academic results, as well as financial need. The bursary is open to students in second to fourth year in 2024 who are studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Information Technology (the fourth year includes students in B Tech – NQF level 7 – and Honours programmes – NQF level 8)

Tiger Brands is inviting all high-potential 1st-year students pursuing a Bachelor/ BTech degree with an academic average of 65% or higher who require funding for their second year of study to apply for their bursary programme.

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATGI) is inviting students to apply for bursary funding, for the 2024 academic year.

Bursaries will be awarded for Undergraduate (certificate, diploma, degree) and Postgraduate studies, in fields relevant to the table grape industry and its value chain, which include (but not limited to) the following fields:

• Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Management (with intention to specialise in viticulture)
• Chemistry/ Biochemistry
• Entomology
• Food Science
• Genetics
• Horticultural Science
• Microbiology
• Plant Pathology
• Soil Science
• Viticulture
• and other fields

Students in the Biosciences, with an interest in joining the grape industry are encouraged to apply.

SANParks is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2024 academic year.

The bursary will cover funding for studies towards an undergraduate National Diploma or Degree, in the following fields:

• Community Development and Development Studies
• Environmental Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Tourism studies
• Youth development

Games Global has just launched the Games Global Bursary Programme to provide financial support to academically deserving students to fulfill their undergraduate studies at accredited South African universities.

Eligible Qualifications:

• Bachelor Computer Science
• Bachelor Computer and Information Sciences
• Bachelor Computer and Information Science in Application Development
• Bachelor Computer Science and Information Technology
• Bachelor Computer Science and Information Systems
• Bachelor Computer Science in Computing
• Bachelor Computer Engineering
• Bachelor Data Science
• Bachelor Data Engineering
• Bachelor Science Mathematics
• Bachelor Computer Science and Statistics
• Bachelor Computer Science and Mathematical Science
• Bachelor Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
• Bachelor of Informatics
• Bachelor Computer and Informatics
• Software Development
• Software Testing
• Data Analysis
• Mathematics

Harmony is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2024 academic year. Bursaries will be awarded to top-performing students, for studies within the following fields:

Non-core mining disciplines:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Health Sciences
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Social Sciences

Please note that you have to be from one of the host communities around these Harmony mines:

• Moab Khotsong
• Mponeng
• Thepong Operations
• Doornkop
• Joel
• Target 1
• Kusasalethu
• Masimong

Dentsu SA is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2023 academic year. Bursaries will be awarded for studies within the Media and Marketing fields, including:

• Art Direction
• Brand Communications
• Computer Science
• Copywriting and Strategy
• Data Sciences
• Digital Marketing
• Finance
• Graphic and Web Design
• Human Resources
• Journalism
• Multimedia

The Citrus Academy is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2024 academic year. The bursary is open to any person studying at a registered tertiary education institution in a field related to citrus production or research, who is interested in a career in the citrus industry. Please note that the bursary is open to citizens of South Africa, Swaziland or Zimbabwe and you can be studying fulltime or part-time but going into your second year of study, or above.

Toyota South Africa Motors bursary fund has been established in an effort to provide support to its communities, specifically to emerging talent who proudly display commitment and excel academically. Students are invited to apply for their 2024 bursary opportunity. Bursaries will be awarded to students pursuing full-time study in various fields including: Commerce: • Accounting (Non-CA) – degree must include Accounting, Taxation, Auditing and Management • Analytics • Business Mathematics and Informatics • Financial Management • Human Resource Management • Marketing Management Science: • Business Science Analytics • Computer Science • Information Technology