Financial aid for prospective, current, and postgraduate students

"The university reserves the right to amend without prior notice, the regulations and bursary/loan values and/or conditions applicable to the awarding of bursaries/loans"

A quality product is never cheap. However, this should not dissuade you from studying! At Kovsies, we do our best to assist you in dealing with these financial challenges.

Fee Adjustment Grant

• Application for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) – 2017 FEE adjustment grant (closed)
• Fee adjustment grant appeal form

Special Monitoring Loan 2017

Available only for undergraduate final-year students and/or student leaders with outstanding fees.

• 2017 Application for Monitoring Committee Loan (Closed)

NSFAS (National Student Financial Aid Scheme) Loans for 2017

If you encounter any problems while applying, please contact NSFAS on 0860 067 327. 

• NSFAS Handbook 2017
• More NSFAS information
• Appeal for NSFAS financial aid form – 2017 – Closed  
• Hand in at:
  Bloemfontein Campus – Financial Aid,  George du Toit Building;
  Qwaqwa Campus – Administration Building.

Bursaries awarded by the UFS for academic merit:

• Academic merit bursaries (first-year students)
• Academic merit bursaries for senior undergraduate students
• Academic merit bursaries for postgraduate students

Bursaries and loans offered by outside persons or organisations:

• Nedbank Bursaries Programme 2017–2018

• SA Bursaries, South Africa's biggest bursary website

• Trudon Bursaries

• SM Goldstein Bursary

• BDO   Bursary Requirements
• Wool Industry Bursary Trust
• 2017 Babette Taute Honours Scholarship
• 2017 SKA SA – HCD – Undergraduate and Honours Bursary Programme (Closing date: 19 August 2016)
• 2017 Harmony Bursary Application Form for 2017 Intake (Closing date: 31 August 2016)
• Bursaries and bursary loans offered by outside organisations and awarded for postgraduate and undergraduate study (local and overseas)
• Attorneys Fidelity Fund
• The Abe Bailey Trust and Travel Bursary
• Alexander Forbes: 2015 Internship Programme Applications
• Cape Wool SA Bursary Agreement – Cape Wool SA Bursary Application Form

• Bursary Opportunities

We are currently working with a client who is looking for current BSc undergrads (in a variety of fields) and well as BEng  students to support with comprehensive bursaries next year.

Career Space is currently drawing up a student directory to assist the client with sourcing these students.

To register on the directory, simply go to www.careerspace.co.za, click on the “for Students” tab and follow the link to the online application form, or click on this link: http://careerspace.co.za/for-students/

• Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation Myn-beurse
• Bursary Application forms from outside companies
• Bursary information pack (Pdf format)
• FUNDZA LUSHAKA Bursary programme for prospective teachers
• SAP Meraka UTD Opportunities for master's and PhD students

• Bursaries and bursary loans offered by outside organisations and awarded for postgraduate and undergraduate study (local and overseas)

Other:

• Bursaries for culture, art and leadership
• Special merit bursaries for sport
• Sundry bursaries

National Research Foundation

• Application for honours bursary 2015 (Closed – will open December 2014)
• NRF bursaries for postgraduate students
• Information regarding master's and PhDs is available on the NRF website: www.nrf.ac.za

Information on the Scholarships and Fellowships Programme is available on www.nrf.ac.za

For enquiries, please contact the NRF Support Desk:

Mondays to Fridays from 08:00 to 16:30

T: +27 12 481 4202 | 27 12 481 4202
F: +27 12 481 4054
E: supportdesk@nrf.ac.za

Hard copies of the applications, including supporting documentation, should be handed to Ms S Nogabe (+27 51 401 2045) at the Johannes Brill Building, Room 17.

Postgraduate students

The Financial Aid Office received the following information from NSFAS:

All postgraduate applicants must complete an application on the NRF Online Submission System at nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za as soon as possible

Postgraduate School

• Bursaries
• Fellowships

 Bursaries for master's or doctoral studies

ULFE bursary

The Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment has two bursaries to the value of R50 000 each for full-time master's or doctoral studies available for 2016.

Requirements: Honours in a language-related field

The theme of the study must fall within the research field of the ULFE.

The bursary is linked to a 20-hour per week internship

Send your CV, academic record, as well as a provisional project proposal to zandbergj@ufs.ac.za

Applications close 18 November 2015