Firstrand Empowerment Foundation Postgraduate Bursary 2025 for young South Africans.

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Application Deadline: 15 December 2024

Applications are actually open for the 2025 Firstrand Empowerment Foundation Postgraduate Bursary. This postgraduate bursary is designed for college students who’re pursuing their first postgraduate qualification. Our focus is on supporting college students in fields aligned with nationwide priorities, together with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM), to foster innovation and drive transformation within the nation’s key sectors.

In addition to monetary help, FREF presents holistic wraparound companies that guarantee our bursary recipients not solely succeed academically but in addition develop personally and professionally. This contains psychological well being help, skilled improvement Opportunities, and a chance for college students to actively contribute to the success of different young individuals in South Africa by the “Pay it Forward” program, the place college students are inspired to offer again to their communities.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a South African citizen
• Applicants have to be enrolled in a full-time one yr honors diploma program.
• The mixed family revenue of the applicant should not exceed R600,000 every year.
• Applicants have to be learning at one in every of South Africa’s 26 public universities.
• A minimal of 60% in matric arithmetic is required. Please word, Mathematical Literacy doesn’t qualify.
• Applicants have to be between the ages of 21 and 35. Students turning 36 or older in 2025 usually are not eligible.
• Applicants will need to have accomplished their undergraduate diploma between 2022 and 2024.
• Only college students pursuing their first postgraduate qualification are eligible.
• An general common of 60% or greater within the undergraduate diploma is required for consideration.
• Fields of research:

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Agricultural Sciences
• BA Honours Arts (Psychology)
• Biosciences
• Business Information
• Climate Sciences
• Computer Science
• Data Science
• Economics
• Electronics
• Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Financial Management
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems
• Information Management
• Information Science
• Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Law
• Mathematical Sciences
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Renewable Energy
• Risk
• Sciences
• Society and Sustainability
• Statistics

Application Procedure:

• Certified ID copy not older than 6 months (All data have to be clear and legible)
• Certified Matric Certificate
• Certified Academic Records
• Proof of provisional or last acceptance to Bachelor of Honors Degree
• EEA1 type

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Firstrand Empowerment Foundation Postgraduate Bursary