FirstRand: Postgraduate Bursaries 2025

The FirstRand Empowerment Foundation is inviting students to apply for their Bursary Programme, for the 2025 academic year.

Bursaries will be awarded for Postgraduate studies (Bachelor of Honours degree), within the following fields:

• 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

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:

• You must be a South African citizen
• You must be between 21 and 35 years old
• You must have completed Matric
• You must have achieved a minimum of 60% in Mathematics in Matric (NOT Mathematical Literacy)
• You must have completed an Undergraduate degree between 2022 and 2024
• You must be enrolled in a full-time 1 year honors degree program
• You must be pursuing your first postgraduate qualification
• You must be studying at a public university in South Africa
• You must have achieved a minimum overall average of 60% in your undergraduate degree studies
• You must have a combined gross family income NOT more than R600 000 per annum