FirstRand Foundation Trust: Bursaries 2024

The FirstRand Foundation Trust extends an invitation to eligible South African students to submit applications for the Bursary Programme for the academic year 2024.

Bursaries will be awarded for studies towards critical skills programmes, specifically for Undergraduate Degree studies in the following fields:

Commerce:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Financial Management
• Law
• Risk

Engineering:

• All specialisations/ disciplines

Science:

• Actuarial Science
• Agricultural Science
• Bioscience
• Climate Science
• Data Science
• Electronics
• Environmental Science
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems
• Mathematical Science
• Physics
• Renewable Energy
• Society and Sustainability
• Statistics

Technology:

• Business Information Systems
• Computer Science
• Information Management
• Information Systems
• Information Science
• Information Technology

Requirements

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:

• You must be a South African citizen
• You must be Black (African, Coloured, Indian, Asian)
• You must NOT be older than 21 years in your first year of study
• You must be currently in Matric or have completed Matric within the last 3 years (applicants who completed Matric more than 3 years ago may NOT apply)
• You must have achieved a minimum of level 5 for Mathematics in Matric
• You must have a strong academic record
• You must intend on studying full time, towards an undergraduate degree in one of the fields listed above
• You must have applied for and been provisionally admitted to study at a public university in South Africa, in 2024
• You must belong to the “missing middle” group, with a combined gross family income of between R350 000 and R600 000 per annum

The bursary will provide cover for the following expenses:

• Tuition fees, learning resources,
• Computer (for 1st year students),
• Accommodation,
• Meals
• And a monthly stipend.

The Trust will keep in contact with bursary recipients, and may also offer the following opportunities:

• Vacation Work
• Hackathon
• Mentoring
• Think Tank
• Invitation to FirstRand Offices
• Students’ transportation to and from campus to provincial headquarters
• Interaction with FirstRand personnel at the university campus
• Driver’s License