AIMS Google DeepMind Scholarship South Africa 2026

The African Institute for Mathematical Science (South Africa), also known as AIMS, is located in Muizenberg, Western Cape. The organisation was founded as a partnership between various local and international universities, namely University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town, University of Oxford, Université de Paris Sud XI, Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape. DeepMind Technologies Limited (operating as Google DeepMind) was founded in the UK in 2010, created by a British-American artificial intelligence research laboratory. DeepMind acts as a subsidiary of Google, which later acquired it in 2014.

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered): You must be an African citizen (of any African country)You must reside anywhere in Africa (at the time of your application)You must have completed a 4 year undergraduate degree OR a 3 year undergraduate degree with an Honours year by August 2025 (or by December 2025 if you are a Southern African applicants)You must have obtained an undergraduate degree in any of the following fields of study: Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Physics or any other discipline with a strong computational and mathematical componentYou must NOT have held a previous scholarship to study at an AIMS centreYou must be enrolling for a Masters degree programmeYou must not have engaged in any previous scholarship awards with AIMSYou must be passionate about MathematicsYou must be passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI)You must be passionate about Machine Learning

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Applications must be submitted online at:AIMS Google DeepMind Scholarship Application 2026 Applicants mustSign Up an accountbefore they canLoginand apply. Enter “www.zabursaries.co.za” in the field asking how you heard about the AIMS Scholarship. Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified): Full academic transcriptsRepresentative examples of work that you’ve completed in mathematical sciences (this can be found on the application site)Coding problem (this can be found on the application site)Curriculum VitaeMotivational letter of approximately 500 words(read our tips onhow to write a motivational letter for your bursary application)