Bursaries

The Industrial Development Corporation is inviting students to apply for the IDC External Bursary Scheme for the2027 academic year. Applications have opened on Monday, 1 June 2026 and will close on Wednesday, 30 September 2026. The IDC Bursary is open to unemployed eligible South African citizens with financial needs. Applicants should be studying or intend to studyfull-timewith the below listed qualifications:

The IDC External Bursary will be granted to applicants studying towards their first qualification and undergraduate studies only. Second, qualifications & post-graduate qualificationwill notbe funded.Funding for postgraduate qualification (honours) willonlybe granted to applicants who are studying:Law Qualifications, Accounting (CA), Actuarial Science, Mathematics & StatisticsSouth African citizensONLY, who arenot older than 26 years.Applicants who are studying or matriculated atQuintile 1,2 & 3 schools (public schools), schools from previously disadvantaged communities, and rural areas will be given first preference.The IDC External Bursary Program is for applicants whose parents earn a combined household income of up toR350 000,00 p/a.Eligible applicants whose parents earn a combined household income betweenR350 000,00 p/a and R600 000,00 p/a may be considered and are therefore invited to apply. An affordability assessment will be carried out as part of the selection criteria.A weighting system, with due consideration of the following aspects, will be applicable:Applicants living with disability will be given first preference.Matriculants with a minimum of75% APS.Applicants at a tertiary level with a minimum of65% averageof the most recent results. You must maintain a60% GPAscore for the duration of study.Applicants must be admitted to study at a South African public university or university of technology.

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