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Private company bursaries

Accenture Education Trust Scholarship (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

BSC

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information and Knowledge Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Mechanical with Mechatronics Engineering

BSC (Eng)

  • Information Technology
  • Electronic /Electrical (Light Current)

BCOM

  • Informatics
  • Information Systems
  • Stats and Data Science
  • Computer Science

DATA ENGINEERING

  • Big Data Analytics

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

BENG

  • Electronic or Electrical Comp Eng
  • Information Engineering
  • Micro Electronic Engineering

Closing Date
30 August 2025
CSIR (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

Areas for undergraduate bursary

  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Data Science
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Genetics/Cell Biology
  • System Engineering
  • Process Engineering/Life cycle assessment
  • Material Flow Analysis

Areas for Honours Bursary

  • Physics
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Data Science
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Welding Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Information Technology

Areas for master’s bursary

  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biotechnology
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Flow Chemistry
  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Data Science
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Welding Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Flow Chemistry
  • Industrial engineering
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Food Science
  • Food Technology
  • Environmental science
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Information Technology
  • Engineering Physics
  • Biophysics
  • System Engineering
  • Computation Modelling
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Biophotonics
  • Materials Engineering
  • Genetics/ Cell Biology
  • Process Engineering
  • Material Flow Analysis
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Life cycle assessment
  • Applied Mathematics

Areas for doctoral bursary

  • Aquaculture
  • Microbiology
  • Virology
  • Animal Health
  • Biochemistry
  • Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computer Science
  • Flow Chemistry
  • Process Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Metallurgy/Powder Metallurgy
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Genetics/Cell Biology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Information Systems
  • Information Technology
  • Data Science
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Computation Modelling
  • Biophotonics
  • Biophysics
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Welding Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Food Technology
  • Food Science
  • Applied Metallurgy
  • Materials Engineering
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Material Flow Analysis

Apply online at :

CSIR

Closing Date
29 August 2025
Old Mutual Investment Group Imfundo Trust Scholarship (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

  • Business, Commerce, Finance and Management Sciences / Studies (first and second year in 2026)
  • Computer Science and related qualifications (e. g. Computational Thinking) (first and second year in 2026)
  • Data Science (first and second year in 2026)
  • Climate Studies (postgraduate)
  • Engineering (first and second year in 2026)

Closing Date
30 September 2025
Rio Tinto (Engineering)
Study fields:

Engineering

Qualification Sponsored:

  • BSC or BEng Engineering: Extractive Metallurgy, Electrical, Mechanical
  • BSc Sciences: Environmental Science, Geology

Apply online at :

Rio Tinto

Closing Date
31 August 2025
Rio Tinto RBM 2026 Bursaries – Non-Core Disciplines (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

  • Engineering: (Civil, Land surveying, Industrial)
  • Sciences: (Computer Science, Data Science)
  • Social Sciences (Community Development, Criminology, Psychology)
  • Humanities (Journalism, Media and Communication)
  • Health Sciences (Pharmacy, Nursing and Medicine)
  • Management Sciences (Economics, Commerce, Finance)
  • B.A (Law, Safety Management)

Closing Date
31 August 2025
Shoprite (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

  • Accounting
  • Biological and Agricultural Science
  • E-Commerce 
  • Food Science
  • Information Technology
  • Logistics and Supply Chain
  • Retail Business Management

Apply online at :

Shoprite

Closing Date
30 September 2025
South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

  • Postgraduate Diploma in property Development and Management (PGDipPDM)
  • BSc. Construction Studies 
  • BSc. Property Studies 
  • BSc. Quantity Surveying 
  • BSc. Architectural Studies 
  • BSc. Civil Engineering
  • BSc. Real Estate
  • BCom. Property Valuation and Management
  • Bachelor of Urban/ Town and Regional Planning

Closing Date
15 September 2025
Standard Bank Group Bursary (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

  • Agriculture
  • Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Science (Actuarial, Analytics, Business, Computer, Data, Information)
  • Statistics Technology (Financial, Information) and the disciplines in the emerging field of Behavioural Economics (Economics, Behavioural Finance, Sociology, Psychology, Neuroscience).

Apply online at :

Standard Bank Group Bursary

Closing Date
30 September 2025
The Amazon Web Services (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

Undergraduate Degree programmes:

  • Computer Science or Engineering and Information Technology
  • Bachelor of Commerce (specialising in Accounting and Finance)
  • Electrical / Electronic / Mechanical / Mechatronics / Civil Engineering
  • Bachelor of Education (specialising in Maths and Science).

Year level: First to final year students.

Postgraduate Degree Programmes:

Honours or Post Graduate Diploma and Masters Degree in:

  • Computer Science or Engineering and Information Technology
  • Bachelor of Commerce (specialising in Accounting and Finance)
  • Electrical / Electronic / Mechanical / Mechatronics / Civil Engineering.

Apply online at :

The Amazon Web Services

Closing Date
30 September 2025
Thuthuka (Numerical &Financial)
Study fields:

Numerical &Financial

Qualification Sponsored:

BCom

Apply online at :

Thuthuka

Closing Date
31 August 2025
Toyota SA Motors Bursary (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

Commerce

  • Accounting (Non-CA) – degree must include Accounting, Taxation, Auditing and Management Accounting
  • Analytics
  • Economics
  • Environmental Science
  • Financial Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Law (LLB)
  • Marketing Management

Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechatronics Engineering

Science

  • Business Science Analytics
  • Computer Science
  • Information Technology

Apply online at :

Toyota SA Motors Bursary

Closing Date
30 September 2025

Government bursaries

Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) (Various Fields)
Study fields:

Various Fields

Qualification Sponsored:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Aquatic Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current)
    • Mechanical Engineering
  • Project Management
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Science
  • Geo-chemistry
  • Geographical information Systems
  • Geo-hydrology
  • Geology
  • Hydrology
  • Microbiology
  • Water Care
  • Water Resource Management
  • Water Utilisation

Closing Date
30 September 2025

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