Postgraduate Bursaries South Africa

POSTGRADUATE Bursaries South Africa 2025

Postgraduate Bursaries South Africa | Have you completed your Undergraduate qualification and now want to further your studies with a Postgraduate qualification, but lack the funding to do so? Here are a list of bursaries, scholarships and funding opportunities to cover all your Postgraduate study-related expenses!

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HONOURS BURSARIES FOR 2025

An Honours degree (NQF-8) is a degree you do once you have completed your undergraduate degree. Honours programmes are considered a higher level of education as it combines research projects, thesis, and coursework. During this year, students focus primarily on a specific area of interest and upon completion of the programme, move on to a Masters or Doctorate degree. Some Honours degrees are offered separately from Bachelor degrees. In this instance, the programmes may have different requirements for their entry, however, they both usually do need a high GPA (Grade Point Average) for a student to be considered for admission.

Here are a list of bursaries applicable for Honours degree studies:

• Ada & Bertie Levenstein Bursary
• Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Bursary
• Analyze Consulting Bursary
• Aon Bursary
• AWS Skills Development Bursary
• Babette Taute Scholarship
• Baker Hughes Bursary
• BANKSETA / UKZN Outstanding Student Debt Fund
• Council for Geoscience Bursary
• CPGR Bursary
• Critical Food Studies Postgraduate Scholarship
• CSIR Bursary
• Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) Bursary
• Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Bursary
• Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) Bursary
• Department of Tourism Bursary
• Department of Transport Bursary
• Department of Water & Sanitation Bursary
• DSI-CSIR Bursary
• DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship
• Energy Mobility Education Trust Scholarship
• FirstRand Foundation Honours Bursary
• Fulbright Foreign Student Program South Africa
• Garden Cities Bursary
• Genesis Educational Foundation Trust (GEFT) Bursary
• Gold Fields Ltd Bursary
• Golder Bursary
• GreenMatter Fellowship PhD at University of Cape Town
• Guy Butler Research Award Scholarship
• Harry Crossley Foundation Research Fellowship
• HCI Foundation Bursary
• HWSETA Postgraduate Bursary
• IIE-Vega School Bursary Competition
• Imfundo Enhle Education Trust Bursary
• Inscape Scholarship
• INSETA Bursary
• John Davidson Educational Trust Bursary
• Keaton Energy Mining Bursaries
• LGSETA Bursary
• Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship
• Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
• Mhlathuze Water Bursary
• MINDS Scholarship
• MiWay Bursary
• Netflix Scholarship
• Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Bursaries
• Potato Industry Development Trust Bursaries
• PwC Honours Bursary
• Quantum Foods Bursary
• Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) Bursary
• Rhodes Trust Scholarship
• Royal Bafokeng Holdings & Liquid Intelligent Technologies Bursary
• Rothschild & Co Foundation Scholarship
• RSM Education Trust Bursary
• SA Cultivar & Technology Agency (SACTA) Bursary
• SA WISE Angus Scholarship
• SAAFoST Aubrey Parsons Study Grant
• SAAFoST Foundation Bursary (for Part-Time Students)
• SAMAC Bursary
• SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary
• SANBI Joan Wrench Scholarship
• SANRAL Bursary
• SANSA Bursary
• Sasol Bursary
• SARAO Postgraduate Scholarship
• Scatec Bursary
• South Africa International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) Bursary
• South African National Seed Organization (SANSOR) Bursary
• South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) Bursary
• South African Reserve Bank Scholarship
• Sibanye-Stillwater Bursary
• SKA South Africa Bursaries
• South African Association of Botanists Scholarship
• South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) Bursary
• Tomorrow Trust Bursary
• Toyota Tsusho Africa Bursary
• Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Bursary
• UCT Centre For African Studies: Jack Simons Bursary
• UCT Department of Information Systems Bursary
• UCT International and Refugee Scholarship
• UFS Honours Bursary
• UKZN Archbishop Denis E. Hurley Scholarship
• Unisa Postgraduate Bursary
• UWC/ INSETA Bursary

 

MASTERS BURSARIES FOR 2025

A Masters Degree (NQF-9) is one of the most challenging but beneficial qualifications to obtain. The main aim and focus of a Master’s program are to ensure that students are trained, educated, and prepared for specialized employment and that they have the necessary skills to successfully execute their trade. A Master’s Degree requires a lot of research projects during the program, as students need to prepare and deliver essays (dissertation) and complete research projects. These assignment marks will also determine if the student will be able to complete their degree. Admission into a Master’s program requires a relevant Honours Degree along with a professional Bachelors Degree and Postgraduate Diploma.

Here are a list of bursaries applicable for Masters degree studies:

• Ada & Bertie Levenstein Bursary
• African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Bursaries
• African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) Bursary
• Africa Wetu Foundation Bursary
• Agbiz Centenary Bursary
• Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Bursary
• AIMS Google DeepMind Scholarship
• Aon Bursary
• Astron Energy Bursary
• AWS Skills Development Bursary
• BANKSETA / UKZN Outstanding Student Debt Fund
• Canon Collins Trust Mail & Guardian Scholarship
• Canon Collins RMTF Scholarship
• Canon Collins Scholarship for Economic Justice
• Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship
• Canon Collins Tom Queba Scholarship
• Canon Collins Trust and University of London Scholarships for Distance Learning
• Cecil Renaud International Scholarship
• Cenfri Bursary
• CETA Thapelo Madibeng Bursary
• Council for Geoscience Bursary
• CPGR Bursary
• Critical Food Studies Postgraduate Scholarship
• CSIR Bursary
• David and Elaine Potter Fellowship
• Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) Bursary
• Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Bursary
• Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) Bursary
• Department of Tourism Bursary
• Doug Banks Renewable Energy Vision (DBREV) Scholarship
• DSI-CSIR Bursary
• DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship
• Dudley D’Ewes Scholarship
• Embassy of France Scholarship
• Energy Mobility Education Trust Scholarship
• Erika Theron Trust Scholarship
• Ernst & Ethel Eriksen Trust Bursary
• FoodBev SETA Bursary
• Fulbright Foreign Student Program South Africa
• Gates Cambridge International Scholarship
• Genesis Educational Foundation Trust (GEFT) Bursary
• GreenMatter Fellowship PhD at University of Cape Town
• Guy Butler Research Award Scholarship
• Harry Crossley Foundation Research Fellowship
• HENSOLDT South Africa Bursary
• HWSETA Postgraduate Bursary
• Imfundo Enhle Education Trust Bursary
• Imperial Stellenbosch University Bursary
• John Davidson Educational Trust Bursary
• Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme
• KAS-SAIIA-Scholarship
• MANCOSA Bursary
• Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
• MINDS Scholarship
• Mintek Bursary
• Mpumalanga Provincial Government Bursary
• Maize Trust Bursary
• Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship
• Master Builders Association Western Cape (MBAWC) Bursary
• Meat Industry Trust (MIT) Bursary
• National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) Bursary
• NESP Scholarship
• Netflix Scholarship
• NMU/ AIDC Postgraduate Bursary
• NMU/ AIDC PostDoctoral Fellowship
• NRF Scholarship at UJ
• Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) Bursary
• Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Bursaries
• Potato Industry Development Trust Bursaries
• Quantum Foods Bursary
• Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS)
• Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) Bursary
• Rhodes Trust Scholarship
• SAAFoST Brian Koeppen Memorial Scholarship
• SA Cultivar & Technology Agency (SACTA) Bursary
• SACCCS Bursary
• SAMAC Bursary
• SAMRC Internship Scholarship
• SAMRC Scholarship
• SANBI Bursary
• SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary
• SANBI Joan Wrench Scholarship
• SANRAL Bursary
• SANSA Bursary
• SARAO Postgraduate Scholarship
• SARB Scholarship
• Sasol Bursary
• Sasol Agriculture Trust Bursary
• Scatec Bursary
• South Africa International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) Bursary
• South African National Seed Organization (SANSOR) Bursary
• South African Road Federation (SARF) Bursary
• South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) Bursary
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) Scholarship
• SKA South Africa Bursaries
• Sorghum Trust Scholarship
• South African Association of Botanists Scholarship
• South African-German Centre for Development Research (SA-GER CDR) Scholarship
• South African Journal on Human Rights (SAJHR) Bursary
• South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) Bursary
• Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) Bursary
• Stellenbosch University Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholarship
• TETA Scholarship at WMU
• Tiso Foundation Scholarship
• TFG Fellowship Bursary
• Toyota Tsusho Africa Bursary
• Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Bursary
• UCT Archive and Public Culture Postgraduate Bursaries
• UCT International and Refugee Scholarship
• Umgeni Water Postgraduate Bursary
• Unisa Postgraduate Bursary
• University of Johannesburg W&RSETA Bursary
• UKZN College of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science Bursary
• UKZN Ethekwini Maritime Cluster Bursary
• UKZN Mellon Spatial Humanities Scholarship
• UKZN Richard AD Turner Bursary
• UWC Faculty of Education Bursary
• Winter Cereal Trust Bursary

 

PHD/ DOCTORAL BURSARIES FOR 2025

A Ph.D./ Doctoral degree (NQF-10) is the highest qualification anyone can obtain (also known as terminal degrees). Doctoral degrees demonstrate mastery in a subject area and can be either an applied or research-based degree. Upon completion of a Doctoral degree, the student will then become a professional in their field of study; Doctoral degrees are applicable to almost ANY subject area. The program takes 4 years to complete after a Bachelor’s Degree, however, if the student already holds a Master’s degree, they will be able to complete the Doctoral qualification in the same subject area, on a full-time study basis over a 3-year course.

Here are a list of bursaries applicable for Ph.D./ Doctoral degree studies:

• Ada & Bertie Levenstein Bursary
• African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Bursaries
• African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) Bursary
• Agbiz Centenary Bursary
• Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) Bursary
• Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Bursary
• Bongani Mayosi National Health Scholars Programme (BM-NHSP)
• Canon Collins RMTF Scholarship
• Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship
• Canon Collins Tom Queba Scholarship
• Cecil Renaud International Scholarship
• Council for Geoscience Bursary
• CPGR Bursary
• CETA Thapelo Madibeng Bursary
• CSIR Bursary
• David and Elaine Potter Fellowship
• Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) Bursary
• Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Bursary
• Department of Tourism Bursary
• DSI-CSIR Bursary
• DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship
• Dudley D’Ewes Scholarship
• Embassy of France Scholarship
• Energy Mobility Education Trust Scholarship
• EP Bradlow Bursary at Stellenbosch University
• Erika Theron Trust Scholarship
• Ernst & Ethel Eriksen Trust Bursary
• FoodBev SETA Bursary
• Fulbright Foreign Student Program South Africa
• Gates Cambridge International Scholarship
• GreenMatter Fellowship PhD at University of Cape Town
• Guy Butler Research Award Scholarship
• Harry Crossley Foundation Research Fellowship
• HWSETA Postgraduate Bursary
• Imfundo Enhle Education Trust Bursary
• Imperial Stellenbosch University Bursary
• L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science South Africa Grant
• Maize Trust Bursary
• Meat Industry Trust (MIT) Bursary
• Mintek Bursary
• National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) Bursary
• Netflix Scholarship
• NMU/ AIDC Postgraduate Bursary
• NMU/ AIDC PostDoctoral Fellowship
• NRF Scholarship at UJ
• Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Bursaries
• Potato Industry Development Trust Bursaries
• Rhodes Trust Scholarship
• SAAFoST Brian Koeppen Memorial Scholarship
• SA Cultivar & Technology Agency (SACTA) Bursary
• SACCCS Bursary
• SAMAC Bursary
• SAMRC Internship Scholarship
• SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary
• SANBI Joan Wrench Scholarship
• South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) Bursary
• SANSA Bursary
• SARAO Postgraduate Scholarship
• Sasol Bursary
• Sasol Agriculture Trust Bursary
• Scatec Bursary
• SKA South Africa Bursaries
• Sorghum Trust Scholarship
• South Africa International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) Bursary
• South African National Seed Organization (SANSOR) Bursary
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) Scholarship
• Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) Bursary
• Stellenbosch University Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholarship
• Stellenbosch University Doctoral Scholarship
• Stellenbosch University GEM Scholarship
• Stellenbosch University Lisa Maskell Scholarship
• Tiso Foundation Archibald Mafeje PhD Scholarship
• Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Bursary
• UCT Archive and Public Culture Postgraduate Bursaries
• UCT International and Refugee Scholarship
• UFS and South African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP) Fellowship
• Umgeni Water Postgraduate Bursary
• Unisa Postgraduate Bursary
• University of Johannesburg W&RSETA Bursary
• UKZN Ethekwini Maritime Cluster Bursary
• University of Free State (UFS) Doctoral Scholarship
• UKZN College of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science Bursary
• UKZN Doctoral Research Scholarships
• UKZN Mellon Spatial Humanities Scholarship
• Winter Cereal Trust Bursary

 

POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES FOR 2025

Postgraduate studies refer to learning and studying towards academic/ professional qualifications. Qualifications one can obtain during postgraduate students are degrees, academic/ professional certificates, diplomas, and other qualifications.
A student partakes in a Postgraduate program upon successful completion of an undergraduate degree or (in some circumstances) relevant industry experience. Postgraduate studies are made up of coursework and research, with the coursework component consisting of levels such as Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, and Master. Various Degrees and filed of study are offered at a Master’s level, and others at a Graduate Certificate/ Diploma- this is dependant on both the industry employment standards, accreditation requirements, and/or entry requirements.

Here are a list of bursaries applicable for Postgraduate degree studies:

• AbbVie and SASA Scholarship
• Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Bursary
• AMSOL Bursary
• AWS Skills Development Bursary
• Baker Hughes Bursary
• BANKSETA / UKZN Outstanding Student Debt Fund
• Canon Collins Trust and University of London Scholarships for Distance Learning
• Cecil Renaud International Scholarship
• CPGR Bursary
• Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) Bursary
• Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Bursary
• FirstRand International Postgraduate Scholarships
• Fulbright Foreign Student Program South Africa
• Gauteng City Region Academy (GCRA) Bursary
• HCI Foundation Bursary
• Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Bursary
• Hollywood Foundation Bursary
• ILASA Bursary
• Imfundo Enhle Education Trust Bursary
• Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Bursary
• INSETA Bursary
• ISFAP Postgraduate Bursary
• John Davidson Educational Trust Bursary
• Kuehne + Nagel Inzuzo Trust Bursary
• Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund (LPFF) Bursary
• Lesedi Bursary
• LGSETA Bursary
• LRF Dr Michael Bradfield Bursary
• Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
• Mhlathuze Water Bursary
• MINDS Scholarship
• Mmabana Arts, Culture and Sports Foundation Bursary
• Moses Kotane Institute Bursary
• Mulilo Bursary
• Netflix Scholarship
• NFVF Bursary
• NFVF International Bursary
• NYDA Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship Fund
• Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa Bursaries
• Potato Industry Development Trust Bursaries
• Robben Island Museum (RIM) Bursary
• Rhodes Trust Scholarship
• SA Maths and Science Teacher Intern Programme Bursary
• SAMSTIP (Southern African Mathematics and Science Teacher Intern Programme) Bursary
• SANRAL Bursary
• Sanlam CA Trainee Bursary
• Santam Bursary
• SAOTA Bursary
• Sasol Bursary
• Scatec Bursary
• South African National Seed Organization (SANSOR) Bursary
• SOLTRAIN Postgraduate Bursary
• South Africa International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) Bursary
• SANS Killie Campbell Bursary
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) Scholarship
• Southern African Weed Science Society Bursary
• Standard Bank Bursary
• SVA International Bursary
• Tegkor/ Nelson Mandela University Bursary
• The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme
• The Rhodes Trust Scholarship (Postgraduate)
• UCT Centre For African Studies: Jack Simons Bursary
• UFS Postgraduate Diploma Bursary
• Unisa Postgraduate Bursary
• Upstream Training Trust Bursary
• UWC/ INSETA Bursary
• UWP Consulting Bursary
• VGI Consulting Bursary
• Western Cape Department of Agriculture Bursary
• Western Cape Provincial Treasury Bursary