Bursaries

Summary

The Industrial Development Corporation is inviting students to apply for the IDC External Bursary Scheme, for the2026 academic year, Applications are open from the1 st of June 2025and the closing date for applications is the30th of September 2025. The IDC External Bursary is open to unemployed eligible South African citizens with financial needs. Applicants should be studying or intend to study full-time towards the below listed qualifications:

Eligibility Criteria

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(s) willonlybe granted to applicants who are studying:Law Qualifications, Accounting (CA), Actuarial Science, M athematics & StatisticsSouth African citizens, 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 S cheme 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 per annum and R600 000,00 per annum 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% averageof the most recent results.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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