Pathway · 0130 of 100 programmes
Direct entry
You meet the APS, subject and language requirements. Apply, get in, start in year one. The fastest route — but not the only good one.
For matric 2026 · applications open·ZAR · English · isiZulu & Sesotho on the way
Free for every matric student — no card, no catch
Marksin.Futureout.
South Africa's only platform that turns your matric marks into a list of programmes you'll actually get into, the funding to pay for them, and the careers they lead to — connected, in one place, in under sixty seconds.
prospectus.co.za / future-renderer
live·drag the sliders
Your matric marks7 subjects · % out of 100
Master scrub · sweep your future41 APS
TVETFoundationExtendedDirect
Mathematics
78%6 pts
English Home Lang.
62%5 pts
Physical Sciences
71%6 pts
Life Sciences
80%7 pts
Geography
66%5 pts
isiZulu FAL
74%6 pts
Life OrientationLO
70%6 pts
APS
41
/ 49
Programmes you can study
D 162E 81F 4T 0
247
Funding matched to you
across 10 sources · NSFAS + private bursaries · ranked by fit
R 518k
Career trajectories
Top match: Actuarial analyst · 10-yr growth +18%
25
In 2031 you are an actuarial analyst, earning R 42,800/mo, with a degree from Old Mutual
Sample programmes you unlock at this APS — refreshes live
BSc Actuarial ScienceWits · APS 40Direct
BSc Data ScienceUCT · APS 39Direct
BSc Computer ScienceUCT · APS 38Direct
BEng ChemicalUP · APS 38Direct
BSc Eng (Electrical)UKZN · APS 38Direct
BCom FinanceSUN · APS 36Direct
Indexed01
0
Programmes across every accredited SA university & TVET — updated weekly.
Indexed02
R 0.0bn
In bursary, scholarship & NSFAS funding — scored to each student profile.
Tracked03
0
Careers with live demand, salary and 10-year growth projections.
Latency04
<60s
From first mark in, to a personalised strategy out. No sign-up needed.
01 / 07The information gap
A South African 17-year-old makes the most consequential decision of their life with eight tabs open the worst information of any peer group on earth.
01 · Admission
APS, blind.
Admission is gated behind a score across six subjects. Most students don't know theirs until the application window has already closed.
0%
of matric students nationally cannot correctly calculate their own APS in a single attempt.
02 · Funding
Fragmented.
NSFAS, hundreds of private bursaries, and institutional scholarships live in disconnected portals. Students miss opportunities they easily qualify for.
R0.0bn
in bursary funding sits unclaimed each cycle, by students who would have qualified.
03 · Outcomes
Opaque.
Labour-market data isn't surfaced where the choice happens. Degrees get picked on culture or parental pressure, not on what the economy is actually hiring.
1 in 3
graduates is unemployed 12 months post-graduation. The decision was made years before, on the wrong information.
02 / 07Pathway taxonomy · signature
Every programme classified.
Every door visible.
South African tertiary has four entry pathways — and no one tells students which programmes belong to which. We tag every programme, plainly. All four doors, at once.
Drag to explore
Pathway · 0226 of 100 programmes
Extended curriculum
Same degree, four years instead of three. Built-in academic support for borderline APS students — and a higher graduation rate than direct entry for that cohort.
Pathway · 0318 of 100 programmes
Foundation year
A bridging year that gets you to the same degree. Most major universities run them, most students don't know they exist. A door, not a detour.
Pathway · 0426 of 100 programmes
TVET / FET
Vocational diplomas, often higher employment outcomes than degrees. NSFAS covers them fully. They're not "plan B" — for many careers, they're plan A.
Coda
The taxonomy is the index. The index is the product.
These four badges appear next to every programme on the platform. Filter by them, compare across them, sort funding against them.
Open pathways atlas →The Future-You projection · live preview
Run the projection — pick a profile:
In 2031 you arean actuarial analyst at Old Mutual, earning R 42,800/mo.
Scenario · A
Direct → Actuarial Sci → Old Mutual
APS 42 · BSc Actuarial · Wits
Scenario · B
Foundation → Medicine → public hospital
APS 36 · MBChB · UFS
Scenario · C
TVET → Mechatronics → SAB Miller
APS 24 · Dip Mechatronics · Tshwane
03 / 07The student cockpit · 36 pages
A decision cockpit,
not a directory.
After sixty seconds in the renderer, sign up free and get the full surface. Thirty-six interconnected pages organised around the only four jobs a matric student has: plan, discover, fund, execute. Every screen answers a question — or anticipates the next one.
APS calculatorProgramme explorerNSFAS calculatorFunding strategyApplication trackerDocuments vaultDeadlinesFuture-You simulator
A typical Tuesday for Lerato
APS sits at 42. Four applications in flight. R 412k of funding matched. The dashboard is a calm operating surface, not a marketing brochure — clarity over decoration, always.
● prospectus.co.za / dashboard
liveMonday · 1 June 2026
Welcome back, Lerato.
APS Score
42 / 49
Above threshold for 73% of shortlist.
Eligible programmes
187
11254165
Funding matched
R 412k
across 9 sources
Strategic Score
74 ↑ +6
Best month yet.
Shortlist · top fit3 of 187
BSc Computer Science
UCT · CT
BSc Actuarial Science
Wits · JHB
BSc Eng Chemical · Extended
SUN · Stell
Applications in flight4 active
UCT · BSc Comp Scicloses 30 Sep · docs complete
AcceptedWits · Actuarial Scicloses 15 Oct · awaiting results
PendingNSFAS fundingsubmitted 12 Aug · under review
In reviewSUN · BCom Financecloses 30 Sep · APS shortfall
Rejected04 / 07CASE FILE · LERATO M.LIMPOPO Rendering future
Sixty-second render
Marks in.
Future out.
She's 17, first in her family to consider university, strong in maths and life sciences. APS is the most important number in her life — and right now, she has no idea what it is. Watch sixty seconds change that.
010s · MARKS
Marks in
Six subjects, Life Orientation included. APS computed live — no account needed.
no idea→0/ 49 APS
0220s · ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility out
Every programme across 26 universities filtered to what she can actually study.
eight tabs→0eligible
0340s · FUNDING
Funding matched
NSFAS plus hundreds of bursaries, scored against her profile — a strategy, not a list.
R0 · "can't afford it"→R0k
0460s · CAREER
Career projected
Live SA labour-market data — salary and growth, per career, per pathway, per province.
"do medicine"→0trajectories
render.log
$ render --student=LERATO_M --grade=2026 --province=LP$
Render complete · 58.2s
She arrived wanting to be a doctor. She leaves with a strategy.
42/49
Projected APS
187
Eligible programmes
R412k
Funding strategy
3
Ranked trajectories
Application fees · fully waivedSee Lerato's cockpit →
University / TVET node·26 universities · 50 TVETs · 9 provinces
Built in South Africa, for South Africa
Not a borrowed app. Built on DBE, NSFAS & StatsSA data — and rebuilt every week.
Every programme requirement is sourced directly from the institution's calendar. Every bursary is reconciled against NSFAS reporting. Every career projection is anchored in StatsSA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey. We don't scrape — we partner.
Data partners
DBE · NSFAS · USAf · StatsSA · CHE
Last reconciliation
10 June 2026 · 04:12 SAST
05 / 07From students who already moved
I thought I couldn't do medicine. Prospectus showed me three foundation routes I'd never heard of. I'm in second year now.
N
Naledi K.
BSc · UFS · Foundation
I got nine bursaries matched in one afternoon. I hadn't applied for a single one before — I didn't know they existed.
S
Sipho M.
B Eng · NMU · Direct
My parents wanted me to do law. The career data made it a conversation, not a fight. I'm now studying actuarial science with their full support.
T
Thandi B.
BSc · Wits · Direct
06 / 07Pricing · free for matric students, always
Free for the people who need it most.
Pro for those who can pay it forward.
Free
Every matric studentR 0· forever
- APS calculator & programme explorer — full database
- Funding matching — NSFAS + every public bursary
- Career explorer — demand, salary, projections
- Application tracker — up to 6 applications
- Cognitive assessment & skills map
No card. No expiry. Mobile-first, low-data-friendly.
Pro
Most chosenR 49.99· per month
or
R 249· once · whole season
- Everything in Free, plus —
- Discover AI — personalised programme & career recommendations
- Future-You simulator — 3, 5 & 10-year trajectory projections
- Unlimited applications & document vault
- Priority funding alerts — bursaries scored to you, before they open
- 1-on-1 onboarding with an admissions advisor
Free for NSFAS-eligible households.
Cancel anytime · ZAR via Paystack · part of every fee subsidises a Free student.
07 / 07The platform · five surfaces, one source of truth
Five doors into the same system.
The renderer above is the front door. Behind it: a programme index, a pathway atlas, a funding match engine, a career explorer, and an institution console. They all read from the same data — so the answer in one is the answer in all of them.
Surface 01 · explorer9,412 programmes
Programmes.
Filterable.
Every undergraduate programme at every public institution — tagged with APS, subject minimums, language, fees, pathway and capability fit. Sort by best fit, lowest cost, closest deadline.
Open programmes →Surface 02 · atlas4 routes
Pathways.
Atlas.
A long-form read on the four entry routes — with throughput, funding eligibility, and which careers each one opens.
Read the atlas →
Surface 03 · matchR 41.2bn
Bursaries.
Matched.
NSFAS plus 1,283 private sources, ranked against your profile. The average eligible student qualifies for eleven.
Match to funding →Surface 04 · explorer428 careers
Careers.
Outcomes.
Start with the job — salary range, demand outlook, skills demanded — and walk the programme back to your APS.
Explore careers →Surface 05 · partner26 universities
For institutions.
Universities, TVET colleges and funders run on the same partner stack. Higher-fit applications, lower funnel cost, four weeks to live.
Talk to us →