international
Mastercard Foundation Scholars
R 350 000
Funder details →Funding you actually qualify for.
NSFAS plus private funders, indexed and matched against your profile. Every funder here is real and active — no fabricated totals.
43 bursaries
corporate
Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
R 280 000
Funder details →corporateWork-back
Sasol Bursary (Engineering)
R 198 000
Engineering
Funder details →corporate
Investec Bursary
R 165 000
CommerceEngineeringSciences
Funder details →corporate
Standard Bank Study Loan
R 150 000
See if I match — free →corporate
Standard Bank Group Bursary
R 142 000
Commerce
See if I match — free →corporate
FNB Student Loan
R 140 000
See if I match — free →corporate
Absa Student Loan
R 130 000
See if I match — free →corporate
Fundi Student Loan
R 120 000
See if I match — free →corporateWork-back
Anglo American Bursary
R 120 000
EngineeringCommerce
See if I match — free →corporateWork-back
Eskom Bursary
R 100 000
EngineeringICT
See if I match — free →government
NSFAS Bursary
R 100 000
Funder details →government
Funza Lushaka Bursary
R 95 000
Education
Funder details →corporate
Deloitte Bursary
R 80 000
Commerce
See if I match — free →corporate
Absa Group Bursary
R 80 000
CommerceICT
See if I match — free →corporateWork-back
Transnet Bursary
R 80 000
Engineering
See if I match — free →corporate
FNB Bursary
R 75 000
CommerceICTEngineering
See if I match — free →corporate
PwC Bursary
R 75 000
Commerce
See if I match — free →corporate
Discovery Vitality Bursary
R 70 000
Health SciencesCommerceICT
See if I match — free →corporate
Nedbank Bursary
R 65 000
CommerceICT
See if I match — free →corporate
MTN Bursary
R 60 000
ICTEngineering
See if I match — free →setaWork-back
CHIETA Chemical Industries
R 60 000
Engineering
See if I match — free →setaWork-back
merSETA Engineering Bursary
R 60 000
Engineering
See if I match — free →government
DHET Skills Development Bursary
R 60 000
EngineeringHealthEducationICT
See if I match — free →corporate
Old Mutual Foundation
R 55 000
CommerceSciences
See if I match — free →seta
MICT SETA (ICT)
R 55 000
ICTEngineering
See if I match — free →corporate
Vodacom Foundation Bursary
R 55 000
ICTEngineering
See if I match — free →seta
FASSET Bursary (Finance)
R 55 000
Commerce
See if I match — free →seta
INSETA Insurance Bursary
R 50 000
Commerce
See if I match — free →seta
BANKSETA Bursary
R 50 000
Commerce
See if I match — free →seta
HWSETA Health & Welfare
R 48 000
Health Sciences
See if I match — free →seta
AgriSETA Bursary
R 45 000
Agriculture
See if I match — free →government
Western Cape Provincial Bursary
R 35 000
See if I match — free →government
Gauteng Provincial Bursary
R 30 000
See if I match — free →government
KZN Provincial Bursary
R 25 000
See if I match — free →government
Limpopo Provincial Bursary
R 20 000
See if I match — free →government
NSFAS Disability Supplement
R 15 000
See if I match — free →internationalPostgraduate
Chevening Scholarship (UK)
R 400 000
Funder details →internationalPostgraduate
Fulbright Foreign Student (US)
R 300 000
Funder details →internationalPostgraduate
Commonwealth Scholarship
R 250 000
Funder details →internationalPostgraduate
DAAD Scholarship (Germany)
R 200 000
See if I match — free →internationalPostgraduate
Mandela Rhodes Foundation
R 200 000
Funder details →governmentPostgraduate
NRF Innovation Scholarship
R 95 000
SciencesEngineeringICT
See if I match — free →Your Desk, on this funding
Enter your marks and see which of these you match — real amounts, sealed names, the same preview a free account opens.
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your APS
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Enter six NSC/IEB marks and this becomes your real APS, and the funding match becomes yours.
Sealed — unlocks on a free account
ⓘ Explain
A real bursary your profile matches. Real amount and deadline; the name unseals on a free account — top 3 free, all on Pro.
R 350 000 / yr31 Jan 2027
Sealed — unlocks on a free account
ⓘ Explain
A real bursary your profile matches. Real amount and deadline; the name unseals on a free account — top 3 free, all on Pro.
R 150 000 / yrRolling
Sealed — unlocks on a free account
ⓘ Explain
A real bursary your profile matches. Real amount and deadline; the name unseals on a free account — top 3 free, all on Pro.
R 140 000 / yrRolling
These are real, sealed. Create a free account — your top 3 unseal, and the Desk tracks the season for you.
Create a free accountHow the Desk works
The queue
The Desk ranks your next moves by fit and deadline — the one thing to do next, not a wall of options.
The seal
Free shows your top 3 matches in full; the rest stay sealed with real numbers. Pro unseals them all — free for NSFAS-bracket households.
The season
It tracks real, dated deadlines — application closes and the NSFAS window — so nothing ambushes you.
The vault
Upload each document once; every application and bursary reuses it. No re-uploading the same transcript ten times.
NSFAS 2027
NSFAS 2027 applications are expected to open around 1 Sep 2026 — NSFAS hasn't announced the official date yet. Get your documents ready now.
- Signed consent form. NSFAS checks your details against Home Affairs and SARS. You and your parent/guardian/spouse must sign the consent form — without it the application will not go through.
- Your SA ID (or birth certificate). A clear copy of your South African ID, or an unabridged birth certificate if you don’t have an ID yet.
- Parent / guardian / spouse IDs. ID copies for the people whose income NSFAS assesses with yours.
- Proof of household income. Payslips, or a SASSA/UIF letter, or an affidavit if unemployed. The combined household threshold is R350 000 a year (R600 000 for students living with a disability).
Requirements per nsfas.org.za. Extra forms apply if you live with a disability, are 34 or younger, or are under 18 and an orphan or vulnerable child.
How funding works
NSFAS
Government funding for households under R350,000 a year (R600,000 with a disability). It covers fees and more at public universities and TVET colleges — and it isn’t a loan you repay if you meet the pass requirements.
Private & corporate
Companies and foundations fund specific fields — often engineering, health, teaching or accounting. Some ask you to work back a few years after you graduate (a service contract), which we flag on each card.
Stacking
You can sometimes combine funding, but each funder sets its own rules. Match once and we flag conflicts so you don’t accidentally break one.
Questions
Do I have to pay a bursary back?
NSFAS is a bursary, not a loan — you don’t repay it if you meet the pass requirements. Some private funders ask you to work back a few years after graduating (a service contract); we flag that on each card.
Can I hold more than one?
Sometimes. Each funder sets its own rules on combining with NSFAS or other bursaries — we flag stacking conflicts so you don’t accidentally break one.
When do bursaries close?
Deadlines vary by funder — each card shows its date where we have it. Many private bursaries close mid-year, before university application deadlines, so it pays to look early.
Is this every bursary out there?
It’s the funders we’ve indexed and verified — every one real and active, never padded with fabricated totals. We keep adding more.
Is the funding match real?
If you enter your marks, the match runs live against the real funder index — real amounts, sealed names. Without marks it’s a labelled sample. We never pad the total.
Why are the funder names sealed?
Every row is a real, active bursary with its real amount and deadline. A free account unseals your top 3 matches; Pro opens them all — and it’s free for NSFAS-bracket households.
Stop guessing. Get matched.
Enter your marks once and we’ll surface every bursary you’re actually eligible for — and flag stacking conflicts automatically.
Marks in. Future out.
One profile, every programme and pathway, and the funding you actually qualify for — free for matric students, forever.