UNISA Merit Bursary Application

UNISA Merit Bursary Conditions and Criteria

The criteria for awarding of merit bursary are as follows:

• The bursary shall be allocated to all undergraduate formal qualifications;
• Students must have obtained at least 75% and above average in their previous year of study;
• Financially needy and the missing middle students qualify to be considered for the bursary (capped an annual family income of R600 000);
• Students must register for a maximum of five (5) modules per Semester and the equivalent for year courses;
• Seventy percent (70%) of the funding will be reserved for students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds who obtained 75% and above average;
• The bursary shall be limited to South African citizens;
• First-year students will not qualify for academic merit;
• Students who deregister or cancel their registration will be liable to pay back for the cancelled or deregistered modules;
• If the examination results of a bursar are such that s/he will not make 75% average, the bursar will be excluded from the bursary in the following year;
• By nature of the bursary, students will be required to complete undergraduate qualifications as per the University’s progression guidelines;
• The funds will be allocated proportionally across Colleges, based on the number of qualifying students;
• The bursary shall cater for tuition and prescribed books only.
• The Directorate: Student Funding will select and allocate the funding based on performance;
• Successful candidates will be notified by whatever means necessary and will be required to sign a bursary acceptance form; and
• On completion of studies and finding employment, the bursary recipients are encouraged to voluntarily make monthly and/or annual donations to the University’s bursary programme to support the next generation of students.