Application dates
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Still to come in 2026
5 dates for the 2027 intake
October 2026
- UJ: applications closeIn 4 days
- NSFAS Bursary Scheme (DHET Bursary Scheme): bursary closesIn 4 daysNational Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)
- StudyTrust Bursary & Scholarship Platform: bursary closesIn 4 daysStudyTrust (Educational Trust, est. 1974)
November 2026
- NRF/DSTI Postgraduate and Honours Student Funding: bursary closesIn 27 daysNational Research Foundation (NRF)
January 2027
- Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme: bursary closesDepartment of Basic Education (DBE), administered with NSFAS
Expected in 2027 for the 2028 intake · 48 dates, not yet published
Each date repeats its last published date so you can plan ahead. The real 2027 dates can move by days or weeks.
February 2027
- Armscor External Bursary Scheme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 28 February 2026
March 2027
- UKZN: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 March 2026
April 2027
- UCT: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 April 2026
- Pretoria: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 April 2026
- Stellenbosch: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 April 2026
- UJ: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 April 2026
- UFS: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 April 2026
- Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 April 2026
May 2027
- Pretoria: Veterinary Science closesExpectedLast published: 31 May 2026
- UFS: Medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy closeExpectedLast published: 31 May 2026
June 2027
- NWU: applications openExpectedLast published: 1 June 2026
- Wits: Architecture, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy closeExpectedLast published: 30 June 2026
- Pretoria: applications closeExpectedLast published: 30 June 2026
- UKZN: Medicine closesExpectedLast published: 30 June 2026
- NWU: Nursing, Pharmacy, Law, Social Work closeExpectedLast published: 30 June 2026
- Old Mutual Bursary: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 June 2026
- Actuarial Bursaries and Funding: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 June 2026
July 2027
- UCT: applications closeExpectedLast published: 31 July 2026
- Stellenbosch: applications closeExpectedLast published: 31 July 2026
- UFS: Architecture, Nursing, Social Work closeExpectedLast published: 31 July 2026
- 2027 RBH Bursary Programme (RBH CA Bursary Fund): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 31 July 2026
August 2027
- 2027 Capitec External Quantitative Skills Bursary: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 12 August 2026
- Liberty Actuarial Bursaries: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 August 2026
- NWU: applications closeExpectedLast published: 31 August 2026
- Thuthuka Bursary Fund: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 31 August 2026
- PwC Bursary for Accounting Students: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 31 August 2026
- Masakh'iSizwe Bursary Programme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 31 August 2026
September 2027
- Absa Fellowship Programme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 10 September 2025
- CSIR Bursary Programme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 15 September 2026
- Wits: applications closeExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- UKZN: applications closeExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- UFS: applications closeExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- National Treasury Bursary Scheme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- SARB External Bursary Scheme for Economics Students: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- SARB External Bursary Scheme (undergraduate studies): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- Implats Bursary Programme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- Standard Bank Group Bursary: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- Investec Tertiary Bursary Programme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- Deloitte Financial Contribution (CA bursary): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
- EY Bursary Program (CA Stream): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 30 September 2026
October 2027
- Transnet Bursary Programme (Youth Development Programmes): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 6 October 2025
- Harmony Gold Bursary Scheme: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 9 October 2026
- Motsepe Foundation Higher Education Bursary (STEAM Scholarships): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 16 October 2026
- Tiger Brands Graduate Bursary: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 22 October 2026
- UJ: applications closeExpectedLast published: 31 October 2026
- NSFAS Bursary Scheme (DHET Bursary Scheme): bursary closesExpectedLast published: 31 October 2026
- StudyTrust Bursary & Scholarship Platform: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 31 October 2026
November 2027
- NRF/DSTI Postgraduate and Honours Student Funding: bursary closesExpectedLast published: 23 November 2026
Researched 2026-10-07 from official published material. Dates change and some programmes close earlier than the general date: confirm on the official site (tap a date's name).