The FirstRand Foundation Trust Undergraduate Bursary Programme

Commerce, engineering, science and technology degree programmes majoring in the following disciplines:

Commerce: accounting, economics, financial management, law, risk.

Engineering: all specialisations.

Science:  actuarial science, agricultural sciences, biosciences, climate sciences, data science, electronics, environmental sciences, indigenous knowledge systems, mathematical sciences, physics, renewable energy, society and sustainability, statistics.

Technology: business information systems, computer science, information management, information systems, information science, information technology.

• Only Black South African citizens will be considered
• Applicants must have obtained a minimum of level 5 for Mathematics in Grade 12
• Applicants must not be older than 21 years in their first year of study
• Applicants must have applied for and been provisionally admitted into a South African public traditional university for fulltime studies in the degrees stated above
• Only applicants currently in Grade 12 or who have completed Grade 12 not more than 3 years ago will be considered
• Applicants must belong to the so-called missing middle – and be able to prove that their combined annual gross family income is between R350,000 and R600,000.

Tuition fees, accommodation, meals, learning resources, a monthly stipend, and a computer for first-year students.

The Trust wishes to maintain regular contact with the selected cohort of students. The interaction with students includes but is not limited to:

• Vacation Work
• Hackathon
• Mentoring
• Think Tank
• Invitation to FirstRand Offices
• Students’ transportation to and from campus to provincial headquarters
• Interaction with FirstRand personnel at the university campus
• Driver’s License.

Applications must be completed on StudyTrust’s online application platform and submitted to be considered for a bursary for next year.

• Application Season: 1 June to 30 November.
• Please carefully read the instructions on our Bursary Applications page before beginning your application.