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Santam Bursary

Santam, South Africa’s premier short-term insurance company and 2019 top employer, celebrated its 100th birthday in 2018. To commemorate this milestone, Santam launched a Skills Development Academy and started a new bursary programme, administered by StudyTrust.

Beneficiaries of this prestigious full-cost bursary programme will, if selected, go on to participate in the Santam graduate programme after graduation.

The intention is that participants in the bursary and graduate programme will eventually qualify as relationship managers and underwriters in the short-term insurance industry. If they are selected they will be obliged to work for Santam for the number of years sponsored.

Santam and StudyTrust invite you to apply for this bursary if you next year will be in your final undergraduate year, or be doing an Honours or Masters degree in any of the study programmes listed below – if a career in the short-term insurance industry appeals to you.

Who can apply

Postgraduate Diploma, Bachelor’s degree, Honours degree in
• Insurance / Risk Management / Law
• Mathematics / Statistics
• Finance / Accounting / Economic
• Chemical / Civil Engineering
• Computer Science / Information Technology
• Agriculture

Bursary details

The Santam bursary will cover costs (capped) for the following:
• tuition
• residence/private accommodation
• subsistence
• stationery and books

Selection Criteria

• The main criteria used in the selection of successful applicants are academic potential and motivation for a career with Santam.
• Applicants must have achieved an average of 65% and above for their undergraduate degree and in the latest examinations (mid-year/ June).

How to apply

• Applications must be completed on StudyTrust’s online Leaply platform before 30 September to be considered for a bursary for next year.
• Only applications from South African citizens will be considered.