Nedbank Bursary application for 2025 academic year: How to Apply and Succeed
Nedbank Bursary application for the 2025 academic year
NEDBANK’S EXTERNAL BURSARY PROGRAMME
Academically deserving students with verified financial needs are helped to take their initial steps toward achieving their goals and getting their first college degree.
We at Nedbank believe in utilising our financial expertise to assist exceptional young leaders in achieving their academic objectives.
The Nedbank External Bursary Programme (bursary) seeks to assist academically deserving students who do not have the financial means to attend a South African public university or university of technology full-time. The bursary program’s purpose is to narrow the skills gap in South Africa, with a focus on green economy skills.
The green economy, in a nutshell, promotes economic, environmental, and social well-being. Green-economy skills are those that promote human well-being and social equality while significantly reducing environmental risks and shortages.
Green economic capabilities include reduced carbon emissions and pollution, greater energy and material efficiency, and development of our natural capital.
Criteria for selection
- We will only accept South African applicants.
- You must show financial necessity based on your household income.
- You must have obtained the following minimal academic results:
- A grade point average of 65% in the year of application, i.e. in grade 12 or at university level.
- A grade point average of 65% for the required topics connected to the university degree you plan to pursue.
- Applicants with a grade 12 or senior certificate in Mathematics Literacy will not be accepted.
- You must have been admitted into a South African public institution or university of technology for the undergraduate degree you wish to pursue.
Documents needed to back up your application
- A certified copy of your South African ID card or other documentation.
- A copy of your most current academic transcript, such as your GPA.
- Final Grade 11 results, as well as mid-year results if presently enrolled in Grade 12.
- Final Grade 12 results, as well as mid-year results if you are a first-year university student.
- The results of the previous academic year, as well as the current mid-year results if you are in your second or third year of university.
- The following persons must sign the affidavit of financial checks:
- your parent(s) or guardian(s);
- Fill out the affidavit, have it signed by all of the aforementioned people, and attach it to your application.
The method of selecting
- We will only consider bursary applications received online via the link provided.
- Incomplete applications for bursaries will be rejected.
- Bursary applications will be examined and shortlisted based on the qualifying parameters given above.
Shortlisted candidates must submit supporting material.
Parents, legal guardians, and all income-earning members of a selected applicant’s household must furnish the following information:
- Written agreement confirming that they understand that personal information will be collected and provided to other parties in order for the Nedbank Educational Trust to verify income.
- A statement of income and expenses for the applicant’s combined family income.
- Certified copies of the following documents must be supplied in a single batch within seven working days after the application:
- Identity document(s).
- The most recent payslip(s) or letter(s) of employment for each parent or guardian, no older than three months.
- If parents or guardians work as hawkers or informal merchants, they must submit evidence of income, a home loan account statement, and a city/town council rates and taxes statement (no older than three months).
- If parents or guardians are only paid on commission, they must have completed IRP5, IT3, and IT12 forms in the previous two years.
- Parents or guardians must present an official pension slip or bank statement (no older than three months) if they receive money in the form of a pension/grant/maintenance/rent/interest from assets.
- Bank statements over the last three months.
Shortlisted candidates will go through psychometric and other tests, as well as a virtual interview.
After the screening procedure is completed, the application forms and screening results will be forwarded to the Nedbank Educational Trust for consideration. Bursaries will be given solely at the discretion of the Trust.
All candidates will be notified of the outcome of their applications after the recruiting process is completed.
For help, please contact the Nedbank Bursary Team:
Keep an eye on this page for application deadlines for the External Bursary Programme in 2024.
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