Do you have an eye for good design? 
  
The Academy of Digital Arts is taking on a limited number of students for its next 2025 Advertising Programme to become an Adobe Certified Professional. Develop your skills in Photoshop and Illustrator to fast-track your career in Advertising. 

Students will be given access to Adobe’s industry standard design software as well as the Adobe accredited online testing system, where they will write exams in both Illustrator and Photoshop.

Sappi offers undergraduate bursaries for Engineering and Forestry Science degrees at South African universities. 

Bursaries are offered for:

• Chemical Engineering (BSc or BEng)
• Civil Engineering (BSc or BEng)
• Electrical Engineering (BSc or BEng)
• Forestry and Wood Science (BSc)
• Industrial Engineering (BSc or BEng)
• Mechanical Engineering (BSc or BEng)
• Mechatronics Engineering  (BSc or BEng)

Rula Bulk Materials Handling is offfering bursary opportunities to deserving candidates.

RULA has a diverse field of engineering disciplines that they cover. They are always on the look out for suitably qualified persons that will fit into their working culture

The key characteristics that they are looking for are:

Rula offers bursaries and in-service training for students busy studying towards an engineering or technical career.

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa, and the largest environmental consulting firm globally. 

WSP in Africa offers bursaries for engineering and environmental students at recognised universities in South Africa. They support their bursary candidates through vacation work and employment opportunities after studies where possible, giving them the opportunity to not only make their mark on the world but to build a legacy.

Pursuing a degree in accounting can open doors to a rewarding career, but financial challenges often stand in the way of many aspiring students. The Tegkor/Nelson Mandela University Accounting Bursary is designed to support dedicated students who demonstrate academic excellence and financial need. 

The ACT Nyoloha Scholarship Programme is an undergraduate scholarship programme aimed at providing opportunities for school leavers to pursue a tertiary qualification in the creative and performing arts. The programme brings together talented, ambitious young people from across the country and introduces them to the world of professional arts and gives the participants a valuable experience to work with other future artists from different backgrounds.

Each year, the South African Association of Botanists awards “SAAB Scholarships”, to SADEC graduates with average grade of 70% and above. The successful applicants should study at a South African institution. The supervisor of the student must be a paid-up SAAB member. The successful awardee(s) will receive a one-year complimentary SAAB student membership.

Oppenheimer Memorial Trust awards a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate study at Master’s, Doctoral and Postdoctoral level. 

Deadlines and Guidelines

For studies commencing January to June 2026

• Submissions open: 1 June 2025
• Deadline for submissions: 28 August 2025  

For studies commencing July to December 2025

• Submissions open: 6 January 2025
• Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2025    

This programme provides financial support to deserving students passionate about pursuing a career in the Media industry.

Eligible Fields of Study:

The MINDS Scholarship Programme for Leadership Development in Africa was successfully launched in 2017, bringing to realisation our vision of developing young leaders who have a continent-wide development mindset and leaders who can facilitate greater cooperation between African countries.

Campaigns like #feesmustfall demonstrate that higher education remains prohibitively expensive for the majority of South African students. We have many examples of young women who are academically competent but forced to stay at home while they apply for funding or entry-level jobs, in a country with stubbornly high youth unemployment, in order to earn an income to pay for their education. This causes frustration and unnecessary delays for their educational attainment and personal development.

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. They partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. They’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success. Join Worley Parsons to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

At Shell, we are dedicated to making a positive impact on people around the world. We want to play our part in nation building by giving opportunities to previously disadvantaged people.

One of the ways we do this is by offering bursary opportunities to South African students pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.

Milkor stands as a leading defence solution provider, serving over 56 countries worldwide and offering a rewarding environment for ambitious professionals. 

Milkor wants to support your academic journey in engineering by providing a bursary.

Applications are now open for the Golden Arrow Bus Services Bursary for the 2025 academic year.