The National Student Financial Aid Scheme finances the tertiary education of qualifying students by covering a number of essential costs. The bursary scheme has made it easier for students to access and use their allowances.

In recent years, the Nsfas application system transitioned to being paperless. The paperless route has had its fair share challenges, however, the government bursary scheme has since turned things around.

Boston City campus is a private institution that offers diverse qualifications that prospective students can choose from. If you aspire to study at the institution, there are funding opportunities that are available for you to consider. 

In addressing the skills shortage in the Limpopo province, the Department of Public Works provides financial assistance to individuals that will be equipping themselves with scarce skills. 

There are at least 50 public Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges in South Africa. If you’d like to obtain a qualification from one of these institutions but don't have the means to do so, you can apply for a bursary.

Each year, thousands of students apply for funding, hoping to have their studies covered by the government. This year has been no different, despite the National Student Financial Aid Scheme revamping its online application system.

If you have applied to study at the University of Pretoria, you can make use of the institution’s application portal to also apply for funding opportunities that the university has available.

The University of Venda is able to help both prospective and existing students access a wide variety of funding options that will help cover essential costs such as tuition fees, student accommodation and stationery.

Stellenbosch University offers varied programmes in ten faculties, with eight of them being housed in the Stellenbosch main administrative center. If you’d like to study at this university, you might want to get familiar with the funding options available to you.

There are a number of funding options that students can explore when searching for tertiary funding. If you plan on taking out a student loan, it's important to know how doing so can potentially affect you.  

Some experts believe that tertiary education is an investment into one's future. As expensive as it may be, a number of registered financial institutions offer student loans, however, each institution calculates its student loan interest differently.

The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme is a programme catering for students who are pursuing qualifications within the teaching profession. The applications cycle for funding recently opened, however, there are different closing dates for existing and prospective bursars.

There is a strong need for teaching professionals in identified areas of priority, according to the Department of Basic Education. This is why the Funza Lushaka bursary opens applications annually. 

A number of licensed financial institutions offer students loans for individuals that need a financial boost to cover their tertiary education. Nedbank is one of those institutions, and has its own way of calculating student loan interest.

There are a number of funding options out there, one being scholarships. Scholarships are one of the options that are available for academic thriving students and usually includes a number of things that will help the student to make study time a bit easier.

As applications to study at public universities and TVET Colleges for the 2023 academic year will soon close, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) has opened applications for funding for next year.

As South African public universities and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) open their applications, this is the perfect time to do your research on the funding options that you have should you not be financially ready for this step in your life.

A number of financial institutions offer student loans to help students fund their tertiary studies. There are, however, documents that will be required by these institutions when applying.

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has a bursary to help fund the studies of tertiary students. Here's all you need to know about it.