Organisation : University of Cape Town
Announcement : Application for Financial Assistance for South African Postgraduate Students
Applicable for : South African citizens
Closing Date : 31 October 2016
Website : https://www.uct.ac.za/apply/funding/postgraduate/awards/merit/
Guideline : https://www.southafricain.com/uploads/879-pg_funding_form.pdf
Postgraduate Funding Application :
Section I :
** Students who register for Honours, Master’s and Doctoral degrees are not eligible for the financial aid packages that are available to undergraduate students.
Related : University of Cape Town Faculty Entrance Scholarships 2017 : www.southafricain.com/361.html
** We do not provide the full cost of attendance to Honours, Master’s and Doctoral students and can only provide eligible applicants with a Contribution Towards the cost of attendance.
** Students must secure supplementary sources of funding.
** UCT does not guarantee that an applicant will receive funding.
** We do not undertake to provide full-cost funding for postgraduate students.
** Students should apply/request funding/financial support from as many outside sources as possible.
** Information and details of available bursaries, scholarships and fellowship programmes are available in the University’s Booklet No. 14 – Financial Assistance for Postgraduate Study and Postdoctoral Research.
** This Booklet is available on the University’s website and can be found on the following URLuct.ac.za/apply/funding/postgraduate/applications/.
** Only South African citizens and permanent residents may use this form. Non-South Africans are not eligible for these awards and should
** contact the Postgraduate Funding Office for application procedures and time-lines for International and Refugee Students Scholarships.
** Forms are available at .uct.ac.za/apply/funding/postgraduate/applications/
** Only Honours, Master’s and Doctoral students who are registered for full time studies are eligible.
** Funding tenures are limited to:Honours – ONE YEAR – i.e. for the FIRST year of Honours only. Master’s – Two Years – i.e. for the FIRST
** Two Years Of Master’S Study Only. Renewal : Conditional And Separate Application Required. Doctoral – Three Years. I.E. For The First
** Three Years of Doctoral study only. Renewal : conditional and separate application required. Students will NOT be considered for funding thereafter.
** Students who will register for the 4th year of a Bachelors degree, FAPM, PGCE, LLB or Postgraduate Certificates and Diplomas are not eligible for these awards.
** For financial assistance for undergraduate study, students should complete the UCT & NSFAS Financial Assistance Application.
** Contact the Student Financial Aid Office or the Admissions Office for further information.
** UCT has limited funding for both local and international postgraduate students.
** If you will be employed full-time in 2017 (i.e. working in excess of 20 hours per week) you are not eligible for funding support.
** Incomplete and late applications will be disqualified or delayed.
** Funding applications received late due to their having been submitted to the incorrect office may be delayed.
How to apply :
** Applications must be submitted – with all required supporting documentation – to the Postgraduate Centre & Funding Office,University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701 by no later than 31 October 2016.
Very Important Information :
1. Please note that if you are eligible for an NRF award, you MUST apply to the NRF for a bursary. The University will not consider you for a UCT Merit-award unless you apply to the NRF. For details on applications to the NRF, please refer to Section 1 of Booklet No. 14.
2. NRF & UCT Merit awards cannot be held concurrently. Eligible applicants may be allocated an NRF OR a UCT Merit award.
3. Incomplete and late applications will be disqualified or delayed.