Finance & Banking Bursaries
Bursaries from South Africa's major banks and financial services groups - for students pursuing finance, investments, actuarial science, risk management and quantitative careers.
18 finance & banking bursaries
- Finance Closes 12 Aug 2026
Capitec Bank Bursary
Capitec Bank
Capitec Bank's Undergraduate Bursary Programme funds full-time Bachelor's and Honours students studying in fields critical to the future of banking and financial services. The bursary covers the full cost of study and leads into a guaranteed work-back period within Capitec.
Full cost of study (tuition, registration, textbooks, accommodation, meals, stipend)View details → - Finance Closed (03 Sept 2025)
Coronation Exceptional Student Bursary
Coronation Fund Managers (administered by AURA AMS / Excel@Uni)
The Coronation Exceptional Student Bursary is a comprehensive, full-cost bursary for academically strong, well-rounded South African students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds who are pursuing an undergraduate Commerce-related degree at an accredited South African university. It covers all study-related expenses, adds mentorship and support, and can open a pathway to opportunities at Coronation. Recipients take on a work-back commitment of one year of service for each year funded.
Full bursary covering all study-related expenses (tuition, accommodation, books and related costs)View details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
FirstRand Empowerment Foundation Undergraduate Bursary
FirstRand Empowerment Foundation (administered by StudyTrust)
The FirstRand Empowerment Foundation Bursary funds first-time undergraduates from low-income South African households who show academic potential in information sciences, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences and law - including FNB-related career paths.
Full undergraduate degree funding (postgraduate funded if essential to employment)View details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
IDC External Bursary Scheme
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
The IDC External Bursary Scheme is a comprehensive, full-cost bursary from the Industrial Development Corporation, a government-owned national development finance institution. It funds unemployed South African students with financial need who are studying full-time at public universities or universities of technology in finance and commerce, STEM, law and selected postgraduate qualifications. Preference is given to applicants living with a disability and students from previously disadvantaged communities, rural areas and Quintile 1-3 schools.
Full tuition plus accommodation, meals, transport and a once-off laptopView details → - Finance Closes 20 Oct 2026
INSETA Insurance Sector Student Fund (ISSF) Bursary
INSETA (Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority)
The INSETA Insurance Sector Student Fund (ISSF) Bursary is a co-funded programme administered directly by INSETA, the SETA for the insurance sector, supporting students pursuing qualifications across the insurance and financial services value chain. For unemployed students it covers full tuition fees, study materials, accredited accommodation and meals, a laptop and a monthly allowance, while employed students receive tuition and book allowances on a sliding scale based on income. It prioritises academically capable youth from financially disadvantaged and previously disadvantaged backgrounds at public universities, universities of technology and TVET colleges.
For unemployed students: full tuition fees, prescribed textbooks/study materials, accredited accommodation and meals, a technological device (e.g. laptop) and a monthly allowance. For employed students: tuition and book allowances on a sliding scale based on income.View details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
Investec Tertiary Bursary Programme
Investec (administered by StudyTrust)
The Investec Tertiary Bursary covers full study costs for high-performing South African students pursuing degrees in commerce, business science, engineering, computer science, IT, commercial LLB or medicine at recognised public universities.
Full-cost bursary (tuition + residence + meals + laptop + stipend)View details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
J.P. Morgan Bursary
J.P. Morgan South Africa (administered by StudyTrust)
The J.P. Morgan Bursary is a full-cost undergraduate scholarship for South African students pursuing finance, business, engineering or technology degrees. It is part of J.P. Morgan's investment in young South African talent and is administered in partnership with StudyTrust via the LEAP platform.
Full-cost bursary (tuition, accommodation, books, meals, allowance, laptop)View details → - Finance Closed (30 Aug 2025)
Liberty Actuarial Bursary
Liberty Group Limited (administered in-house via the Liberty Careers portal)
The Liberty Actuarial Bursary funds South African Actuarial Science students from their second year of study onwards at recognised universities. As a major financial services provider in the Standard Bank Group, Liberty offers a full-cost bursary together with mentorship, vacation work and guaranteed employment after graduating.
Full-cost bursary (tuition + accommodation + meals + travel allowance where applicable)View details → - Finance Closes 31 Aug 2026
Momentum Group Actuarial Science Youth Bursary
Momentum Group Limited (formerly Momentum Metropolitan Holdings / MMI Holdings; administered in-house via its eRecruit candidate portal powered by Graylink)
The Momentum Group Actuarial Science Youth Bursary funds South African students already enrolled full-time for an Actuarial Science degree, providing comprehensive support through their qualification. It targets high-performing students past their first year of study (not Grade 12 learners or first-year entrants) and offers mentorship, vacation work, and the prospect of full-time employment at Momentum Group on graduation.
Comprehensive funding (no fixed figure published): full annual registration and tuition fees plus allowancesView details → - Finance Closed (31 Oct 2025)
Momentum Investments Phambili 2.0 Bursary Programme
Momentum Investments (Momentum Group)
The Phambili 2.0 Bursary Programme funds high-achieving BCom students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds who are pursuing commerce-related degrees at accredited South African public universities. It covers full study costs and feeds successful graduates into the Phambili internship programme at Momentum Investments for a career in the investment business.
Full-cost bursary (tuition + textbooks + accommodation)View details → - Finance Closes 31 Aug 2026
Nedbank Bursary Programme
Nedbank Group
Leading banking and finance bursary programme offering comprehensive financial support and direct pathway into South Africa's premier banking institution.
Up to R120,000 per yearView details → - Finance Closes 30 Jun 2026 (8d)
Old Mutual Bursary Programme
Old Mutual
Old Mutual runs multiple bursary streams for South African students, including dedicated actuarial science and chartered accounting (CA) bursaries, plus the Old Mutual Education Trust (OMET) partial bursary for dependants of qualifying members.
Full-cost bursary (actuarial / CA) or R70,000/year (OMET)View details → - Finance Closed (31 Oct 2025)
PIC Bursary Programme
Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd (PIC)
The PIC Bursary Programme is a full-cost bursary from the Public Investment Corporation, South Africa's government-owned asset manager, for academically strong, financially disadvantaged students in finance, accounting, actuarial science, economics, IT and related fields. It targets young South Africans aged 25 or under from across all nine provinces, with a strong focus on rural and township learners. Outstanding students may also gain access to the PIC graduate programme.
Full-cost bursary covering tuition, accommodation, books and study-related expenses based on financial needView details → - Finance Closes 30 Jun 2026 (8d)
Sanlam Actuarial Bursary
Sanlam
The Sanlam Actuarial Bursary funds full-time Actuarial Science students in South Africa, with continuous support through professional actuarial board exams, vacation work at Sanlam, and mentoring from practising actuaries.
Full tuition + accommodation + book allowance + pocket moneyView details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
Santam Bursary Programme (Short-Term Insurance Industry)
Santam Ltd (administered by StudyTrust)
The Santam Bursary Programme funds South African undergraduate, Honours and Postgraduate Diploma students pursuing careers in the short-term insurance industry across fields such as actuarial science, data analytics, engineering, finance and agriculture. Run through Santam's Skills Development Academy and administered by StudyTrust, it offers comprehensive funding aimed at developing future relationship managers and underwriters. Applications are submitted online via the StudyTrust portal between June and September each year.
Comprehensive bursary covering full study costs subject to caps (no single fixed figure published)View details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
SARB External Bursary Scheme
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) (administered by TTI Bursaries)
The SARB External Bursary Scheme funds talented, financially needy South African students to complete a full-time undergraduate degree in fields relevant to the Reserve Bank's work, such as economics, finance, accounting, actuarial science, IT and law. It targets high-achieving matriculants and undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds who want to build careers in scarce-skills areas linked to the SARB's functions.
Comprehensive undergraduate funding (full tuition and allowances)View details → - Finance Closes 30 Sept 2026
Standard Bank Group Bursary Programme
Standard Bank Group (administered by StudyTrust)
The Standard Bank Group Bursary is a fully-funded programme for South African undergraduate and postgraduate students in commerce, science, engineering and emerging behavioural economics fields aligned with the future of banking.
Full tuition + accommodation + laptop + monthly allowanceView details → - Finance Closes 17 Jan 2027
STANLIB-ABSIP Bursary Fund
STANLIB (administered by the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals - ABSIP)
The STANLIB-ABSIP Bursary Fund is a comprehensive, fully-funded undergraduate bursary for talented black South African students pursuing an Investment Management or financial services career. Funded by STANLIB and administered by ABSIP, it targets high-achieving students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds studying commerce, economics, finance and related degrees at participating South African universities.
Comprehensive fully-funded bursary (tuition, books, accommodation, laptop and stipend based on need)View details →