UFS Research Master’s and Doctoral Bursaries 2021
About UFS Research Master’s and Doctoral Bursaries
The UFS provides funding to students in need of financial assistance. The office also informs and updates postgraduate students in case there are any available international and national scholarship and bursary opportunities. For the Academic Year 2021, the University of the Free State will provide financial assistance in the form of partial tuition fees to Doctoral and Research Masters’s students. This is a once-off opportunity for interested and qualified students.
UFS Research Master’s and Doctoral Bursaries 2021
The financial support given by this bursary is as follows:
- Up to R15,750 for Research Master’s students
- Up to R10,870 for Doctoral students
The bursary will cover tuition fees depending on the availability of funds. Applications will get processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. The bursary is only for the Academic Year 2021, which means that there’s no guarantee of funding for the Academic Year 2022.
Bursary Requirements and Eligibility
Interested applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
- Must be 1st-year Doctoral or Research Masters students
- Must be 2nd-year Doctoral and Research Masters students who have made satisfactory progress and submitted progress reports
- Must be 3rd-year Doctoral students who have made satisfactory progress and submitted progress reports
- Must be 3rd-year Research Masters students who have already received the Tuition Fee Bursary of UFS in the Academic Year 2020, have made satisfactory progress, and submitted progress reports
- Must be 4th-year Doctoral students who have already received the Tuition Fee Bursary of UFS in the Academic Year 2020, have made satisfactory progress, and submitted progress reports
- Must meet all of the academic requirements of the university and be currently registered for one of the academic programmes at the University of the Free State.
Only students who don’t have any other source of funding will get considered. Students who will receive other funding in the Academic Year 2021 aren’t qualified. Students should already possess an internal UFS promoter/supervisor or co-promoter/co-supervisor assigned. Incomplete applications will not get considered.
Applications submitted using the wrong link will not get considered. The student and their dependents won’t qualify for the bursary in the event that the student and or their dependents are either eligible to qualify or in receipt of Staff Study Benefits or Remission on Tuition Fees.
How to Apply and Application Details
For 1st-Year Doctoral Students
Applicants should complete the online survey application at http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=MFVDN
Applicants should email their supervisor-student supervision document and admission letter. In the subject, enter “Application for first-year Doctoral Funding” then email to KhozaPN@ufs.ac.za
For 1st-Year Research Masters Students
Applicants should complete the survey online application at http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=ZRYSA
Applicants should email their supervisor-student supervision document and admission letter. In the subject, enter “Application for first-year Masters funding” and email to KhozaPN@ufs.ac.za
For Returning Doctoral Students
Complete the survey online application at http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=X3RCUReturning
For Returning Research Masters Students
Complete the survey online application at http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=6NJTA
Closing Date
31 March 2021
Contact Details
Address: Postgraduate School, Johannes Brill Building, Office Number 10
Tel #: 051 401 2045
Email: KhozaPN@ufs.ac.za