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