Nedbank External Bursary Programme

• Applications for the 2027 academic year are closed.
• Applications for the 2028 academic year open in 2027.

1. Apply online only, via the link on the Nedbank graduates and bursaries page, once the application window opens.
2. Upload a certified copy of your South African ID and the required academic results.
3. Complete and submit the signed financial-check affidavit, income-and-expenditure statement, and supporting household documents.
4. Applications are screened and shortlisted against the qualifying criteria; incomplete applications are disqualified.
5. Shortlisted applicants complete psychometric and other assessments and attend a virtual interview.
6. All applicants receive feedback once the recruitment process is complete.

Nedbank graduates and bursaries

From the applicant

• Certified copy of South African ID.
• Grade 11 final results and current mid-year results (Grade 12 applicants); Grade 12 final results and current mid-year results (first-year university students); last academic year results and current mid-year results (second or third-year students).
• Financial check affidavit signed by you and your parents or guardians.
• Latest 3 months' bank statements.

From parents, guardians and income-earning household members of shortlisted applicants

• Completed income and expenditure statement for combined household income.
• Per parent or guardian: certified ID, most recent payslip and an employment letter, not older than 3 months.
• Informal traders or hawkers: proof of income, home loan statement, and council rates and taxes statement, not older than 3 months.
• Commission-only earners: IRP5, IT3 and IT12 forms for the past two years.
• Pension, grant, maintenance, rent or investment interest recipients: official pension slip or bank statement, not older than 3 months.
• Latest 3 months' bank statements for parents or guardians.

Applications are screened and shortlisted against the published qualifying criteria. Shortlisted candidates then undergo psychometric and other assessments, followed by a virtual interview, before bursaries are awarded at the sole discretion of the Nedbank Educational Trust.