Fully funded

UJ Honours and Postgraduate Diploma Bursary

University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Scholarship overview

UJ pays honours and postgraduate diploma tuition in full for selected students in specific faculty disciplines, subject to terms and the availability of funds. The process is not automatic; faculties nominate students.

Disciplines include all honours and postgraduate diploma specialisations in Art, Design and Architecture, Education and Science, plus selected disciplines in Economics and Financial Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities and Management.

Award Information

  • Accepted or conditionally accepted for an Honours degree at a host department at UJ.
  • The Honours specialisation must fall in a funded study area: all Honours specialisations in Art, Design and Architecture; all Honours and Postgraduate Diploma specialisations in Education; Economics and Econometrics; Sport and Movement Studies (Health Sciences).
  • Humanities: African Languages, Afrikaans, Anthropology and Development Studies, Communication Studies, English, French, Greek and Latin Studies, Historical Studies, Journalism, Film and Television, Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religion Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Strategic Communication.
  • Management: Human Resources Management, Industrial Psychology, Information Management, Information Technology Management, Logistics Management, Marketing Management, Public Management and Governance, Strategic Management, Tourism Development, Transport Economics.
  • Science: Applied Mathematics, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Energy Studies, Geography, Geology, Informatics, Information Technology and further listed disciplines.
  • Tuition fees paid in full, subject to terms and conditions and funds. Allocation to students is at faculty discretion.

Deadline set by each faculty; enquire with the faculty representative.

  1. Obtain acceptance or conditional acceptance for an Honours degree in a funded discipline at a UJ host department.
  2. Apply for the bursary through the process on the UJ Honours Bursary page; contact your faculty representative for the faculty process.

Faculty contacts: Art, Design and Architecture, Mrs Adele Maritz (011 559 1126, [email protected]); College of Business and Economics, Honours and PGDip Team (011 559 2725, [email protected]); Education, Ms Minette Rademeyer (011 559 7659, [email protected]); Engineering, Ms Hastings Mbewe (011 559 3667, [email protected]); Health Sciences, Ms Bathabile Vilakazi (011 559 6234, [email protected]) or Ms Cheryl Ann Volkwyn (011 559 6949, [email protected]); Humanities, Ms Sune Theunissen (011 559 2197, [email protected]); Science, Ms Marungwane Lydia Mampa (011 559 2459, [email protected]).

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Certified copy of ID or passport.
  • Signed and stamped acceptance letter from the department.
  • Signed and stamped official academic record (final results can follow).

How selection works

A faculty committee selects students using faculty-specific criteria, subject to funds.

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