UJ Honours Merit Bursary

• 70-74% weighted aggregate: R6,580.
• 75% weighted aggregate and higher: R8,770.
• Students in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment with 65% or higher in their third-year majors can apply separately for a merit student assistantship of R4,000, requiring a minimum of four hours' assistance per week in the relevant department.

The honours degree it funds must be completed within one year of the award.

1. Continuing UJ students who meet the aggregate threshold are allocated the bursary automatically; no application is needed.
2. Students entering from another university submit a certified copy of their academic record to the UJ Bursary Office as a precondition for the bursary to be allocated.
3. Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment students wanting the R4,000 merit student assistantship apply separately to their department.
4. Further details on UJ bursaries generally are on the UJ bursaries booklet.

• Certified copy of the academic record, required from students entering from another university.

The bursary is allocated automatically based on the credit-weighted aggregate threshold, with no separate selection committee. Payment is subject to sufficient funds being available to cover all qualifying candidates in that year, and the university can alter the criteria, guidelines or values without prior notice. If studies are cancelled, the full bursary is cancelled and the student becomes liable to repay it.