UKZN Postgraduate Fee Remission (Masters by Research and Doctoral)

UKZN's Policy on Scholarships (Council-approved, effective 19 March 2013) waives tuition fees for full-time students registered for research Master's or full-thesis Doctoral degrees, under the University's Fee Remission provisions. Fee remission sits alongside the University's broader scholarships and merit bursary framework, which is overseen by the University Scholarships Committee (a committee of Senate) and administered day to day by the Scholarships Office within Student Funding, Student Services Division.

The remission is one of several categories of University-funded postgraduate support listed in the Policy's Annexure, alongside the Doctoral Research Scholarship, summa cum laude and cum laude Postgraduate Scholarships and the Vincent Maphai Scholarship. Unlike those merit-ranked awards, fee remission functions as a standing entitlement tied to registration status for research-only postgraduate study rather than a competitively ranked scholarship.

Queries and applications for fee remission are handled through the Higher Degrees Office of the student's School, not through the central Scholarships Office, and the award is governed by a separate Fee Remission Terms and Conditions document.