Unisa Postgraduate Diploma and Honours Bursary

• Tuition fees only; no laptop, accommodation, textbooks or study materials.
• Funds two consecutive years, with the second year subject to re-application.
• Does not cover failed or repeated modules, historic debt, or a different NQF 8 qualification from the one previously funded.
• No rand amount is given.
• Refunds for self-paid or third-party-paid fees take 15 to 21 working days after correct documents are received.

• 2027 cycle: applications open 21 September 2026 and close 30 November 2026.
• Q&A session: 9 October 2026, 09:00 to 10:00 (YouTube or MS Teams).
• Temporary registration deadline: 31 January 2027; students not registered by then are not funded.
• Appeals for rejected self-registered applicants: 3 to 7 May 2027 (link provided on 3 May 2027).

1. Apply online only through the myUnisa bursary app; paper, email, hand-delivered, late or incomplete applications are not considered.
2. Register (at least temporarily) by 31 January 2027.
3. Check the outcome in your myLife email account, the only channel used for results.
4. If awarded, submit your signed bursary contract to the Postgraduate Bursary officer before the closing date in the email.
5. If you paid your own fees, supply your banking details through the link provided; the account must be in your own name. If verification fails you receive a claim/refund form.
6. To cancel, deregister before the cancellation closing date via your regional centre or myUnisa, then email [email protected] to withdraw the award. Breaching the terms or stopping studies leads to the year's amount being charged to your account.

Self-paid students

• Certified ID copy, not older than 6 months from the request email.
• Proof of payment showing the exact payment and your name as account holder.

Third-party payers

• Student's certified ID copy (not older than 6 months).
• Proof of payment showing the third party as payer or account holder.
• Third party's bank account confirmation letter.
• Third party's certified ID copy (not older than 6 months).
• Signed loan agreement or other proof, if a company loaned the fees.

Awards depend on available funds and go from the highest average to the lowest. Averages are calculated across the whole undergraduate qualification, or across three or more honours/PG diploma modules, including supplementary and failed results. Applicants rejected by college vetting for unsatisfactory academic performance cannot appeal. Appeals are also not possible if you were fully funded for the full period, were unsuccessful due to insufficient funds, have other funding, or were ineligible. An appeal must include evidence that the rejection reason contradicts Unisa's records.