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University of Limpopo Merit Bursary for First-Year Students

University of Limpopo, South Africa

Scholarship overview

The University of Limpopo's University Merit Bursaries reward strong academic performance among full-time students, with a separate track for incoming first-years and for senior undergraduates. The first-year bursary targets students entering a first degree for the first time straight from Grade 12, based purely on their matric results; the senior bursary rewards a strong pass in the student's immediately preceding year or level of study.

These are not automatic awards: students must apply for them every year, and a student cannot hold this bursary alongside another scholarship or bursary that already covers the full amount they qualify for.

Award Information

  • First-year bursary: full-time student registering at the University of Limpopo for a first degree for the first time, immediately after Grade 12.
  • First-year bursary: an average of 70% or higher in the Grade 12 final examination.
  • Old curriculum (Matriculation Certificate): the average is calculated from the six best final exam results divided by six.
  • New curriculum (Senior Certificate): the average is calculated from all subjects except Life Orientation, divided by the number of those subjects.
  • Senior students: full-time, with an overall pass of 70% or more in the immediately preceding year or level of study, on the first attempt, having taken and passed the full curriculum.
  • Not available to a student already receiving another scholarship or bursary that covers the full amount they qualify for.
  • Once a student secures other funding, the merit award is reversed, since a student cannot hold more than one source of funding.
  • First-year merit bursary: tuition fees only.
  • Senior students with an overall pass of 70-75%: full upfront registration fees.
  • Senior students with an overall pass of 76-100%: full tuition fees.
  • If another bursary covers only part of the cost, the merit award is limited to the difference between full tuition and that bursary.
  • If the student obtains other funding, the merit award is reversed.

Students must apply every year; the bursary is not automatically renewed.

  1. Obtain the bursary application form from the Financial Aid Office, or via the "bursary application forms" link on the UL financial support page.
  2. Submit the application every year; renewal is not automatic.

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How selection works

Awarded on the Grade 12 average calculated as described above. Students apply annually using the University Merit Bursaries form listed on the Financial Support page.

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