Wits Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

• Full tuition.
• Accommodation, up to a capped amount.
• Allowances.
• The award is applied to tuition fees as part of the overall Council funding package; the maximum Council funding any undergraduate student can receive in 2026 is R205 000 in total. If external or Faculty/School bursaries bring a student to this limit, Council funds are reversed or reduced to fit it.
• Where Council funds plus other funding exceed the actual cost in the same category (for example tuition), the excess is reversed.
• Renewable each year of the first undergraduate degree, subject to continued high academic performance.

There is no application deadline, because no application is made: the award is offered automatically after registration. All University Council funds, including this scholarship, are allocated by the end of March each year. Matric remarks, where relevant, must reach the Student Enrolment Centre by 30 September.

1. Apply for admission and register for an undergraduate degree at Wits.
2. No separate application is needed: the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office automatically identifies and offers the scholarship to the top twenty qualifying first-time entrants after registration.
3. See the Wits Scholarships and Bursaries page for the full list of Council funding rules.

No application documents are required. Where a gap year applies, an affidavit or proof of what the student did in that year must be submitted to the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office; this is honoured for one gap year only.

Selection is automatic and merit-based: entrants are ranked using their results in English, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and their next best three designated subjects, and the top twenty are offered the scholarship after registration. No interview or committee review is involved.