Old Mutual Imfundo Trust Scholarship 2025 for Young South Africans

Application Deadline: 30 September, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2025 Old Mutual Imfundo Trust Scholarship. This scholarship programme finances deserving black students’ tertiary education. It aims to develop black investment professionals, with a bias towards black women. This full scholarship covers tuition, books, accommodation and meals, as well as providing spending money.

Requirements

To be considered for a scholarship, you must be:

• A South African citizen
• Currently in grade 12 or in your first year at university (with the exception of postgraduate Climate Studies)
• Grade 12 applicants must have achieved an average of at least 70% in their mid-year examinations, with a minimum of 70% in Mathematics and 70% in English FAL or 60% in English HL
• First year university applicants must have achieved an average of at least 65% in their mid-year examinations
• Applicants from rural and township backgrounds will be given preference.

Benefits

• Tuition and accommodation costs are covered in full
• You receive a book and spending allowance
• You have access to ICAS for psychosocial support
• You will be under a mentorship programme from 3^rd year onwards.

egrees funded

• Business, Commerce, Finance and Management Sciences/Studies
• Computer Science and related qualifications (e. g. Computational Thinking)
• Data Science
• Climate Studies (postgraduate)
• Engineering

Our Partner Universities: 

• Stellenbosch University
• University of Cape Town
• University of the Witwatersrand
• University of Johannesburg
• University of KwaZulu-Natal
• University of Pretoria

How to apply

• Applications must be completed on StudyTrust’s online application platform before 30 September to be considered for a bursary for next year.
• Only applications from South African citizens will be considered.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Old Mutual Imfundo Trust Scholarship