National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) invites students to apply for Bursary Programme 2025 towards Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Masters studies.
Bursary Application Closing Date: 30 September 2024
Bursaries will be awarded for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Masters studies, towards a qualification in Disaster Management, Fire Technology, or Fire Engineering (excluding Certificate courses and PhD qualifications).
The bursary award will cover the following expenses: registration fees, full tuition fees and a resources allowance up to R11 000.
Successful candidates will be contacted – if you do not receive any feedback, please regard your application as unsuccessful. Bursary recipients will be required to sign a bursary contract with DCoG, through the NDMC.
Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered):
- You must be a South African citizen
- You must have completed Matric
- You must be studying or intend on studying towards an Undergraduate or Postgraduate qualification, within one of the fields of study listed above (excluding Certificate courses and PhD qualifications)
- You must be studying/ applied to study/ accepted to study/ registered to study at a public institution of higher learning in South Africa
- Undergraduate aapplicants: you must have achieved a minimum overall average of 60% in Matric NSC
- Postgraduate applicants: you must have achieved a minimum overall average of 60%, in your most recent results
- Enrolled applicants: you must have achieved a minimum overall average of 65%, in your mid-year results
- You must have a total income of LESS than R350 000 per year, if you are employed
- You must have a total household income of LESS than R350 000 per year, if you are unemployed
How to apply
Applications must be submitted online at: NDMC Bursary Application 2025
Applicants will be required to Register an Account before they can Login and apply.
Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified):
- ID document (certified copy)
- Matric certificate (certified copy)
- Proof of application/ acceptance/ registration at a public tertiary institution (on institutions letterhead)
- Most recent academic results, if currently studying (on institutions letterhead)
- Short Curriculum Vitae (highlighting previous and current employment and academic qualifications where applicable) (max 2 pages)
- Parents or guardians proof of household income (latest payslips if employed/ affidavit if unemployed/ proof of grant or pension if applicable)
- Your own proof of income, if employed (latest payslips)
- Postgraduate applicants: latest academic results/ transcripts and qualification (on institutions letterhead)
- Masters applicants: concept note of proposed Masters research on one of the 16 Priority Thematic Areas, available on the Bursary application system (i.e., outlining the Research Topic, Background/ Introduction, Research Problem, Research Objectives & Methods) (1 to 2 pages)
