CPUT Postgraduate Masters and Doctoral funding

Postgraduate students at CPUT are exceptionally well supported by a wide range of bursaries funded by external organisations and by the University.
They are also offered excellent residence accommodation and international student assistance. Please contact Hombakazi Mbolekwa (MBOLEKWAP@cput.ac.za) on the D6 campus or Mrs Marilyn Daries (DuPlessisMr@cput.ac.za) on the Bellville campus.
Further, postgraduate students qualify to apply for research running costs from the Research Directorate. Click here to visit their website.

The CPUT Postgraduate Bursary Application 2023 ( Masters and Doctoral only) is now open.

 
Eligibility criteria:
Full-time students primarily and part-time students with special circumstances may apply.
When awarding bursaries the following criteria will be used as well.

• 93% South African students and permanent residents, 7% international students.
• 50/50 gender split as well as consideration to persons with disabilities.
• The amount given to successful applicants will be based on the registration fee + study fee + housing fee of the student in 2023.

 
The application link is: https://opa.cput.ac.za/index.php/student-bursary
 
The closing date for the Bursary Call is 6 June 2023.
 

The NRF 2023 Calls for Honours, Masters and Doctoral are open – please read: NRF Bursary Calls 2023

Please take note of the Internal closing date for applications.

Opportunity	Fields/ Target	Internal closing date	Documents
CPUT Postgraduate Bursary 2023	Registered /Prospective Masters and Doctoral students	6 June 2023	Call open
NRF 2023 Calls for Honours, Masters and Doctoral are open	Registered /Prospective Honours, Masters and Doctoral students	30 June 2023
NRF Extension Support for Masters and Doctoral 2023	Registered Masters and Doctoral students	30 June 2023
SARAO HCD Applications for Honours Scholarship for 2023	Registered /Prospective Honours students	24 June 2023
SARAO HCD Applications for Masters Scholarship for 2023	Registered /Prospective Masters students	30 June 2023
SARAO HCD Applications for Doctoral Scholarship for 2023	Registered /Prospective Doctoral students	30 June 2023
NRF Honours		13 November 2023

 
NRF applications: please read the following documents for information relating to a pending call to enable applicants to submit applications on the NRF online application system.