International financial aids and scholarships are available for International students to pursue undergraduate, graduate, master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral programmes.

South Africa is one of the best study destination for maximum number of international students who want to upgrade their education skills. Explore the links below and avail the latest information about South Africa scholarships and awards.

Total South Africa (TSA), South Africa
Certificate, Diploma or Degree Programme

Applications are invited for Total South Africa Bursary Scheme from learners who require financial assistance for full time tuition at an FET college or a university in order for them to achieve a formal qualification e.g. a certificate, diploma or degree.
Advantages of Studying in South Africa:

International students who study in South Africa have these advantages:

First, universities use English as medium of instruction and South Africa is a good environment for learning English language.
Second, tuition and costs of living is low which ordinary students can bear.

Third, courses are closely connected to reality or courses offered are practical which will be helpful for students in their future employment.
Graduate students on the other hand can apply as teaching assistant or research assistant to receive some form of income.
Quality Education and Good Learning Environment. South African universities provide high standard education as patterned from the British education system.

Students receive diplomas that are recognized worldwide. As one of the English speaking countries, South Africa is a good English learning environment and has effective mechanism for training students in English.

Practical Courses South African tertiary education is characterized by the combination of practical courses. Universities and enterprises work closely to provide students the avenue for applying their knowledge and skills in real scenarios.

The internationally renowned universities are University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, and University of South Africa. There are also polytechnic universities such as the Polytechnic University of Cape Elizabeth, Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University of Natal, Suoerda Polytechnic University, and the Polytechnic University of Pretoria. Unlike other universities, polytechnic universities training objectives and tasks pay more attention to technical personnel training.

They train and teach courses that are in accordance with the needs of corporations. Its students, after graduation, can directly have jobs and do not have to undergo retraining. At the Polytechnic University, the undergraduate degree is four years, master's degree is two years and a doctorate is three to five years.

Along with South Africa’s industrial and commercial rapid development, it passed the Higher Education Act in 1967 containing provisions about the Higher Institute of Technology professors and education courses. In 1979, South Africa passed the Higher Education Amendment Act which provides training objectives and tasks to polytechnic universities that are different with that of the other universities.


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