Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) invites suitable graduates to apply for Bursary opportunities in South Africa.

About Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP)

ISFAP was established as a funding model to sustainably cater for the higher education needs and costs of South Africa’s poor and middle-class students. The programme aims to fast track South Africa’s skills production for the 21st century by funding the higher education costs of mainly students studying towards a career in Occupations of High Demand (OHDs), which have been identified as critical to South Africa’s economic development by the Human Resources Development Council (HRDC). These include Actuaries, Accountants, Data Scientists, Engineers, IT Professionals, Medical Doctors, and Nurses. Since growing South Africa’s skills base and supporting students from poor and middle-income families is critical to the growth and development of South Africa’s economy, both government and the private sector have come together under ISFAP to fund students and help address issues of sustainable employment and decent work in the country post-qualification. So, other than its aim to promote higher education, ISFAP also represents yet another positive public-private partnership aimed at driving National Development.

Bursaries will be awarded to students from the “missing middle”, for studies in “Occupations of High Demand”. For the 2025 academic year, bursaries will be awarded for studies towards these selected qualifications, at the following partner institutions:

University of Pretoria:

• Beng – Industrial Engineering
• Beng – Chemical Engineering
• Beng – Civil Engineering
• Beng – Electrical Engineering
• Beng – Electronic Engineering
• Beng – Mechanical Engineering
• Beng – Metallurgical Engineering
• Beng – Mining Engineering
• Beng – Computer Engineering
• Bsc – Computer Science
• Bsc – Information and Knowledge Systems
• Bit – Information Systems
• Bis – Multimedia
• Bis – Information Science
• Bis – Publishing
• Bcom – Informatics
• Bsc Architecture
• Bsc – Construction Management
• Bsc – Real Estate
• Bsc – Quantity Surveying
• B&trp – Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning
• Bcom (accounting Sciences)
• Bcom (argibusiness Management)
• Bcom (business Management)
• Bcom (econometrics)
• Bcom (economics)
• Bcom Financial Management Sciences
• Bcom (human Resources Management)
• Bcom (informatics) Focus: Information Systems
• Bcom (investment Management)
• Bcom (law)
• Bcom (marketing Management)
• Bcom
• Bcom (statistics and Data Science)
• Bcom (supply Chain Management)
• Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice [bcmp]
• Bachelor of Dental Surgery [bchd]
• Bachelor of Dietetics [bdietetics]
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery [mbchb]
• Bachelor of Nursing Sciences [bnurs]
• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy [bot]
• Bachelor of Oral Hygiene [boh]
• Bachelor of Physiotherapy [bphysio]
• Bachelor of Radiography in Diagnostics [brad in Diagnostics]
• Bachelor of Sports Science [bsportsci]
• Ba
• Ba Audiology
• Ba Fine Arts 4-year programme
• Ba Fine Arts 5-year programme
• Ba Information Design
• Ba Languages
• Ba Law
• Ba Philosophy, Politics and Economics
• Ba Speech-language Pathology
• Ba Visual Studies
• Bachelor of Drama [bdram] 3-year programme
• Bachelor of Drama [bdram] 4-year programme
• Bachelor of Music [bmus] 4-year programme
• Bachelor of Music [bmus] 5-year programme
• Bachelor of Social Work [bsw]
• Bpolsci International Studies
• Bpolsci Political Studies
• Bsocsci (heritage and Cultural Sciences) Heritage and Cultural Tourism
• Bsocsci Industrial Sociology and Labour Studies
• Bachelor of Consumer Science Clothing Retail Management [bconsci]
• Bachelor of Consumer Science Food Retail Management [bconsci]
• Bachelor of Consumer Science Hospitality Management [bconsci]
• Bsc (biological Sciences)
• Bsc (food Management) Culinary Science
• Bsc (food Management) Nutrition
• Bsc (geography) Geography and Environmental Science
• Bsc Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
• Bsc Applied Mathematics
• Bsc Biochemistry
• Bsc Biotechnology
• Bsc Chemistry
• Bsc Ecology
• Bsc Entomology
• Bsc Environmental and Engineering Geology
• Bsc Food Science
• Bsc Genetics
• Bsc Geoinformatics
• Bsc Geology
• Bsc Human Genetics
• Bsc Human Physiology
• Bsc Human Physiology, Genetics and Psychology
• Bsc Mathematical Statistics
• Bsc Mathematics
• Bsc Medical Sciences
• Bsc Meteorology
• Bsc Microbiology
• Bsc Physics
• Bsc Plant Science
• Bsc Zoology
• Bscagric Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management
• Bscagric Animal Science
• Bscagric Applied Plant and Soil Sciences
• Bscagric Plant Pathology
• Bed (foundation Phase Teaching)
• Bed (intermediate Phase Teaching)
• Bed (senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching)