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Welcome to NSFAS 2024 Application ✨
The mobile app that is designed to make your funding application process easy
and seamless.
How to apply?
It’s as easy as 1,2,3
Create a profile:
Create a myNSFAS account via this link: https://my.nsfas.org.za/ or download NSFAS App on Google Play or App Store. Your ID number will be your username.
Apply now:
Click on the ‘Apply’ tab to update your personal information and upload your application supporting documents, indicated.
Complete:
Submit your application
NSFAS provides financial aid to disadvantaged students from the poor and working-class who meet eligibility criteria to study at public universities or TVET colleges.
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Who qualifies for funding?
You qualify for a NSFAS bursary if you are a South African citizen who plans to study in 2024 or you are already studying at a public university or TVET college and you meet the following requirements:
South African citizens or permanent residents
SASSA grant recipients
Applicants whose combined gross household income is not more than R350 000 per year
Persons with disabilities whose combined gross household income is not more than R600 000 per year.
Must have email account and cell phone number.
Who should not apply?
Students who have already applied and received funding in previous years, have not yet graduated on their current qualification and do not intend to change from one sector to another (TVET College to University or vice-versa).
They are automatically funded for the duration of their studies, provided they pass their modules and meet the academic requirements.
What does the bursary cover?🤝🏻
Once your funding application becomes successful, NSFAS will cover your costs for:
Accommodation
Living allowance
Learning material allowance
Personal care allowance
If you are studying at the University of South Africa (UNISA) you will receive funding for:
Tuition
Books (subject to the number of modules registered)
Personal care allowance
If you are eligible student with disability, you will receive funding for:
Assistive Devices
Meals
Tuition
Transport
Tuition
Human Support
Accommodation
Allowances, excluding human support, for students living with disabilities attending TVET Colleges will as of 2023 be supported directly by the NSFAS.
Required Supporting documents during the application process🤝🏻
Students with disabilities must provide:
A completed and signed Disability Annexure A Form:
Click here to download
Students recognised as vulnerable child must provide:
An applicant who is recognised as a vulnerable child by the Department of Social Development must provide completed and Vulnerable Child Declaration form completed by a social worker:
Click here to download
Other documents that may be required, if applicable:
Retrenchment letter
Death certificate/s
Divorce Decree
Proof of legal guardianship
Marriage certificate
other documents may be required for appeal purposes,….eg retrenchment letter
Based on the application type, the system will generate a list of required documents for upload
