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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
