How to Apply & Eligibility of MultiChoice Bursary Program 2025 (Only First-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student)

How to Apply & Eligibility of MultiChoice Bursary Program

How to Apply & Eligibility of MultiChoice Bursary Program 2025 | The MultiChoice Bursary Program has invested R31 million in education, helping thousands of students achieve their academic goals and build meaningful careers in key industries. Are you a First-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student admitted in any university of choice? Apply MultiChoice Bursary Program and be supported financially to achieve your academic career, How to apply, Read through.

How to Apply & Eligibility of MultiChoice Bursary Program 2025

Through this program, MultiChoice not only supports students but strengthens the country’s workforce by equipping it with skills needed for tomorrow’s challenges.

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For the 2025 academic year, MultiChoice is offering 230 bursaries to undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing studies in critical and scarce skill fields. These include disciplines within the STEM education in South Africa, as well as media and entertainment scholarships, such as:

Actuarial Science
Electrical, Electronic & Information Engineering
Information Technology (AI & Robotics)
Data and Information Science
Digital Media Technology
Film & Television, Marketing
Sound Engineering
Filmmaking
Accounting and Finance

Eligibility:

To be eligible, applicants must meet the following requirements:

Be a South African citizen.
Be registered or intend to register at a South African institution for a field aligned with MultiChoice’s focus areas.
Achieve a minimum of 75% (matric) or 65% (current university students).
Be a first-time undergraduate and postgraduate student (Honours and Masters) at South African institutions of higher learning.
Applicants will be considered based on academic performance and financial need, as per the MultiChoice external bursary policy.
The bursary covers one academic year only and does not apply to historical debt.
Applications will be evaluated based on both financial need and academic merit.

To ensure a seamless application process, MultiChoice has partnered with Skills 123 for bursary administration, alongside Student Village, whose extensive campus network ensures accessibility for students nationwide.