How Much Nsfas Allowance 2025-2026

How Much Nsfas Allowance 2025-2026

When planning for higher education in South Africa, financial aid through NSFAS plays a critical role for many students. The NSFAS (National Student Financial Aid Scheme) provides allowances to help cover essential costs like tuition, accommodation, and living expenses. For the 2025-2026 academic year, many students and applicants are eager to know how much allowance they will receive to support their studies. Nsfas allocates bursaries to students accepted into the scheme as allowances every academic year. The NSFAS is a financial scheme operating under the Department of Higher Education and Training of South Africa which provides financial support to eligible South African citizens who have applied or are currently studying at any of the public colleges and universities. The Nsfas bursary gives out money to students to pay registration fees, tuition fees, accommodation, transport, learning materials, and many more. If you want to benefit from the bursary, the 2025-2026 application period is open from the 21st of November 2024 and closes on the 15th of December 2024.

What does the funding cover:

The Bursary

The funding covers the cost of the following:

• Registration
• Tuition Fees and learning materials
• Living allowance
• Personal care allowance
• Transport or Accommodation

Student Loan

The funding covers the cost of the following:

• Transport or Accommodation
• Learning Material
• Accommodation

Who Is Qualified To Receive The NSFAS Allowances In 2025-2026

The Nsfas bursary is only given to South Africans who fall under the following categories:

• All South African citizens
• All SASSA grant recipients qualify for funding
• Applicants whose combined household income is not more than R350 000 per annum
• A person with a disability: Combined household income must not be more than R600 000 per annum
• Students who started studying before 2018 and whose household income is not more than R122 000 per annum.

How Much Nsfas Allowance Do University Students Receive 2025-2026

Apart from that Nsfas pays for the registration fee and tuition fees for university students, they also provide funds for the following:

• Accommodation(As per the actual costs charged by the university (costs for private accommodation must not exceed costs for university residence)
• Transport (up to 40 km from the institution) R7 500  per annum
• Living allowance R15, of 000  per annum
• Book allowances R5200 per annum
• Incidental/personal care allowance of R2900 per annum for students in catered residences

Read: Application For NSFAS 2025-2026 Closing Date

How Much Nsfas Allowance Do Tvet College Students Receive 2025-2026

Apart from that Nsfas pays for the registration fee and tuition fees for Tvet college students, they also provide funds for the following:

• Accommodation in an urban area is R24,000 per annum
• Accommodation in a peri-urban area R18,900 per annum
• Accommodation in a rural area is R15,750 per annum
• Transport (up to 40 km from the institution) R7,350  per annum
• Transport R7000 per annum
• Incidental/personal care allowance R2900 per annum

CONTACT NSFAS

For any queries related to this bursary program, please contact NSFAS directly:

• Tel: 0860 067 327
• Email: info@nsfas.org.za

Hope the information given has been helpful to you, leave your comments in the comments section. Better still you can visit the official website of NSFAS for more details.