Nsfas Grant 2025

Nsfas Grant Application 2025

NSFAS is a government agency that provides financial aid to students from low-income and working-class families in a sustainable manner that supports access to and success in higher and further education and training, in pursuit of South Africa’s national and human resource development goals.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) invites applicants to submit grant funding applications for the academic year 2025. Students who require financial aid to begin or continue their education can apply for funding. In South Africa, funding is available for tertiary studies at public universities or TVET colleges (it does NOT cover private institutions).

All interested South African students enrolled in public universities and Tvet colleges are therefore invited to submit applications as soon as possible while the Nsfas application window is still open.

Is the NSFAS Grant Application Open for 2025

The application doors for Nsfas will be opened for the year 2025 to all applicants from the 20th of September 2024 and will close on the 15th of December 2024. Applicants are therefore urged to apply within the application deadline.

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Nsfas Application 2025 Grant Requirements

Applicants must ensure that they satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:

• You must be a South African citizen
• You must be studying or intend on studying towards an undergraduate qualification (postgraduate courses will not be funded, except for postgraduate students who received funding)
• You must be studying or intend on studying at a public tertiary institution within South Africa (University or TVET College)
• You must NOT have completed any previous qualifications
• You must be a SASSA grant recipient (excluding the SASSA COVID-19 grant)
• You must have a total combined household income that is NOT more than R350 000 per annum
• You must be living with a disability AND have a total combined household income NOT more than R600 000 per annum

What Is Covered by the NSFAS Grant for 2025-2026

The following fees are covered by NSFAS funding: registration fees, tuition fees, study material costs, meal allowance, incidental/personal care expenses, accommodation or transportation as well as the following:

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE:

• 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

TVET  COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE:

• 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

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 Apply F0r Nsfas Grant in 2025

For any queries related to this bursary program, please get in touch with 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.