Student Funding: bursaries & loans

SETA bursaries

SETA Bursaries Application guidelines

Who is eligible?

This is an invite-based bursary, based on student’s academic performance and qualification.

Students who are not invited may apply with SETA directly, as UNISA does not administer the application process.

  • South African citizen who are between the ages of 18 & 35 years
  • Students who are currently unemployed, however, SASSETA & Service SETA bursaries do fund employed students
  • Students who’ve attained an average of at least 50% on their prior academic year of study
    • This is applicable to some SETA bursaries, kindly visit SETA websites to learn more (see links under “type of SETA bursaries”)

Type of SETA bursaries:

  • FASSET Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority – Registered Finance and Accounting qualifications (FAC’s, AUE’s and TAX modules) - www.fasset.org.za
  • CETA Construction Education and Training Authority – Registered Construction (Engineering) related qualifications - www.ceta.org.za
  • TETA Transport Education Training Authority – Registered for logistics related qualifications - www.teta.org.za               
  • SASSETA The Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority – Registered related qualifications - www.sasseta.org.za       
  • ETDP-SETA Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority – Registered for Educational related qualifications - www.etdpseta.org.za
  • BANK SETA Banking Sector Education and Training Authority – Registered for Banking related qualification - www.bankseta.org.za
  • Services Sector Education and Training Authority – This focuses on skills development. Their focus is upskilling youth through various educational sectors - www.serviceseta.org.za

Please note:

  • Students need to check their myLife email account to access the bursary invite

For more information contact Mrs Ndlovu at Ndlovmj2@unisa.ac.za

Last modified: Mon Aug 07 11:39:48 SAST 2023