Masters Funding

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About Master’s Funding

The master’s degree at UJ focuses on equipping students with a broader understanding of their field of study at an advanced level. The heightened learning environment of UJ helps master’s students explore their topic of interest within groupings of like-minded individuals and provides for an intellectually rewarding experience. UJ master’s graduates are able to handle complex issues, make critical decisions based on logical data and communicate effectively to diverse audiences.

The Postgraduate School (PGS) provides support to the University of Johannesburg’s master’s students. This is done through the Postgraduate Funding Management (PFM) area. PFM is responsible for communicating the various postgraduate funding options made available at UJ for master’s level of study.

Master’s students are funded from internal and external funds in order for them to successfully complete their qualifications. Scholarships that are offered under internal funding are categorized as Global Excellence Stature with the research focus on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and URC funds. URC funds have various sub-categories and are listed as URC International, Supervisor-Linked (SLB) bursaries and Special URC. SLB bursaries are available for both the part-time and full-time students.

PFM has embarked on reaching our success plan by increasing number of postgraduate students. Funding for master’s students are crucial to the university’s goals, hence external funders are assisting the university in reaching these goals. External funders are National Research Foundation (NRF), Department of Science and Innovation and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (DSI-CSIR), Duke CE, Mandela Rhodes Foundation, Nedbank, Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth and various Sector of Education and Training Authority (SETA) organisations. Students can only apply when the call for these scholarships is out.

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2024 University Research Committee (URC) Master’s and Doctoral Limited Scholarships

Please note that the 2024 University Research Committee (URC) Freestanding applications call for master’s and doctoral scholarships is open!

The attached advert has links to master’s and doctoral Sintel online application forms. The Sintel form is to be completed and submitted online and the supporting documents must be attached to the online application form. Supporting documents should be attached before the applicant can click the submit button and incomplete applications will not be shortlisted.

We would appreciate it if you could circulate the attached advert to 2024 first-year master’s and doctoral students for them to apply.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 31 March 2024

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