ACCENTURE EDUCATION TRUST
The Accenture Education Trust, helps students whose family income ranges from R 350 000 - R 1M and NSFAS Post-Graduate Students with a Household Income of < R300k
The student must have a strong academic background with a cumulative average of above 65% in a study towards Technology-aligned degrees (see below list) at select tertiary Institutions in South Africa .
If you are a high achiever in your second, third, fourth or Honours year of study, we want to hear from you.
Successful candidates will receive a full scholarship. The bursary programme covers the following expenses: registration fees, tuition fees, examination fees, meals, residence, book allowance for prescribed books and a laptop. In addition, the scholarship is backed up by ongoing mentorship.
Applications will be considered from students who wish to major in one of the following disciplines at one of the universities listed below.
Scholarship Disciplines
BSC
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Information and Knowledge Systems
- Information Systems
- Mechanical with Mechatronics Engineering
BSC (Eng)
- Information Technology
- Electronic /Electrical (Light Current)
BCOM
- Informatics
- Information Systems
- Stats and Data Science
- Computer Science
DATA ENGINEERING
- Big Data Analytics
- Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
BENG
- Electronic or Electrical Comp Eng
- Information Engineering
- Micro Electronic Engineering
INSTITUTES
- Rhodes University
- Stellenbosch University
- University of Cape Town
- University of Johannesburg
- University of Pretoria
- University of Witwatersrand
- University of Kwazulu-Natal
- University of Western Cape
- Job Qualifications
Job Qualifications
Please attach the below 5 documents in order for your application to be considered. Kindly attach all 5 pre-requisite documents in the CV/Resume attachment box.
1) Certified copy of identity document (Application Pre-requisite)
2) Certified full academic record including 2026 mid-year exam results/progress report (Application Pre-requisite)
3) Certified copy of grade 12 results (Application Pre-requisite)
4) Certified copy of proof of parents’/guardian’s earnings if <R 600K AND Latest Income tax return of parents/guardian’s earnings <R 1M (Application Pre-requisite)
5) Copy of your curriculum vitae (Application Pre-requisite)
*Application Steps
Step 1 - Register/ Create an account by using your email address and create a password.
Step 2 - Start application. Please choose Apply Manually.
Step 3 - You will land on the My Information page. Please populate all fields and note that family name is your surname.
Step 4 - You will land on the My Experience page. In this section kindly detail any part time work experience i.e. Tutoring, promotions, e.t.c. Please note that GPA indicates academic average
Step 5 - You will land on Application Questions. These are standard and only for the purpose of the scholarship application please answer these as follows: Q1 - Yes; Q2 - No; Q3- Yes; Q4 - Yes; and Q5 -No.
Step 6 - You will land on a Voluntary Disclosure page. Here, complete all the required fields
Step 7 - You will land on a Summary Page where you can view your application and click Submit to finalize your submission
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BSC
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Information and Knowledge Systems
- Information Systems
- Mechanical with Mechatronics Engineering
BSC (Eng)
- Information Technology
- Electronic /Electrical (Light Current)
BCOM
- Informatics
- Information Systems
- Stats and Data Science
- Computer Science
DATA ENGINEERING
- Big Data Analytics
- Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
BENG
- Electronic or Electrical Comp Eng
- Information Engineering
- Micro Electronic Engineering
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