Discover opportunities for international and refugee postgraduate students at UCT. Learn about competitive scholarships, their values, and renewal criteria. Explore the application process and announcements for the 2025 academic year.
A limited number of scholarships are available annually to international and refugee students for postgraduate study in any discipline at UCT. As there is only one call for applications each year, it is important that the application procedure is strictly followed. These scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and preference is given to senior candidates.
All UCT international and refugee students’ scholarships are supplementary as a contribution towards Cost of Attendance. Students who apply must have the means to fund their studies.
Values:
Honours R25 000
Master’s R30 000
Doctoral R35 000
The scholarships are renewable for the duration of the course of study, if satisfactory progress is maintained, for 1 year at honours level, 2 at master’s level and 3 at doctoral level. Continuing students applying for renewal are not required to complete these forms and would be automatically be renewed upon satisfactory progress.
Applicants must apply for full-time admission through the UCT admissions office or the faculty office. Late applications are not accepted.