NSFAS Application Requirements 2022-2023 | About NSFAS Programme.The Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was formed in terms of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. On December 16, 2017, the former President, Jacob Zuma, announced that the South African government would begin a phase of “free, fully subsidized higher education and training for working-class and poor South African students”. The funding will be phased in over a period of 5 years, thus the Scholarship Program of the Ministry of Higher Education and Training (DHET) was established.
NSFAS is a scholarship scheme that provides poor and working-class South African students free, fully subsidized higher education and training. The vision of NSFAS is to provide students from working-class and poor families with financial assistance, to undertake studies in public universities and technical and vocational education and training colleges.
NSFAS Application Requirements 2022-2023
About NSFAS Programme
The Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) invites students to apply for funding for 2022 studies. Funding is available to students currently studying (previously NSFAS-funded, as well as students who were not previously NSFAS-funded), and students commencing their studies in 2022 .
Funding is open for postgraduate studies at public universities or technical and vocational education and training colleges in South Africa (not covering private institutions). Funding is available to students who need financial assistance to start or continue their studies.
When applying, students will be split into 5 seperate cohorts, namely:
Cohort 1: First-Time Entering Student (FTEN) who is a SASSA beneficiary
Cohort 2: Returning Student, who is SASSA beneficiary
Cohort 3: First-Time Entering Student who is NOT a SASSA beneficiary
Cohort 4: Returning Student, who is NOT a SASSA beneficiary
Cohort 5: Student living with disability
Eligibility Requirements for NSFAS Funding
Applicants must ensure that they meet the following minimum entry criteria before applying:
You must be a citizen of South Africa
You must be studying or intend to study for an undergraduate qualification in 2022 (postgraduate courses will not be funded, except for postgraduate students who receive funding in 2020)
You must be studying or intend to study at a public university institution within South Africa (university or technical and vocational education and training college)
You must not have completed any previous qualifications
It must fall into one or more of these categories:
1) You must be a recipient of a SASSA scholarship (except for the SASSA COVID-19 scholarship)
2) The combined total family income should not be more than R350,000 per year
3) You must have a disability and have a combined total household income of no more than R600,000 per year
4) You must have started school before 2018 and have a combined total household income of no more than R122,000 per year
What expenses does NSFAS cover?
NSFAS funding will cover the following fees: registration fees, tuition fees, tuition fees, food allowance, incidental/personal care, plus accommodation or transportation.
NSFAS Application Requirements 2022-2023
University students will receive the following funding:
- Housing – the amount charged by the university (or the equivalent amount for private housing)
- Transportation no more than R7500 per year
- Living allowance of no more than 15,000 rand per year
- A book allowance of no more than 5200 rand per year
- Personal/accidental care allowance of no more than R2,900 per year (if residing in foreclosed accommodation)
TVET students will receive the following funding:
- Reside not more than R24,000 per year in an urban area / Not more than R18,900 per year in a semi-urban area / Not more than R7,015 per year in a rural area
- Transport no more than R7 350 per year
- Incidental/personal care allowance of no more than R2,900 per year
University of South Africa (UNISA) students will receive the following funding:
- Tuition
- Books (depends on the number of units registered)
- Personal care allowance
Students with disabilities will also receive assistive devices (eg wheelchairs, hearing aids, air-conditioned laptops, etc.) and human support (jobs, clerks, teachers, sign language interpreters, etc.). The amount of coverage will be reviewed by NSFAS each year..
What institutions accept NSFAS?
Students who are studying (or will be studying) at any of the 25 public universities or 50 TVET colleges, in 2022, can apply:
Universities:
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Central University of Technology
- Durban University of Technology
- Monash University
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Northwest University
- Rhodes University
- Stellenbosch University
- Chuan University of Technology
- University of Cape Town
- Fort Herre University
- University of Johannesburg
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of Limpopo
- University of Pretoria
- University of South Africa
- University of the Free State
- University of the Western Cape
- University of the Witwatersrand
- University of Zululand
- Vale University of Technology
- Walter Sisulu University
TVET Colleges:
- Boland College
- Buffalo City College
- Capricorn College
- Central Johannesburg College
- Coastal KZN College
- College of Cape Town
- Eastcape Midlands College
- Ehlanzeni College
- Ekurhuleni East College
- Elangemi College
- Esayidi College
- Ethekwini College
- False Bay College
- Gert Sibande College
- Ikhala College
- Ingwe College
- King Hintsa College
- King Sabata Dalindyebo College
- Letaba College
- Liphalale College
- Lovedale College
- Majuba College
- Mnambithi College
- Nkangala College
- Northern Cape Rural College
- Northern Cape Urban College
- Northlink College
- Orbit College
- Port Elizabeth College
- Sekhukhune College
- South Cape College
- South West Gauteng College
- Tshwane North College
- Tshwane South College
- Umfolozi College
- Umgungundlovu College
- Vhembe College
- Vuselela College
- Waterberg College
- West Coast College
NSFAS Application Requirements 2022-2023
HOW TO APPLY FOR NSFAS FUNDING?
Applications can be submitted on any devise with internet access: cellphone, tablet, laptop or computer.
Students who were previously funded by NSFAS, can re-apply by logging in with their email address and password: https://my.nsfas.org.za/Application/selfservice.jsp
Note: CLOSING DATE FOR NSFAS APPLICATION
21 January 2022 (extension).
(Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted – please apply before the closing date to ensure your application is considered.)