2023 Accenture Education Trust Scholarship for South African Students

The Accenture Education Trust Scholarship is a full scholarship scheme that covers the registration fees, tuition fees, examination fees, meals, residence, book allowance for prescribed books, and a laptop – for successful applicants.

Host : Accenture Education
Eligible Category: Undergraduates • Graduate Students (Masters & PhD)
Eligible Countries: South African Countries
Benefits: Full Scholarship • Tuition fees • Accommodation + Meals • Laptop
Deadline: August 31, 2022

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

If you are a high achiever in your second, third, fourth, or Honours year of study, you are eligible for the Accenture Education Trust Scholarship.

Scholarship Requirements:

To be considered for the Accenture Education Trust Scholarship, you 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.
• be a student whose family income ranges from R 350 000 – R 1M and NSFAS Post-Graduate Students with a Household Income of < R300k.
• Applications will be considered from students who wish to major in one of the following disciplines at one of the universities listed below.

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)

B.COM

• Informatics
• Information Systems
• Stats and Data Science
• Computer Science

DATA ENGINEERING

• Big Data Analytics
• Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

B.ENG

• Electronic or Electrical Comp Eng
• Information Engineering
• Micro Electronic Engineering

Scholarship Duration and Reward

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.

Participating 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

Required Documents

All 5 attachments below are required for your application consideration;

Kindly attach all 5 pre-requisite documents in the CV/Resume attachment box

• Certified copy of identity document (Application Pre-requisite)
• Certified full academic record including 2022 mid-year exam results/progress report(Application Pre-requisite)
• Certified copy of grade 12 results(Application Pre-requisite)
• 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)
• Copy of your curriculum vitae (Application Pre-requisite)

Method of Application

• 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 your 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 the 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.

Click on the link below to commence your application.

APPLICATION LINK HERE

Deadline:

August 31, 2022