Student funding
External funding
How scholarships and bursaries from external sources affect financial assistance
If you receive full cost assistance from sources other than UCT, e.g. a company or charitable organisation, the university will withdraw the assistance it has offered you.
If you receive a small or partial scholarship (a grant based purely on merit) or a bursary/grant from sources other than UCT:
- it will be used to cover/reduce your EFC
- if the grant is greater than the EFC, the UCT bursary will then be reduced
- thereafter any remaining balance will reduce the NSFAS loan.
If you receive an Entrance/Faculty Scholarship from UCT:
- it will be used to cover/reduce your EFC
- if the amount of the scholarship is greater than the EFC, the loan will then be reduced
- thereafter any remaining balance will reduce the UCT bursary
NB: Failure to inform the university of other sources of funding will result in the withdrawal of the financial assistance given by the university and disqualification of all future funding.
For information regarding funding from companies and organisations outside of UCT, please check the Bursary Noticeboard
