Academic Credit Application closing date Semester 2

The following scholarships, bursaries and awards are available at the IIE’s Varsity College:

1. BURSARY (SCHOLARSHIP)

The scholarship available at the IIE’s Varsity College for new undergraduate students only, include:

• Excellence Scholarship: To qualify for one of these the student needs to have achieved an average of at least 75% in Grade 11 or 4 subjects (other than Life Orientation) with 80% or more.

• Achiever Scholarship: These are awards for candidates with a Grade 11 average of at least 60% and a household income less than

R400 000 per annum. Applicants are also required to submit a 600-word motivation with their application. *Only South African citizens

2. BURSARY (ACADEMIC)

This bursary category consists of the following awards:

• NSC Award: Any scholar achieving a National

Senior Certificate pass with an average of 80% across seven subjects qualifies for a an

NSC award.

• The Aggregate Distinction Award:

Any student who attended lectures in 2022 and obtained a 75% aggregate for any Full-

Time Qualification qualifies for an academic award of R4 000 in respect of tuition fees only.

Students are required to be registered for a full complement of modules, and if in the final year of completion, this must be a minimum of four modules.

Any student who studied an IIE undergraduate degree and achieved an average of 75% in their final year studies, is eligible to apply for an academic bursary for their first year of postgraduate studies only, when they register for a full-time IIE postgraduate programme.

Any student who attended lectures in 2022 and obtained a 75% aggregate, across a minimum of eight modules for any Part-Time Qualification offered in the Distance mode, qualifies for an academic award of R2 000 in respect of tuition fees only. Students are required to be registered for a full complement of modules with a minimum of eight modules.

3. BURSARY (ENGAGEMENT)

Engagement Bursaries are awarded to students who are registered at the IIE’s Varsity College and hold positions of leadership. Bursaries are awarded to students who serve on the following student committees: VC Cares, Social Committee, Sports Committee, VC Voice and Career Centre Ambassador Committee.

4. BURSARY (LEADERSHIP)

Leadership awards are awarded to any prospective full-time, contact student who assumed a leadership role at the school they matriculated from. The leadership roles are Head Prefect, Deputy Head Prefect or equivalent at school. These students must be registered for a full complement of subjects/ modules and must be attending lectures at The IIE’s Varsity College.

5. BURSARY (SPORT)

Several sport bursaries are available to students who have excelled in their respective sport disciplines, in addition to students who are interested in becoming a Sports Club Administrator. The categories consist of the following awards and bursaries:

• National Sports Discretionary Bursary: This bursary is awarded at a National Level and is based on the current process of recruiting top sports men and women to The IIE’s Varsity

College who have represented South Africa at

National Senior A.

• Major Sports Club Bursaries: The Major Sports

Club bursaries are campus/region specific and may be awarded to individuals specifically earmarked to represent The IIE’s Varsity College in selected major sports clubs.

• Sports Club Administrator Bursary: This bursary is awarded to prospective or current students who are interested in being a Sports

Club Administrator for any one of the Sports

Clubs offered on campus.

To complete your sports bursary application, you are required to submit a Sports Bursary Application Form, an updated Sports CV and relevant supporting documentation to the campus Sports Coordinator. The Sports Bursary Application Form can be found on the Varsity College website under SPORT/Sports Bursaries. This award is awarded to any student who has an immediate family member who is concurrently studying at The IIE’s Varsity College. The value of the award is 5% of the qualification that the student is completing, provided the account payer is the same. The award amount does not include the cost of the academic material. The award applies to both full-time and part-time students on contact or distance programmes.

Please note: Ts & Cs apply. Other bursaries and awards, including discretionary amounts that have been agreed to with respect to Financial Needs/Relief, Competitions, Special awards and Corporate agreements are available. Please contact your campus for the full details of any of the aforementioned bursaries. Bursary, scholarship, and award offers are subject to change or withdrawal and are offered at the discretion of The IIE’s Varsity College and cannot be confirmed until registration is completed. Final date for consideration of Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards is 1 March 2023, except where another closing date has been specifically stipulated.

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