Financial Aid

Special Talent Bursaries

These bursaries are awarded to students who do not meet the normal prescribed academic requirements for a bursary, but who have special talents, for example, drawing, painting, singing or dancing that is relevant to their course of study.

Allocation Rules and Criteria
  • The bursaries or prizes shall be awarded by the Arts Faculty through their internal structures in consultation with the Financial Aid Directorate to avoid multiple funding.
  • Students shall apply at the various Heads of Department of the Arts Faculty.
  • Eligibility shall be determined by performance up to the end of December of the previous year.  
  • A final decision on the number of students and the amounts allocated shall be taken by the Executive Committee of the Arts Faculty.
  • If a student qualifies for any other meritorious awards allocated by the University, the combined allocation should not be more than their full cost of study.
  • The names of the recipients shall be forwarded to the Directorate of Financial Aid to credit their student accounts.
  • Credit balance may be refunded if permissible to the student if the student account is paid in full.