Closing Date: 20 December 2024
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE): Bursaries 2025
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2025 academic year.
Bursaries will be awarded to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, for undergraduate studies within mining and energy related fields, preferably the following fields:
- Bachelor of Science (Physics and Chemistry)
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current)
- Electro-Mechanical Engineering
- Environmental Health and Management
- Geology
- Industrial Engineering
- Information and Communication Technology
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering (Extractive)
- Mining Engineering
- Mining Survey
- Nuclear Engineering
- Rock Engineering
Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying :
- You must be a South African citizen
- You must NOT be older than 35 years old
- You must be currently in Matric or have completed Matric
- You must have achieved a minimum of level 6 for pure Mathematics and Science in Matric
- You must be studying or intend on studying full-time, within one of the fields of study listed above (undergraduate studies only – postgraduate qualifications will NOT be funded)
- You must be studying or have been accepted/ registered to study at a University or University of Technology in South Africa
- You must be in financial need
- You must be from a disadvantaged social background and from a rural area
- You must be currently unemployed
- Preference will be given to first year students
How to Apply
Download Bursary Application Form 2025 (.pdf)
Required Documents:
Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your completed application form:
- ID document (certified copy)
- Matric certificate or Matric latest results (certified copy)
- Latest academic transcript/ record, if currently studying (certified copy)
- Proof of tertiary registration or acceptance (on institutions letterhead)
- Parents or guardians ID documents (certified copies)
- Parents death certificate, if deceased (certified copy)
- Affidavit if you do not know where one or both parents are
- Parents or guardians proof of income (payslips not older than 3 months if employed/ affidavit if unemployed)
- Proof of residence (municipal utility bill not older than 3 months/ stamped letter from tribal authority/ sworn affidavit)
- Motivational letter to support your application
Applications must be submitted in one of the following ways:
Via Email to: GirlLearnerBursary@dmre.gov.za (Insert the words “DMRE Bursary 2025” in the email subject line).
or
Via Post to:
The Director: Ms. Nondumiso Zulu
The Department of Mineral Resources & Energy Matimba House
Private Bag X59
Arcadia
0007
or
Hand Delivery to:
The Director: Ms. Nondumiso Zulu
The Department of Mineral Resources & Energy Matimba House, 192 Visagie Street, Pretoria, 0001
Closing date for the applications is 20 December 2024. Should you NOT be contacted on or before the 31 January 2025 consider your application to be unsuccessful.
