Omnia is inviting South African students to apply for Bursaries for the 2024 academic year.
Closing date: 15 January 2024
Omnia Bursaries 2024 Overview:
Educating our next generation is vital to achieving Omnia’s purpose: Innovating to enhance life, together creating a greener future.
The Group remains focused on critical issues such as securing a healthy and adequate food supply for a growing population, effecting a lower impact on the environment and ensuring safer operations for Omnia’s employees and customers.
The bursary aims to support financially needy students at universities, thereby contributing to the development of higher education graduates who are confident and proud of their African identity and heritage, academically and socially adept, and equipped with the skills and competencies enabling them to become professionals in their fields.
The bursaries cover the expenses of tuition fees, textbooks, residence or accredited accommodation costs, meals and a transport allowance for those students living at home.
Applicants Must
- Be South African citizens.
- Be pursuing a FULL-TIME qualification IN 2024 (Advanced Diploma, BTech, Degree/Honours, Masters/Phd), excluding Diplomas & higher-certificates
- Be pursuing their qualification-level for the first time (ie, not repeating a degree, honours, etc)
- Have good academic record with an average pass rate of 65% and above
- Be doing Mathematics (pure) and Science if in matric (2023)…[Maths Literacy not allowed]
- Applicants must be pursuing a qualification or intending to pursue a qualification at PUBLIC tertiary institution registered with DHET and SAQA. (This includes community colleges and TVETS)
- The bursary will prefer students enrolled in BSc or B.Eng programs
Field of study:
- Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical/Mechatronic Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Metallurgy
- Industrial Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Agronomy/Agricultural Sciences
- Soil Science
- Microbiology/Metabolomics
- Data Science – Mathematics
- Computer Sciences
- Environment Science
- Open to Postgrad qualifications
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How to apply:
Please read these notes and instructions carefully before completing the form. Be sure to read every section and ensure that the information you provide is accurate.
- Applications that are incomplete and that include misrepresentations will immediately be disregarded.
- Please ensure that you attach ALL of the Required Documents
- Closing date for application type:
- Omnia STEM Tertiary Bursary 2024 closes: Monday, January 15, 2024 at 12 midday
- Bursary allocation year for application type:
- Omnia STEM Tertiary Bursary 2024 will be allocated for the 2024 academic year
- It is your responsibility to apply for entrance for your intended course and university and to ensure that you are able to meet the entrance requirements stipulated for your course.
- Please ensure that you complete all the sections of this application form.
- Please select the correct funding opportunity when completing your application.
- You will receive a confirmation e-mail once we have received your application.
- You will be advised if your application is unsuccessful. Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to interviews.
- Good Luck!