About Master Scholarship
The Tiso Foundation Masters Scholarship provides access for academically excellent black youth to pursue a Master’s at university in South Africa. The scholarship is a competitive award that offers honours graduates an opportunity to further themselves through a higher postgraduate qualification. It is open to all fields of study
Candidates must meet these selection criteria:
• Applicants must be South African Citizens aged between 18 and 35 years
• Must have completed an honours or MTech
• Must be unemployed
• The funding is towards full-time study only
• Applicants must be provisionally accepted for a Master’s programme at the University
• Applicants must be black as per BBBEE (Black, Coloured or Indian)
Application Dates
Applications open 1 September and close 31 October each year.