NSFAS 2024 Application Important Information

A. Before applying you should have decided which course you want to study and at which public university/TVET college. You will need to select these choices in the application form.

B. Make sure you have electronic (and certified copies) of the following:

• Your South African identity document/card or, an unabridged birth certificate
• IDs of parents and/or guardian (or death certificate where applicable)
• IDs of each person living with you in your home
• Pay advice/letter of employment/pension advice (not older than three months)
• Please download the consent form and fill it in with your parent/gaurdian’s signatures. Applications without a consent form that is signed by all people whose incomes have been declared in the application will not be accepted, and will be considered as incomplete.
• If you have a disability, please download the Disability Annexure A and fill it in

Orphaned learners / students

If your are orphaned, please download and complete the NSFAS Declaration Form. The form should be signed by a social worker from the Department of Social Development or an Isibindi Child Youth Care Worker and submit it at any NYDA office or Isibindi Centre Download the Declaration form

C. When you provide your cell phone number on the application form, make sure it works and please do not change it afterwards, as NSFAS will use it to communicate with you during and after the application process. Please do not provide someone else’s cell phone number as your contact number.
You will also need an email address. If you do not have an email address, you can easily create a gmail address, by clicking here.

Students wishing to undertake other postgraduate qualifications MUST NOT apply. These students will need to apply to the NRF when they open their applications later this year. Click here for more information