Bursary Opportunities 2018

The City of Johannesburg Municipality is committed to provide skills development opportunities, not only for its employees, but also for the Johannesburg community members.

The City is offering 100 bursaries to South African youth who permanently reside in Johannesburg, to pursue full-time undergraduate studies in one of the following fields:

Actuarial Science	Legal
Build Environment (Architecture, Construction)	Library
Commerce	Local Government Science/Political Science
Communications/Social Media	Logistics
Community Services (Disaster Management)	Marketing
Curatorial Studies	Medicine
Emergency Medical Technician	Monitoring and Evaluation
Engineering (all Fields)	Municipal Governance
Environmental Management	Production and Operations Management
Finance (Accounting, Auditing, Entrepreneurial; Small Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Treasury, Economists)	Quality Assurance
Geo Information Science (GIS)	Quantity Surveying
Health (Nursing)	Real Estate (Property Management, Property Valuation)
Information Technology	Regional Planning
International Relations and Protocol	Sports Science

Criteria for selection:
• Selection of successful candidates will be strictly on academic merit.
• Applicants are expected to study at an accredited South African tertiary institution.
• It is the student’s responsibility to seek admission with a tertiary institution.
• The bursary is for study programmes of no less than one year.The bursary is renewable annually, based on academic performance/results.

The Bursary covers:
• Tuition and registration fees, prescribed books and/or study material and is limited to the amount of R 25,000.00 per academic year.

Bursary application forms are available from:
• City of Johannesburg Customer Service Centres.
• Reception Area, Ground Floor A-Block, Metropolitan Centre, Braamfontein (opposite the Civic Theatre).
• Website: www.joburg.org.za

Certified copies of the following must accompany applications:
• Most recent academic record.
• South African Identity Document.
• Proof of residency in Johannesburg (Statement of Water and Lights, Rates and Taxes).

Completed application forms can be posted to:
The Bursary Office
Group Corporate and Shared Services
Employee Relations and Development
P.O. Box 1049
Johannesburg
2000

Or

Hand delivered to:
• Any City of Johannesburg Customer Service Centre.
• Reception Area, Ground Floor A-Block, Metropolitan Centre, Braamfontein (opposite the Civic Theatre).

Closing date for submission of applications: 13 October 2017

Please note: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Download the application form here:
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