North-West University DSAC Language Bursary

The North-West University's Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Language (DSAC) Bursary is now accepting applications for 2025. The bursary is intended to support students pursuing language studies and to contribute to the development of much-needed language skills in South Africa. Full-time undergraduate, Honours, and MA students of language studies at North-West University are eligible to apply. The application form is available as a web-based fill-in form on their website, and additional documentation will be required for submission. Upon successful submission, the application will be sent to the bursary administrator, and academic records will be requested at a later stage. Contact information for academic administration at each campus is provided on the website. Academic administration contact information Potchefstroom Campus : Telephone: 018 299 4201 e-mail: PC-Undergrad-Records@nwu.ac.za Mahikeng Campus: Telephone: 018 389 2268 / 018 389 2269 e-mail: MC-Examination@nwu.ac.za Vanderbijlpark Campus: Telephone: 016 910 3117/ 016 910 3344 e-mail: VC-Undergrad-Records@nwu.ac.za

Bursary requirements You have to be registered for a BA, BA Hons or MA programme at NWU in 2025 Relevant subject areas for consideration are Language Practice , Setswana , Sesotho , Afrikaans , English , South African Sign Language and Language Technology You have to achieve 60% in one of the relevant language subject areas Honours students should take at least two linguistic-based modules Postgraduate students' topics should be linguistics-based 2025 proof of registration Your 2025 proof of registration can be downloaded from the NWU website. You can follow the steps below on this page to download your own registration document. Alternatively, you may contact academic administration and request an electronic copy from them. Upload the downloaded electronic copy to your application. DO NOT create a new image of this file and upload an image of the document.

For your online application , you will only need to upload two of these supporting documents: A certified copy of your ID (not older than three months) A copy of your NWU 2025 proof of registration The tertiary academic record will be requested from applicants once all first semester marks have been finalised on the university's system. You will be contacted personally to submit this document. You do not have to upload it upon completing your application. The progress report for postgraduate students will be sent to MA applicants for completion by their supervisor. Supporting documentation The following supporting documentation is needed in order to completely process your application. A certified copy of your ID (not older than three months) A copy of your NWU 2025 proof of registration Complete tertiary academic record Progress report signed by supervisor (this applies to MA students only) *DO NOT submit your matric certificate