LGSETA: Bursaries 2025

The Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2025 academic year. 650 bursaries will be awarded for the Discretionary Grants Bursary 1st Funding Window.

Bursaries will be awarded for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in line with local government sector, including the following fields (please see the full list of qualifications covered by the LGSETA bursary here):

• Accounting
• Administration
• Administrative Information Management
• Administrative Management
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Networking
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Engineering
• Construction
• Construction Management
• Construction Project Management
• Disaster Management
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental and Water Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Health
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Planning and Development
• Finance
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management
• Financial Management
• Financial Planning
• Governance and Political Transformation
• Government Management
• Human Resource Management
• Information Management
• Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Internal Auditing
• Local Economic Development
• Local Government Finance
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Management Accounting
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Operations Management
• Project Management
• Public Accountability
• Public Administration
• Public Administration for Community Service
• Public Affairs
• Public Finance
• Public Management
• Public Management and Governance
• Public Procurement Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Town and Regional Planning
• Transport and Logistics
• Transport Management Freight
• Transportation Engineering
• Transportation Management
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Urban Studies
• Water Management
• Water Treatment

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:

• You must be a South African citizen or a permanent resident in South Africa
• You must be currently in Matric or have completed Matric
• You must be studying or intend on studying full-time, towards one of the qualifications on the LGSETA bursary list
• Your qualification must be accredited on the NQF/ N Levels
• You must have passed the previous year’s studies, if currently studying
• You must be studying or accepted/ provisionally accepted to study at a recognised tertiary institution in South Africa (University, University of Technology or TVET Institution – NATED programmes)
• You must be unemployed
• You must NOT be receiving any other bursary funding (the bursary will be withdrawn if you receive another bursary award)