NSFAS Online Applications for 2025-2026

NSFAS Online Applications for 2025-2026; www.nsfas.org.za apply

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) Online Application for the 2025-2026 academic year is now open for those who wish to apply for financial aid to help them finish their higher education in South Africa. This thorough guide will walk you through every step of the application process for the NSFAS in 2025, providing you have everything that you need to make use of your academic options.

For the 2025-2026 academic year, the NSFAS Online Application will begin on November 21st, 2024, and end on January 31, 2025. Before the deadline, South African students wishing to apply for NSFAS must complete an online application on the application portal.

As the Academic year comes closer, students across South Africa and beyond are preparing to apply for financial assistance through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. This article will help guide the applicant to go through the online application process for the 2025-2026 academic year, ensuring that prospective and returning students have all the information they need to successfully apply for fianacial aid.

What is meant by NSFAS?

The South African government’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) offers financial aid to qualified students seeking postsecondary education. NSFAS provides loans and bursaries, among other financing options, to assist students in meeting the costs of tuition, housing, books, and other study-related expenses.

NSFAS Online Applications date for 2025-2026

The NSFAS Online Application for the 2025-2026 academic cycle will be open on 21st November 2024 and close on 31 January 2025. Qualified students are advised to apply before the closing date of the application.

Who Qualifies For Nsfas 2025-2026

If you are a citizen of South Africa, intend to enrol in school in 2025, or are enrolled in a public university or TVET college and match the following criteria, you are eligible for an NSFAS bursary:

SASSA grant recipients
South African citizens or permanent residents
Candidates whose annual gross household income combined is not greater than R350 000
individuals with disabilities whose annual gross family income is not greater than R600,000.
Both a cell phone number and email address are required.

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What does the bursary cover?

NSFAS will cover your costs for the following:

Accommodation
Living allowance
Learning material allowance
Personal care allowance

UNISA students will receive funding for:

Tuition
Books (subject to the number of modules registered)
Personal care allowance

Eligible students with a disability will receive funding for:

Assistive Devices
Meals
Tuition
Transport
Tuition
Human Support
Accommodation

NSFAS bursary academic requirement

For NSFAS money to study at a TVET college, you must have completed Grades 9 through 12, and for funding to study at a university or TVET college, you must have completed Grade 12. Before receiving any support from NSFAS if your application is accepted, you must fulfill the university’s or TVET college’s academic admission standards.

NSFAS Needed Documents for 2025 Applications

You will need the following support for your NSFAS online application 2025:

You must provide a copy of your student ID / Birth certificate
A copy of the parent/s or guardian/spouse’s ID
A Smart card: both sides of the card required
Proof of income (where applicable)
Persons living with disability (Disability Annexure A form)
A vulnerable child must provide a completed Vulnerable Child Declaration form completed by a social worker
An applicant who has indicated that he/she has no family member details and or abridged birth certificate must complete the Declaration: Non-SASSA

Other documents that may be required, if applicable

Retrenchment letter
Death certificate/s
Divorce Decree
Proof of legal guardianship
Marriage certificate
other documents may be required for appeal purposes,….eg retrenchment letter

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Who should not apply for NSFAS 2025 

Students who have previously applied for and been awarded financing, are not yet finished with their current degree and have no intention of switching from one industry to another (TVET College to University or vice versa).
If they pass all of their modules and fulfil the academic standards, they will get automatic funding for the remainder of their study.

NSFAS Application Process for 2025

Follow the process below to apply online for the NSFAS bursaries for 2025-2026:

Create a profile: Use this link to register for a myNSFAS account: https://my.nsfas.org.za/ or get the NSFAS App from the App Store or Google Play. Your username will be your ID number.
Apply now: To amend your personal information and upload the supporting documents for your application, click the “Apply” option.
Complete: Submit your application

For details, go to https://www.nsfas.org.za

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