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2014 SPECIAL OFFER TO TOP ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS BASED ON AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OBTAINED IN THE FINAL SCHOOL-YEAR END EXAMINATION
1. Guaranteed undergraduate achievement awards
Important: Learners do not apply for the achievement awards in the table below.
Note: Amounts indicated in the tables below are for 2013 and will be adjusted for 2014.
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Description
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Faculty/School
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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
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School for the Built Environment and School of Engineering
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School of Information Technology
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Other faculties and schools
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All faculties
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Qualifying average percentage
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75-89.9%
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75-89.9%
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80-89.9%
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80-89.9%
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90-94.9%
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95-100%
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Minimum award value
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R12 300
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R12 300
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R12 300
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R8 400
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R40 000
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R50 000
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Maximum award value
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R26 500
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R26 500
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R26 500
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R26 500
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APPLICATION
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NONE. Learners do NOT apply for these achievement awards.
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2. Awards for achievement in other academic fields and extracurricular activities
Important: Learners should apply at www.up.ac.za/feesfunding for the awards below after 1 August of the year preceding their studies.
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Description
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Award value
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Entrepreneurial Expo: Overall winner
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R2 600
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Expo: Gold medal
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R2 600
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Leadership roles
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R760-R2 600
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Subject Olympiads: Overall winner
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R7 000
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Subject Olympiads: 2nd-10th place
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R2 600
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Science/Mathematics/Accounting Olympiad: Overall winner
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R36 000
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Science/Mathematics/Accounting Olympiad: 2nd place
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R28 800
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Science/Mathematics/Accounting Olympiad: 3rd place
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R21 600
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Science/Mathematics/Accounting Olympiad: 4th-10th place
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R2 600
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Important: Learners do not apply for the following two awards.
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Description
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Award value
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JuniorTukkie Empowerment Programme (15 awards)
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R13 600
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Grade 12 dux learners (top academic achiever in Grade 12) at 678 selected feeder schools (1 award per school), if you commence with studies at the University of Pretoria the year immediately after your final schooling year.
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Initial payment for tuition during registration period
(R4 100)
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Please note:
- Awards are fully repayable should students discontinue or relinquish their participation in the study programme enrolled for, for whatever reason during the year in which the award is made.
- Should a student exchange his/her study programme for another during the year in which the award is made, the award value initially allocated for the study programme enrolled for in the first place will remain unchanged. That is to say, the award will not be cancelled or adjusted upward/downward to align it with consecutive study programmes enrolled for.
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3. Guaranteed admission to a non-selection study programme of the student’s first or second choice
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Conditions
- Applications must be received not later than 1 May in the year preceding commencement of studies.
- The minimum requirements for admission to the chosen study programme must be met in the results achieved in the final school-year end examination.
- The minimum National Benchmark Test (NBT) requirement for the specific programme must be met.
Please note that admission to selection programmes cannot be guaranteed. Please visit www.up.ac.za for details.
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4. Placement in a residence of the University of Pretoria
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75-89,9%
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90-100%
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Consideration for placement in a residence of the University of Pretoria, provided your application is received not later than 1 May of the year preceding commencement of studies and once you are provisionally admitted to a study programme. After 1 May placement will be considered based on the availability of space.
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Guaranteed placement in a residence of the University of Pretoria if your application is received not later than 1 May of the year preceding commencement of studies and once you are provisionally admitted to a study programme. After 1 May placement will be considered based on the availability of space.
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Please note that the University reserves the right to amend the regulations and conditions governing these awards without prior warning.
For further enquiries please call the Call Centre on 012 420 3111 or email csc@up.ac.za. If you need study advice from a student advisor, please contact Carol Naidoo on 012 420 5144 or junior.tukkie@up.ac.za
For enquiries about admission status, please click on the relevant faculty link below:
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
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Last edited by: Martie Kilian