Friends of Design Bursaries 2024/2025: Apply Online Now

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Design Bursaries

Secure your future in design with Friends of Design Bursaries for the 2024/2025 academic year. The application process is now simplified with an accessible online form in PDF format.

According to Wikipedia, a bursary is a monetary award made by an institution to individuals or groups of people who cannot afford to pay full fees. In return for the bursary the individual is usually obligated to be employed at the institution for the duration as the bursary.

According to The Good Schools Guide, a bursary is “usually for helping out the impoverished but deserving and those fallen on hard times.

Having totally told you what a bursary is about, its high time we quickly take a look at the topic of today “Friends of Design Bursaries 2024/2025: Apply Online Now”.

In this guide, you shall get all the information relating to the bursary and how to go about the application especially the application deadline.

Friends of Design – Academy of Digital Arts, founded in 2006, is one of the top design education institutes in Cape Town. The centre is recognised and accredited by the Department of Higher Education and provides a range of full-time courses; short courses; online courses and corporate training programmes.

Located within the Cape Town city centre, Friends of Design are committed to supporting skills development within creative fields, as well as providing study opportunities for students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds to enter into the industry.

ABOUT THE BURSARY PROGRAMME

Friends of Design are offering bursaries to deserving students who show a genuine passion and talent within the field of digital arts. Students who have completed Matric and would like to pursue their studies towards a certificate qualification should apply.

The institution offers 3 SAQA-approved Higher Certificate courses for full-time studies, for the duration of 1 year. The courses are all for 152 Credits and are HEQSF-aligned. They include the following:

Game Graphics and Multimedia Entertainment
Print Design and Publishing
Web Publishing and Interactive Media

These courses are currently R76 800 per student (the cost of which will be covered by the bursary award). To find out more about these programmes, visit: http://friendsofdesign.net/full-time-courses

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered):

South African citizen
Completed Matric
Passionate about pursuing a career in digital arts
Intend on studying at Friends of Design, towards one of the aforementioned Higher Certificate courses
*Preference will be given to students from disadvantaged backgrounds

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE BURSARY

Students who meet the eligibility requirements should contact Friends of Design, by emailing [email protected] to request a copy of the application form.
(Insert the words “Friends of Design Bursary – Your Full Name” in the email subject line).
You will be required to submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application be disregarded):