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FirstRand IHE Delft Water Education Scholarship

Master's ScholarshipNetherlands · Delft

FirstRand Foundation and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Application Deadline

February 25, 2027

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  • Eligible nationalities

    South Africa

  • Education required

    Bachelor

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The FirstRand Foundation and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education run a five-year partnership that funds one South African student each year.

The recipient studies for the MSc in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft in Delft, the Netherlands, and is expected to contribute to South Africa afterwards.

Benefits & funding

  • Full funding for the MSc in Water and Sustainable Development.
  • One award a year, over a five-year partnership that began in 2022.

Eligibility

  • South African students.
  • Must have applied for and been admitted to IHE Delft’s MSc in Water and Sustainable Development.

Application process

  1. 1
    Apply to IHE Delft and get admitted to the MSc in Water and Sustainable Development.
  2. 2
    Apply for the scholarship on the FirstRand bursaries portal before the close.
  3. 3
    FirstRand interviews and selects candidates, alongside its International Postgraduate Scholarship programme.

Program timeline

  1. Scholarship applications close

    25 February 2027

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