Bursaries are essentially money that you get in order to complete your studies and which you do not have to give back. A bursary is offered by independent schools, institutions and sometimes by the state or various organizations.

A bursary is offered based on a special ability that you might have and that sets you apart from the crowd, a proven financial need, and athletic skill or an academic achievement of some kind. This means that you either have to be very good at something (whether it is sports, mathematics, biology, chemistry or something related to educational activities) or be in need of financial aid. Usually is a combination of both, but most of the time the financial aspect is the most important.

In order to get a bursary you must first ask for it. It sounds obvious, but not many people know that they can apply for one thus there are plenty of bursaries out there. The first step is to go to the financial office at your university and ask if there are any bursaries available and if you could apply for one. You will also receive all the requirements and you will need to fill out an application. In the application you must include the proof of how much your parents earn and if that sum is below a certain level set by the university your chances of getting a bursary will sky-rocket. When you apply make sure you ask for skill-based bursaries also and specify if you got exceptional results in an educational field. Usually if you perform really well you will be noticed by your teachers and you will be recommended for a bursary.

Bursaries are also given on the first come first served basis and because there is usually a limited number of this kind of grants you must hurry up a bit and find out when they are released. Even if you missed a chance for a bursary this semester, try to find out when the next bursaries are announced and be among the first to apply for them.

The value of a bursary depends on who is giving it. It can be a full grant that will cover all the taxes or it can be a fixed amount that will be enough to cover a part of the educational costs. Whatever it is, considering that you do not have to give it back, you should take the opportunity and apply right now for the available bursaries.

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66 Responses to How to get a bursary

1. I visited a lot of website but I think this one has something special in it. “Every man has two countries his own and France.” by Thomas Jefferson.

   • so now have you found one
     because i have also search through most websites but to no avail

2. i wish to get a bursary so as to complete my studies which i have a passion of doing so but have financial constrains,kindly consider me.

3. So far I have a great difficulty to find a scheme of scholarship that may support for my idea to serve in chiropractic medical practice in Indonesia, especially when I have finished its training program here in the US. In this plan, I will learn together with my younger sister, 18 yrs old, in the subject of chiropractic course. I do hope for a certain package of help as soon as possible.

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5. can i apply in bursaries?

6. how can i get bursary onside the school

7. Iam doing engineering in bangalore in 3rd year. i need the scholarship as its becoming difficult to pay the fees for my father.please help me

8. I’M INTERESTED TO CONTINUE MY STUDY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING, BUT I CAN’T PAY THE COST STUDY ABROAD…. HONESTLY, I’M FROM POOR FAMILY AND ISOLATED VILLAGE IN FLORES, EAST INDONESIA. CAN I GET THE FULL SCHOLARSHIP WHEN I CONTINUE MY STUDY ABROAD???

9. I desperately need bursary assistance. I am a clergyman in the Anglican Diocese of Wiawso-Ghana. I am currently a student pursuing Bachelor Degree in Theology at St. Nicholas Seminary in Ghana. Looking at my meagre stipend of Two Hundred and Fourty Five Ghana Cedis approximately $120.i find it difficult in life when combining my studies with my family(wife & two children)a dependant of me.I am eagerly looking forward to here from you. Thank you,Ven.Bismark Arkaah-Kintoh.

10. how do you apply for a bursary pleases i need help

11. Iam an orphan but completed A level in Uganda with 17 points in physics (4) chemistry(5) maths (4) and economics(3) in 2011. Can I get some sponsorship in electrical engineering

12. DEAR SIR/MADAM,I humbly apply for you bursary in your organization.Iam in my second year at Uganda christian university Mukono [UCU] .I am good at net ball and even academics and even a christian based woman of GOD .And even am good at leadership,am the UCU LIFE MINISTRY
    UGANDA AND TREASURER BUSINESS FELLOWSHIP UCU. Hence i will be so glad when you have considered me among the people whom you have given your support.May the almighty bless you in the name of Jesus Christ.

13. OK

14. Thanks for this vital role you are playing. Congratulations! You reach many and change their lives BIG and BETTER thus making their lives BRIGHTER.

15. Dear sir, I wish to be a beneficiary of your bursary and grants.I am the first son of a family of four children. I come from a poor home where my father is a artisan who sells used car batteries and my mother is a full time house wife. We live in an old house in the low part of town and we sometimes find it hard to have three square meals in a day. I have younger ones who still find it difficult to even attend schools because the money is not forthcoming. They look up to me because I am now grown up and they see me as a beacon of hope because i am their source of guidance and inspiration. Despite my background, I still want to study abroad become I want to actualize my dream of becoming an Aeronautic Engineer. I graduated from secondary school in 2008 with good grades. I also have a passion for singing gospel songs and, reading inspirational books. I love helping people when they are in need of my assistance and I have Godly traits. I will be very grateful if I receive a bursary to enable me achieve my dreams and be a blessing to the people around me and my community at large.

16. Iam doing my PG second year.Iam good in acdemic. have 86% of marks….. I will be thank full forever……………….. thank you for your helping hand………….

17. Iam doing my PG second year.Iam good in academic. I have 86% of marks……….I will be thankfull to you forever……….thank you for your helping hand…..

18. I am looking for a bursary for my daughter who is doing her 4th year (Diploma) at the K.M.T.C in Muranga-Kenya. How do we go about it for she is supposed to report in September 2013?

19. am interested of having bursary assisstance for my daughter. can we avail of this in the Philippines?

20. THANKS FOR THE BURSARIES ,I AM NTEGE NOAH I SAT MY FORM FOUR LAST YEAR AND PER NOW I AM AT HOME DUE TO LACK OF FUND BUT IF I CAN GET A BURSARY FROM U I WILL BE VERY HAPPY I WANT TO FOR A COURSE IN ANY INSITUTE FROM UGANDA AND I WILL BE VERY GRAD OF IT .

21. Dear sir/madam

    re: application for a Bursary position in your office

    I humbly apply for this bursary opportunity in you office, i am a student at Makerere University Business School in Uganda. Am second year student but failed to exams for semester two year two due to financial problems.

    I kindly ask you to give me this opportunity so that i can enhance my future and all the credit will go to you, who has enabled me to achieve my goals.

    I will be grateful for your kind consideration.

    Yours faithfully

    Olivia Akwenyu.

22. Good in Art

23. Im enrolled for an M.P.H AT WALDEN UNIVERSITY AND FINALISING MY FIRST QUATER AND MY WORRY IS HOW TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SEMESTER.IV MANAGED TO SAIL THROUGH MY ACADEMIC STRUGGLES THROUGH HARD WORK AS AN ORPHAN AND NOW WITH MY MOTHER SUCCUMBING TO THROAT CANCER IM LEFT FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO PAY FOR TUITION.ANY ASSISTANCE WILL BE APPRECIATED.

24. i wil like to draw your picture with my pencil on paper

25. Dear Sir,

    I am Ghanaian girl of 17years and great need of financial assistance to continue my education. Please how can I apply for bursary in your organization.

    Thank you

    Dorothy Okailey Addy

26. DEAR SIR/MADAM,I humbly apply for you bursary in your organization.I am in my second year at the university of education winneba persuing a 4 years course in Bsc Agricultural science education

27. DEAR SIR/MADAM,I humbly apply for you bursary in your organization. I am studying M.tech CAD/CAM in India. Can i get sponsorship

28. I am young man from Northern Uganda(a war torned area).My parents borrowed some loan from the bank to pay my fees.I have finished my studies,Now the bank has detained my result.Is it posible for you to pay for the balance and I get my result?

29. hi all i need is to live a normal life as other people do please help me with a bursary

30. Thanks very much for this rate work you are doing, I pray GOD blesses you abundantly.I am a 2nd year student at Makerere University and humbly request for an assistance in my Education (a Bursary, I am an orphan with a young brother who is also looking at me for his financial assistance yet I have no job.
    I will be very grateful if ma request I positively considered.GOD bless you.

31. Is it real for these bursary?

32. i am a first year student at the university of johannesburg(south africa) i was hoping that i could get some help with a busary in engineering metallurgy field

33. 1AM A ZAMBIA NATIONAL IN NEED OF BURSAR,I NEED IT LIKE YASTURDAY TO PURSUE BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) IAM IN POSSION OF CERTIFICATE IN LAW FROM UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA PLEASE HELP ME.

34. Greetings
    I’m a Namibian girl and i got a 100% scholarship to study in Europe Cyprus, but I need to pay for my accommodation and the rest, Please be so kind and help me out.
    Thanks and God bless.

35. To whom should I contact In India regarding Bursaries scholarship.And how do I contact if I have to contact in Australia.

36. I NEED A BURSARY FROM ANY WILLING PARTY, SO THAT I MAY GOT FOR A DEGREE IN METEOROLOGY, HERE IS MY CV.

    Name Musisi Achileo
    Address Makindye sabagabo, masajja kibira zone B
    Telephone +256778577921
    Nationality Ugandan
    Date of birth 30th-10-1990
    Education and qualifications
    2011-2013 National meteorological training school
    Diploma in meteorology
    2008-2010 St. Catherine’s college, A-level
    General paper(5), Mathematics(C), Physics (D), Chemistry (D), Art(C)
    2005-2008 St. Catherine’s college, O-Level
    Grade aggregate 31, result 2
    Employment to date
    2013-present Meteorologist
    Department of meteorology, ministry of water and environment

    Skills weather observation and forecasting
    Research
    Computing
    Leadership
    Playing piano
    Interests athletics and reading.
    References Principal lecturer head of department climatology and research
    National meteorological training school (NMTS)
    Masinde mosses (+256752815611)
    Deputy Head teacher St. Catherine’s college nakinyuguzi
    Mr. Kimbugwe roggerous (+256712378168).

37. I have being looking the right time and right channel to ensure my study abroad, I graduated from literature in English, I hope you will consider me to fulfill my dreams come true.
    Thank you and Best Regards

38. help me to back school again

39. I humbly apply for your financially assistance through your bursary to enable me pursue my masters degree course in industrial mathematics. I have just been given admission from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Knust)in Ghana and having financial difficulty. I will therefore be very grateful if you could consider my plight and come to my aid. Thank you. ERIC KOJO MOON

40. hi.am a cpa 1 student.Due to lack of fees,I was not able to complete.I come from a poor background.My mum is widow n is sick thus i had to drop out of college.Am therefore,asking for bursary to complete my education.I would like to pursue BBIT in strathmore university.Thanks.

41. I am a Ugandan and l live in Uganda. I am looking for a bursary of my studies. I am in Senior four.

    I will be glad if l get someone to assist.

42. my daughter would like to apply for a bursary .she wants to do medicine next year in 2014 and is in South Africa,can she apply from your list

43. DEAR SIR/MADAM, I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HIGHLY REPUTABLE BURSARY FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MY EDUCATION OF WISH I WAS DROP OUT AS A RESULT OF INABILITY OF MY POOR MOTHER THE WIDOW TO PAY MY SCHOOL FEES .SIR /MADAM I WILL HONOR YOU FOR EVER HELP ME MEET MY GOES THANK YOU

44. DEAR SIR/MADAM I kindly hereby apply your bursary to cater for mi fee. I AM a student from a poor family and i have been depending on well wishers in my academics. I AM taking Clinical Medicine and Surgery in Kisii University Kenya. thank you as you consinder my application

45. I have completed Senior High School and I am awaiting my results how do I get a bursary

46. bursary needed as i work and study

47. i have completed my hsc with 98% marks and my family’s annual income is 45,000Rs only.i need some financial assistance for my higher studies.

48. Dear Sir,
    I am a 63 years old person retired from Hospital service as Business Manager in Jalna city of India. I have completed MBA. M.Com. MSW. M.A. LL.M. and so my courses. It was my desire to contribute for the Nation by doing Research work. I have been selected for Ph.D. in Law from Nanded Marathwada University. Want finacial help for doing my Ph.D. I have been alocated subject ” Impact on Society of Alcohol and Drugs addiction and measures in Marathwada Region of Maharashtra, India. As I am retired I do not have funds to complete my last desire. I will be grately obliged if you kindly guide me in this regards.
    Thanking you,
    Yours sincerely,
    Manik Kamble, Christian Colony, Near JES College, JALNA-431203 ( M.S. ) India.

49. thanks very much. i have travel led along journey to reach you.
    am currently admitted at kyambogo university for bacholar of economics and statistics, the requirements adds up to $1200 American dollars.
    how can i get such opportunity to get a bursary because i love attaining my dream

50. Hello SIR or Madam, I completed my high school of recent and I applied for a course in a university in United Kingdom. I was given a place but I cannot afford the tuition which is 9800 pounds per year. I am supposed to have paid 3000 pounds within 14 days from 1st August so as to get a confirmed place. The starting date for my course is 19th September. Is there any organisation that can help me with a bursary? I have convincing academic results and will surely put the money of tuition at great use by excelling more. Please help. Thank you.

51. DEAR SIR, am looking for a bursary. I passed matric in higher certificates, I need to further my studies. I have financial problems, my parents don’t have money for scholarship me. may the god bless you.

52. Dear Sir/Madam,am a Kenyan coming from a humble background,I would kindly request for bursery assistance.Am currently enrolled at Mt Kenya University pursuing a degree in Education.Am looking forward for your assistance.

53. My detail.

    Iam a nun based in Northern Uganda,I completed O and A levels.I went ahead and did counselling and social development at diploma level.I worked in the war torn area of Northern Uganda for now seven years.I wish to continue with the degree but can not know manage due to lack of finance to facilitate my studies.How can I apply for the bursary?

54. in fact cant be able to raise school fees for my undergraduate degree at kenyatta university hence forced to call off quite some number of semesters

55. To whom it may concern
    I am called Sr Nakyanzi Elizabeth from Uganda. I am applying for a Scholarship to study in Catholic Theolitical Union in Chicago for a Certificate in Spirituality of Formation beginning with January 2014. You call it a bursary. I will be grateful for your consideration.
    Sr Nakyanzi Elizabeth

56. dear sir or madam,
    i am female completed certificate in nursing and i would like to go for a diploma in nursing right now am in kagando school of nursing doing a six moth program of midwifery and i would like to continue with a diploma.
    i need your help.
    thank you.
    sauda nambiro

57. i just completed my form four course in the year 2011 and scored an (A-)minus…but unfortunately am an orphan so this hinders me from furthering my studies because of some financial constraints….can i get a bursary or a scholarship please…

58. Am a needy student from university of Nairobi.Could you please help me?am in the college of education at kikuyu campus

59. I hope U are reading touching messages from the wondering souls. You need to answer them with a positive answer… offer a bursary or scholarship. Thanks

    Regards
    Xavier

60. I feel I should not hear much desperate messages of how you are an orphan, needy, or badly in need. but be yourself, take heart and be confident that you can achieve your vision if you are determined but not desperate.

    regards

    Xavier

61. Hi Sir/Madam,
    I have just joined PENNFOSTER to study CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY.I wanted to further my career education in civil engineering, but because of financial constrain, I couldint.If I had some help, I would have continued with civil Engineering.Even the course that I have decided,I will BE forced to take long because of finance.Thats why I have taken the lowest MONTHLY PAYABLE TUITION arrangement by the institution.I thank PENN FOSTER for doing this to allow poor and working people to advance in their careers.KEEP IT UP PENN FOSTER.

62. i,m from Ghana who had completed a certification in travel and tourism since 2009 and still at home but wish to continue but no financial aid. i need your support in scholarship that can enable me go study consultancy diploma in travel and tourism.
    thank you.

63. Dear Sir/Madam, i am a 23 year old total orphan from Eastern Uganda. I completed my A’level last year and i got 10 points in sciences but i have nobody to help me further my studies. So i kindly forward my request to your office. I will be greatefull if my request is put into kind consideration. Thanks.

64. I need a second planet on earth for a hand in my academic career developments. I intend to enrol for CPA but seek a bursary. God bless for accepting my kind request

65. I am in deep need for financial assistance.
    I am studying towards a bcom in Accounting, but currently enrolled at Unisa for a higher certificate in Accounting Sciences. I intend on applying for a part time job as the year goes on.
    Kind regards