Internal Funding
Rhodes University Study Loans
All students wishing to be considered for a Rhodes University Council Loan or a RU Study Loan, must submit a completed Financial Aid Application Form by the closing date.
The Loan shall be for one year only. Annual application for the duration of the degree will be considered, but not automatically awarded.
All postgraduate students, irrespective of citizenship, may apply. Awards to be made in the following order of preference and availability of funds:
- SA citizens
- SADAC citizens
- All other African citizens
- All other foreign citizens
Loans approved for SA citizens will require one surety who is a South African citizen, and is employed full-time within South Africa. Foreign loanees will require two sureties from full-time employed SA citizens.
A combination of academic performance and financial need will be assessed for all applicants.
Mellon Foundation Funding
Applications closed
1. Focus Area Humanities
Application procedure:
Submit electronically to: k.kouari@ru.ac.za, as one PDF file, the following completed documents (only ONE is necessary as you will automatically be nominated for each award for which you qualify): a covering letter indicating intended subject and degree course of study; detailed ACADEMIC Curriculum Vitae; full certified academic transcript, details of three ACADEMIC referees (including working email addresses); and a certified copy of your ID.
For Masters and Doctoral candidates: please include a short draft research proposal as well if possible. Indicate if your planned research has been discussed with the prospective supervisor.
Further info...Focus Area Humanities Advert
2. Andrew W. Mellon Prestigious Doctoral Scholarship in Humanities
Ten (10) PhD Scholarship Available
Applications are invited from suitably qualified students to study full-time at Rhodes University in 2012. The overriding criterion for the award of the Scholarship is academic merit, although other factors such as community service, could be taken into account.
Further info....PhD Humanities Mellon Advert
3. Thinking Africa Research Focus
The 2012 theme for the Department of Political and International Studies recently launched Research Area is: 'Curating the Archive on Ubuntu: Towards a Critical Humanism'.
For more info....Thinking Africa Advert
Ruth First Scholarship
Applications closed
Prestigious Programmes
Applications closed
Prestigious Postgraduate Scholarships
Atlantic Philanthropies Scholarships
Allan Gray Scholarships
Mellon Scholarships
Guy Butler Research Award
Henderson Scholarship
RU Postgraduate Scholarship
Sasol Scholarship
