2026 Astron Energy Engineering Bursary

Closing Date: 10 December 2025 at 12 midday

The bursary scheme forms part of Astron Energy’s commitment to skills development, meaningful socio-economic transformation, and the country’s broader development agenda.

The sponsorship is a full-cost bursary that covers the following:

Full bursaries to attend ANY registered higher education institution
Tuition fees, textbooks, accommodation
Food and monthly stipends
Light-touch mentorship for developing essential skills imperative for personal and professional growth
On-going psycho-social support provided by Excel@Uni
Work Readiness Programme
Academic Support in the form of private tutoring

Required Qualifications

To Qualify you need to be studying a qualification in one of these:

Engineering Streams:

Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering (Light and Heavy Current)
Metallurgical Engineering
Industrial Engineering [Must be BSc or BEng, NOT BEng Tech]

ICT Streams:

Information Management
Data Engineering
Data Analytics
Data Architecture Data Science and Analytics (preference will be for Science and Engineering faculties, but all are welcome to apply)

Who Can Apply

Applicants must be South African Citizens, under 35 years of age.
Applicants must be pursuing a FULL-TIME qualification (Degree, Honors, Masters, Etc)
- The following qualification levels DO NOT QUALIFY: Diploma & Advanced Diploma
If the applicant’s parent/guardian is NOT AN Astron Energy employee:
- They must be studying the FINAL-YEAR of their qualification in 2026 (or doing a 1-year postgrad qualification in 2026)
If the applicant’s parent/guardian IS AN Astron Energy employee:
- They qualify to apply for the bursaru if they are in matric or gap-year in 2025; OR studying anywhere from 1st to final-YEAR of their qualification in 2026
Applicants must be pursuing their qualification-level for the first time (ie, not repeating a degree, honours, etc)
Applicants must be pursuing a qualification or intending to pursue a qualification at any tertiary institution registered with DHET and SAQA. (This includes private/community colleges and TVETS)
Average academic performance for the last full academic year must be 70% or higher