Computer Science and IT Bursaries South Africa 2025

There is a great skills shortage in the Computer Science/ IT industry, both within South Africa and the rest of the world, but according to payscale.com (who rank job types according to the earning potential), employees in the computer science industry have some of the top median salaries of any other job niches.

If you think you can bridge the gap in this sparse market but lack the funding to carry out your studies, why not apply to one of the bursary programmes below.

Scroll down to find bursaries, scholarship and funding opportunities for studies within the following fields:

Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Data Science
Graphic Design
Informatics and Information Systems
Information Technology (IT)
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Multimedia and Interactive Media
Software Engineering and Software Development

COMPUTER ENGINEERING BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Computer engineering is the integration of computer science and several fields of electrical engineering to develop computer software and hardware. Computer engineering involves many aspects of computer software and hardware such as circuit design, microprocessors, microcontrollers, personal computers and supercomputers.

Computer engineers earn around R500 000 per annum depending on years working experience.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Computer Engineering field:

COMPUTER SCIENCE BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Computer science studies the engineering, theory and experimentation that is the foundation for the design of computers. A computer scientists job entails conducting research to create new computer technology, which ultimately helps problem solving in many fields.

Salaries in the computer science field range from around R250 000 to R315 000 per annum, for software developers and software engineers respectively.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Computer Science field:

DATA SCIENCE BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Data Scientists are individuals with advance training in Mathematics and Computer Science, with expertise in data mining and information management. Data Scientists are vital to businesses as they aid in mitigating risk and fraud; they aid businesses in seeing what products and services are selling the most, and they aid in personalising customer’s experiences by helping the sales and marketing team in understanding their target audience.

Data Scientists work both in the field of technology and social science, finding the latest trends to manage data. Data Scientists make sense of all data collected from social media feeds, smart devices, emails, etc. and compile them into a structured database.

It is essential for a Data Scientist to have excellent communication skills as well as be data-driven, analytical thinkers, leaders, and highly organised.
To become a data scientist you need to:
– Obtain an undergraduate Degree in Data Science or a related field
– Learn the necessary skills to become a data scientist
– Consider a specialisation you can enter
– Get an entry level Data Scientist job
– Review any additional data scientist certifications and post-graduate learning
– Enter a Master’s Degree

If this sounds like a career path you would be interested in pursuing, you should apply for these Data Science Bursaries:

GRAPHIC DESIGN & GAME GRAPHIC BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Graphic designers are responsible for the creation of illustrations, typography and photography to communicate visually and problem solve. Graphic designers create ideas and messages by way of combining symbols, images and text.

The average salary of a graphic designer is around R120 000 per annum, while senior graphic designers can earn an income of around R215 000 per annum.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Graphic Design field:

INFORMATICS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Informatics involves information processing and engineering of information systems. Informatics is the science of computer information systems and information; it also entails interactions between people and information.

Information systems on the other hand, study the systems specifically related to information and software and hardware networks used to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Informatics and Information Systems field:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Information technology (also known as “IT”) is the use of computers and the internet to transmit, store, retrieve and edit data or information. Information technology is a branch of Information and Communication Technology (also known as “ICT”).

Average salaries in the IT industry include R660 000 for software developers, R110 000 for test analysts and R472 000 for web developers.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Information Technology (IT) field:

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Information and Communication Technology (also known as “ICT”) is an extension of the IT field, with the aim of unified communication and integration of computers, telecommunications, audio-visual systems, software and middleware to allow people to store, edit, access and transmit information.

Salaries in this field are in line with the IT sector.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field:

MULTIMEDIA & INTERACTIVE MEDIA BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Multimedia is a field that combines various forms of content (such as images, text, audio, video, animation and interactive content).
While interactive media encompasses products and services on computer systems, that responds to actions by the presentation of text, audio, animation, moving images and videos.

Multimedia Designers earn an average of R160 000 per annum depending on their experience.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Multimedia and Interactive Media field:

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BURSARIES FOR 2025 & 2025

Software engineering (also known as “SWE”) is the process of engineering to the development, design, testing, maintenance and implementation of software in a systematic way.

Software development involves bug fixing, testing, documenting and computer programming to create and maintain software products.
Software engineers/ programmers/ developers earn an average of R260 000 per annum, while software developers earn an average of R265 000 per annum.

Here are a list of bursaries and scholarships for studies within the Software Engineering and Software Development field: