Accenture Education Trust Scholarship 2026
Accenture in South Africa
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Midrand, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time
Applications for the Accenture's Education Trust scholarship for 2026 are now open!
The Accenture Education Trust helps students whose family income ranges from R 350 000 - R 1M and NSFAS as well as post-graduate students with a household income of < R300k.
We are looking for students with a strong academic background achieving a cumulative average of above 65% in a study towards Technology-aligned degrees (see below list) at select tertiary institutions across South Africa.
The scholarship programme Accenture offers covers the following expenses: registration fees, tuition fees, examination fees, meals, residence, book allowance (for prescribed books) and a laptop. Beyond that we offer a holistic support programme for our scholars, which has these key elements and is underpinned by mentorship
Emotional and social support tools
Academic & Career support tools
Financial support tools
Mentorship Programme
So if you are a high achiever in your second, third, fourth or Honours year of study, please read on for full criteria and process we want to hear from you.
Entry Criteria:
Scholarship Disciplines: Applications will be considered from students who wish to major in one of the following disciplines at one of the universities listed below.
BSC
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Information and Knowledge Systems
Information Systems
Mechanical with Mechatronics Engineering
BSC (Eng)
Information Technology
Electronic /Electrical (Light Current)
BCOM
Informatics
Information Systems
Stats and Data Science
Computer Science
DATA ENGINEERING
Big Data Analytics
Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
BENG
Electronic or Electrical Comp Eng
Information Engineering
Micro Electronic Engineering
UNIVERSITIES:
Rhodes University
Stellenbosch University
University of Cape Town
University of Johannesburg
University of Pretoria
University of Witwatersrand
University of Kwazulu-Natal
University of Western Cape
Please attach the below 5 documents in order for your application to be considered. Kindly attach all 5 pre-requisite documents in the CV/Resume attachment box.
Certified copy of identity document (Application Pre-requisite)
Certified full academic record including any mid-year exam results/progress report (Application Pre-requisite)
Certified copy of grade 12 results (Application Pre-requisite)
Certified copy of proof of parents’/guardian’s earnings if
Copy of your curriculum vitae (Application Pre-requisite)
Application Steps
Step 1 - Register/ Create an account by using your email address and create a password.
Step 2 - Start application. Please choose Apply Manually.
Step 3 - You will land on the My Information page. Please populate all fields and note that family name is your surname.
Step 4 - You will land on the My Experience page. In this section kindly detail any part time work experience i.e. Tutoring, promotions, e.t.c. Please note that GPA indicates academic average
Step 5 - You will land on Application Questions. These are standard and only for the purpose of the scholarship application please answer these as follows: Q1 - Yes; Q2 - No; Q3- Yes; Q4 - Yes; and Q5 -No.
Step 6 - You will land on a Voluntary Disclosure page. Here, complete all the required fields
Step 7 - You will land on a Summary Page where you can view your application and click Submit to finalize your submission
The Accenture Education Trust helps students whose family income ranges from R 350 000 - R 1M and NSFAS as well as post-graduate students with a household income of < R300k.
We are looking for students with a strong academic background achieving a cumulative average of above 65% in a study towards Technology-aligned degrees (see below list) at select tertiary institutions across South Africa.
The scholarship programme Accenture offers covers the following expenses: registration fees, tuition fees, examination fees, meals, residence, book allowance (for prescribed books) and a laptop. Beyond that we offer a holistic support programme for our scholars, which has these key elements and is underpinned by mentorship
Entry Criteria:
Scholarship Disciplines: Applications will be considered from students who wish to major in one of the following disciplines at one of the universities listed below.
BSC
Step 1 - Register/ Create an account by using your email address and create a password.
Step 2 - Start application. Please choose Apply Manually.
Step 3 - You will land on the My Information page. Please populate all fields and note that family name is your surname.
Step 4 - You will land on the My Experience page. In this section kindly detail any part time work experience i.e. Tutoring, promotions, e.t.c. Please note that GPA indicates academic average
Step 5 - You will land on Application Questions. These are standard and only for the purpose of the scholarship application please answer these as follows: Q1 - Yes; Q2 - No; Q3- Yes; Q4 - Yes; and Q5 -No.
Step 6 - You will land on a Voluntary Disclosure page. Here, complete all the required fields
Step 7 - You will land on a Summary Page where you can view your application and click Submit to finalize your submission
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