Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Bursaries 2025

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is inviting full-time students to apply for bursaries, to be awarded in the 2025 academic year, in the following fields of study

Environmental Programmes

Reference No: EP/01/2025

Fields of study:

• National Diploma / BTech / Post Grad Dip (Project Management)
• B Degree/ Hons Wetland Science
• National Diploma / B Tech / Hons / M sc (Forestry)
• BSc/ Hons (Geographical information
• Post Grad Dip Pesticide Risk Management System)
• MSc Chemicals Management
• BSc / Hons / PGD / M Sc (Environmental Science/ Management

Forestry Management

Reference No: FOR/01/2025

Fields of study:

• National Diploma Forestry
• Adv Dip Forestry
• MSc Forestry
• PhD Forestry
• BSc Hon Natural Resource Management

Regulatory Compliance Sector Monitoring

Reference No: RCSM/01/2025

Fields of study:

• BA Law / LLB (majoring in Administrative law/Legislative Drafting/ Environmental Law)
• BSc Chemistry
• BSc Geography/ Geoinformatics
• LLM
• BA Environmental Management (major in Environmental Impact Assessment)
• Diploma / Degree Paralegal
• B Sc Environmental Science

Fisheries Management

Reference No: FISH/01/2025

Fields of study:

• Maritime Studies
• BSc Ichtyology specialising Aquaculture
• BSc (Marine Biology/ Aquaculture/ Environmental Science/ Fisheries Science/ Aquatic Science)
• National Diploma/B Tech (Oceanography)
• BSc Marine / Fisheries Biology

Oceans and Coast

Reference No: OC/01/2025

Fields of study:

• BSc / MSc / PhD (Biodiversity / Conservation Biology/ Marine Biology/ Marine Biology and Ecology)
• BTech Engineering (Electrical/ Electronic/ Mechanical)
• Hons / Masters (Maritime Economics)
• Hons / Masters (Physical/ Chemical/ Biological Oceanography)
• Masters / PhD Marine Natural Resource Economics
• Hons/ Masters (Ecophysiology/ Taxonomy/ Systematics)
• BSc / B Tech / Hons / MSc (Environmental Management/ Nature Conservation)
• BA/B Com (Environmental Economics)
• BEng / BSc Eng (Coastal Engineering / Coastal Dynamics and Adaptation / Restoration and Rehabilitation)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Reference No: B&C/01/2025

Fields of study:

• National Diploma Nature Conservation
• National Diploma Ecotourism and Game Range Management
• B Degree/ Hons / MSc (Environmental: Management / Science/ Economics)
• BSc Zoology and Botany
• BSc Geology
• National Diploma / Adv Diploma / B Degree / Hons / M Sc (Forestry)
• LLB / Environmental Law
• B Degree / Hons / MSc (Geography)
• Cultural, Heritage and Natural Resource Management
• B Degree / Hons / MSc (Archaeology)

Climate and Change and Air Quality Management

Reference No: CCAQ/01/2025

Fields of study:

• National Diploma / B Sc (Environmental Science / Environmental Management)
• B Degree Earth and Environmental Sciences
• B Degree Natural Science
• BSc Chemistry
• BSc (Geography / Archaeology and Environmental)
• National Diploma / B Degree (Sustainable Development)

Chemicals and Waste Management

Reference No: CWM/01/2025

Fields of study:

• National Diploma / BTech / MTech / DTech (Environmental Science/ Environmental Management/ Environmental Health)
• National Diploma / BTech / MTech / DTech (Waste Management/ Recycling Economy)
• B Degree / Hons / Msc / PhD (Environment and Development with research in waste management or resource efficiency or extended producer responsibility)
• B Degree / Hons / Msc / PhD (Natural Sciences)
• B Degree / Hons / MA (Chemical Engineering)
• B Degree / Hons / Msc / PhD (Environmental Science / Environmental Management with research in waste management)
• LLB/ LLM / PhD (Environmental Law)
• B Degree / Hons / MA (Development Studies)
• B Degree / Hons / MA (Sustainable Development)
• B Degree/ Hons / M Sc (Environmental Resource Management)

Selection Criteria:

• You must be a fulltime student enrolled with the institution of higher learning or Currently doing Grade 12 (Matric)
• Consideration will be given to previously disadvantaged and people with disabilities
• Applicants must be South African citizens
• Must be unemployed
• Successful applicants will be expected to sign a bursary contract.

The maximum amount of the bursary is R50 000.00

Obligation: Upon completion of your studies, participation in the Internship Program is mandatory as part of the bursary contract agreement. It is important to note that regulations prohibit participation in the internship program more than once. Students who have previously participated in the public service internship program are ineligible for consideration