2025 Roche Diagnostics Bursary

Applications are open.

Applications close on Monday, 23 December 2024 at 12 midday.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Roche Diagnostics is a division of Roche. We develop and integrate diagnostic solutions that address the challenges of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. In more than 100 countries, we offer the industry’s most comprehensive in vitro diagnostics solutions, covering molecular diagnostics, clinical chemistry and immunoassays, tissue diagnostics, point of care testing, patient self-testing, next-generation sequencing, and laboratory automation and IT, and decision support solutions. 

Roche South Africa employs over 400 people within the pharmaceutical and diagnostics divisions. We are committed to maintaining high ethical standards in our business dealings and in our efforts to protect the environment.

About The Bursary

This Bursary is for the 2025 academic year. You need to be studying full-time in 2025 to qualify. 

 

What will the Bursary include?

The available funding opportunities serves as a commitment to skills development, meaningful socio-economic transformation, and the country’s broader development agenda. 

In most instances you can expect the sponsorship to offer the following:

  1. Full-Fee Funding, covering: Registration/Tuition, accommodation, meals, books  and stationery/necessities (as approved by the sponsor).
  2. Laptop provided for study purposes.
  3. On-going psycho-social support provided by Excel@Uni.
  4. Light-touch mentorship for developing essential skills imperative for personal and professional growth.  
  5. The final details of what the bursary will cover, will only be confirmed & final when successful applicants recieve their final bursary award/pledge letter (signed by the sponsor)

 

Additional Conditions to Note:

  1. The funding/bursary is renewable annually, based on academic performance , student negagement, and sponsor budgets. (You will not be granted a bursary for your full-length of study in year 1)
  2. Work-back OBLIGATION: You are obligated to work-back for every year of funding provided by [the bursary sponsor], otherwise you may have to refund the value of the bursary benefits recieved (plus interest charges at the prime rate).
  3. Disclosure Requirement Note: Any applicant or awardee later revealed to not be studying full-time (or having undisclosed paid-employment); may have their bursary contract/offer terminated and required to refund all benefits paid to them by the bursary. This also applies to non-factual statements made on the application, during interviews, or after the bursary is awarded. 
  4. Bursaries will only be awarded in line with the Employment Equity plan of the organisation. 

 

Who Can Apply

The bursary programme will be aimed at candidates who meet the following criteria:

  1. South African Citizen
  2. Under 30 years of age. 
  3. This bursary also allows applicants that are 2024 matric students; or on a gap-year after matric in 2023. 
  4. All students registered for full-time studies at any DHET/CHE registered tertiary Institution (university, college, etc), in 2025. 
    • For the following NQF-6 (or higher) qualifications: Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Bachelors Degree/Honours
  5. This opportunity is NOT open to: 
    • These qualification levels: N4/5/6, Higher Certificate, Masters or Doctoral students. 
    • Students at these institution types: TVETs, Community Colleges, Graduate/Business School
  6. Academic performance:  
    1. Obtaining a good academic record with an academic performance-average of 60% (or above) for the latest full academic-year (and/or year so far) 
    2. People with living with evidences disabilities only need an academic performance-average of 50% (or above)
  7. Students registered as (first, second or third/final) year students in the following fields of study:
    • STEM-related (Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics/Quantitative or Medical) degrees 
    • Medicine/Medical sciences (or closely related)
    • Human Resources (or closely related)
    • Marketing (or closely related)
    • Legal (or closely related) 
    • Purchasing / Logistics / Supply Chain (or closely related) 
    • Business Management (or closely related) 
  8. Depending on application stage, candidates may be required to undergo screening, shortlisting, interview, and psychometric assessments.

 

Amongst qualifying applications, the following may be preferred:

  1. Applicants in line with the sponsor's transformation/ employment equity objectives and requirements. 
  2. Applicants in their 2nd year onwards.
  3. Applicants on track to finish their qualification in the minimum-time required (not N+1 or higher)

 

Additional Conditions to Note:

  1. Work-Back- Obligation/Opportunity-  Recipients of the bursary may, at the sole discretion of Roche Diagnostics and subject to business needs, be offered the opportunity to secure employment within the organization following the completion of their studies.
  2. Disclosure Requirement Note: Any applicant or awardee later revealed to not be studying full-time (or having undisclosed paid-employment); may have their bursary contract/offer terminated and required to refund all benefits paid to them by the bursary. This also applies to non-factual statements made on the application, during interviews, or after the bursary is awarded. 
  3. Bursaries will only be awarded in line with the Employment Equity plan of the organisation. 

Please read these notes and instructions carefully before completing the form. Be sure to read every section and ensure that the information you provide is accurate.

  • Applications that are incomplete and that include misrepresentations will immediately be disregarded.
  • Please ensure that you attach ALL of the Required Documents
  • Closing date for application type:
    • 2025 Roche Diagnostics Bursary closes: Monday, 23 December 2024 at 12 midday.
  • Bursary allocation year for application type:
    • 2025 Roche Diagnostics Bursary will be allocated for the 2025 academic year

This Bursary is for the 2025 academic year. You need to be studying full-time in 2025 to qualify. 

  1. Should you not have heard back from us within 3 months (of the application closing date), please consider your application as unsuccessful
  2. Terms and Conditions apply.  Successful applicants will be required to sign an agreement provided by the sponsor
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Required Documents

Please prepare the following documents:

    Important Note About Documents:  

  • All certified documents must be less than 3 months old.  
  • [*]  means: Where you have multiple documents for 1 submission, please combine/scan them into 1 file that you can upload.
  • In addition to the documents listed below, you are required to submit any other documents required on Step-4 of your application  

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    All Applicants:

    1. Certified copy of your valid South African identity document.
    2. Certified Parents/Guardian RSA ID (or non-SA Passport) or Death Certificate (or death certificate if deceased) [*] 
    3. Proof of Household Income: Certified copy of SASSA docs or 3 months Payslips of parents/guardians (Company registration documents if Self Employed) - Please attach affidavits confirming unemployment, if guardian/s are unemployed [*] 
    4. A 1-2 page statement clearly setting out why you have chosen your field of study, how you intend to use it  after graduation and why/how it will benefit the SPONSOR to fund your studies. Also explain any missing documents you couldn’t submit on time. [*]

     

    Scholar in Matric (or gap-year after matric)

    1. Certified Grade 11 Report final year-end report (with official school stamp)
    2. Grade 12 latest (Term 2) school report- Certified (With official school stamp) 

     

    Current Tertiary Student (Undergrad/Honours/etc Enrolled in 2024)

    1. Certified copy of valid matric certificate (Grade 12)
    2. Certified copy of latest/June 2024 Official Academic Transcripts (or official institution report) [or police affidavit stating why you were not schooling]
    3.  2024 Official University Fee Statements- If you have off-campus accommodation, please include your lease agreement [*] 

     

    Masters & PHD Applicants

    1. Masters & PHD Students: DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE BURSARY

     

    Other Optional Documents (for all applicants):

    1. Do you (or did you) get funded by NSFAS? Please upload all the funding confirmation contracts, letters or offers. [If not, submit police affidavit stating that you have never received NSFAS funding] [*] 
    2. Do you (or did you) get funded by another bursary? Please upload all the funding confirmation contracts, letters or offers. [If not, submit police affidavit stating that you have never received funds from another bursary or funding award] [*] 
    3. Have a Disability? Submit a Dept of Labour Employment Equity Act (EEA1) Form AND a Diagnosis Letter from Doctor [*] 

     

For applicants under the age of 18, to comply with POPI regulations a signed consent form completed by your parent/legal guardian along with a certified copy of their proof of identity is required.

You can download the guardian consent form by clicking HERE.

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