Key facts
- Status
- Check with the provider
- Provider
- Adapt IT
- Field of study
- Commerce, Informatics and Information Systems, Software Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Postgraduate
- Academic year
- 2027
- Last checked
- September 2026
Adapt IT runs a February cycle, closing in early February for the year that has just started.
VerifiedAdapt IT builds the software that runs universities, factories, hotels and utilities across South Africa, and its bursary funds the technology and business students it recruits from. It is limited to five universities and to black South African students from designated groups, and it runs on a short February window.
About the Adapt IT Bursary
- Fields: business administration, business development, finance, information systems and software development.
- Universities: the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Nelson Mandela University, the University of Johannesburg, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Limpopo.
- Covers registration and tuition fees plus study materials, with a laptop or resource allowance in some rounds.
- Levels: undergraduate and postgraduate.
Adapt IT Bursary eligibility requirements
- Black South African citizen from a designated group as defined in the B-BBEE codes.
- Matric with an average of at least 60%.
- Studying full-time at one of the five listed universities.
- Entering first, second, third or honours year.
How to apply for the Adapt IT Bursary
- Register on the Fundi BSP portal at bsp.fundi.co.za and open the Adapt IT bursary application.
- Upload a certified ID, a certified Matric certificate, your academic records, proof of registration or acceptance, a tuition fee statement and your parents’ or guardians’ income documents.
- Submit before the closing date. Only shortlisted applicants are contacted.
Adapt IT Bursary closing date
Early February in recent rounds. Confirm the 2027 date on the Fundi BSP portal.
Contact details
- Enquiries: adapt-it@fundi.co.za
- Portal support: bspsupport@fundi.co.za
Technology students should also see the funders on our software engineering bursaries and informatics and information systems bursaries pages, and the BSG bursary.
FAQs
1. When does the Adapt IT bursary close for 2027? +
Adapt IT runs a February cycle, closing in early February for the year that has just started. Watch the Fundi BSP portal and adaptit.com from December 2026 and apply as soon as the round opens.
2. What is Adapt IT? +
A South African software company that builds sector-specific systems for education, manufacturing, energy, hospitality and financial services.
3. Which fields and universities? +
Business administration, business development, finance, information systems and software development, at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Nelson Mandela University, the University of Johannesburg, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Limpopo.
4. What does it cover? +
Registration and tuition fees plus study materials, with a laptop or resource allowance in some rounds, at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
5. Who qualifies? +
Black South African citizens from a designated group as defined in the B-BBEE codes, with a Matric average of at least 60%, studying full-time and entering first, second, third or honours year at one of the five universities.
6. How do I apply? +
Register on the Fundi BSP portal, complete the application form and upload a certified ID, a certified Matric certificate, your academic records, proof of registration or acceptance, a tuition fee statement and your parents' or guardians' income documents.
Update note (checked September 2026): Adapt IT’s careers page invites bursary applications but gives no closing date, and the Fundi bursary portal it uses listed no current bursaries when we checked. Source: adaptit.com.
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