Haleon Bursary 2027, Requirements & Application

Haleon is a consumer health company created in 2022 when GSK and Pfizer spun off their consumer healthcare businesses. Its brands include Panado, Sensodyne, Voltaren, Centrum and Grand-Pa, and it manufactures in Cape Town. For the 2024 academic year Haleon offered a bursary to final-year engineering students as a pipeline into its South African manufacturing operation.

Status for 2027 (checked September 2026): the only advertised cycle closed on 1 November 2023. No bursary has been advertised for 2025, 2026 or 2027, and Haleon’s early-talent careers page does not currently list a South African student programme. The requirements below are from the 2024 cycle.

About the Haleon Bursary

The bursary funded the final year or two of an engineering degree in:

  • Automation, electronic or mechatronic engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Reliability engineering (mechanical or electrical)

Qualifications were BEng, BSc(Eng), BTech or a final-year Master of Engineering. Bursars were expected to join Haleon’s graduate programme at the Cape Town site after qualifying.

Haleon Bursary eligibility requirements

  • South African citizen with Matric.
  • Full-time student in third or final year of one of the degrees above, or final year of a Master of Engineering, at an accredited South African university.
  • An average of at least 65% in the most recent semester, with all subjects passed.
  • Demonstrated financial need.
  • Strong organisational, communication and teamwork skills, which were assessed at interview.

Haleon Bursary application process

Applications were made online through Haleon’s early-talent careers portal, with a certified ID, certified Matric certificate, recent academic transcripts including mid-year results, and an updated CV. Any future round would be advertised on haleon.com/careers/early-talent.

Haleon Bursary closing date

The 2024 cycle closed on 1 November 2023. No 2027 closing date has been published.

Contact details

Final-year engineering students should look at the manufacturers and utilities that recruit every year. Our mechanical engineering and electrical engineering bursary lists include schemes closing between September and November 2026.

FAQs

1. Is the Haleon bursary open for 2027? +
No. Haleon advertised one South African engineering bursary, for the 2024 academic year, which closed on 1 November 2023. Nothing has been advertised since. Check haleon.com/careers/early-talent for any new call.
2. Who could apply? +
South African citizens in their third or final year of a BEng, BSc(Eng) or BTech, or the final year of a Master of Engineering, in automation, electronic or mechatronic engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or reliability engineering, with an average of at least 65% and all subjects passed.
3. What did it cover? +
The advert did not specify amounts; Haleon described it as funding the remaining year of study, with a route into its graduate programme at the Cape Town manufacturing site.
4. How were applications made? +
Online through Haleon's early-talent careers portal, uploading a certified ID, Matric certificate, academic transcripts with mid-year results and a CV.
5. What is Haleon? +
A consumer health company formed in 2022 from the consumer healthcare businesses of GSK and Pfizer. Its brands include Panado, Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, and it manufactures in Cape Town.
6. Which engineering bursaries are open now? +
See our mechanical engineering and electrical engineering bursary lists for schemes closing between September and November 2026.

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