Postgraduate student funding will be made for full-time honours, masters, and doctoral degrees only. It must be noted that the NRF will not fund the following

  1. Undergraduate qualifications, regardless of National Qualifications Framework (NQF) exit level
  2. Postgraduate certificates or diplomas, regardless of NQF exit level and
  3. Professional masters and doctoral degrees, regardless of NQF exit level. (Further clarification of the professional degrees can be obtained from the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF) approved by the DHET).