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Find the students your bursary was written for.

Publish your bursary on VULA, see which students meet your criteria, invite them to apply and review complete applications in one workspace.

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Who should this bursary reach?

Field of study
Year of study
Province
197

students meet these rules

BSc Civil Engineering, year 2

Meets 6 of 6 rules

Institution
University of the Witwatersrand
Province
Gauteng
University average
71%
Household income
Up to R350 000

No name or contact details until the student applies.

Example only. These numbers are made up to show how the reach count works.

One intake, from rules to decisions.

Each bursary in your workspace shows how many students are at every stage.

  1. Qualify

    Set eligibility from the same options students use. VULA counts how many students meet your rules as you edit them.

  2. Invite

    Browse anonymised students who asked to be found, and invite up to 200 of them a day to apply.

  3. Apply

    Students apply through VULA with their profile and documents, so every application arrives complete.

  4. Shortlist

    Ask applicants for corrections and move the strongest onto your shortlist.

  5. Decide

    Approve or decline. Each submission is kept exactly as it was sent.

When the intake closes, duplicate the bursary for next year. Dates move forward a year and your rules carry over.

Students choose to be found.

Only students who switch on “Let funders find me” appear in your search, and only for bursaries they qualify for. Their identity stays private until they decide to apply.

What you see

  • Field of study, qualification and year
  • Institution and province
  • Matric or university average
  • Household income band
  • How many of your rules they meet

Private until they apply

  • Name, email and phone number
  • Exact household income
  • Documents

Request access

VULA approves every organisation by hand.

  1. 1

    Tell us about your organisation

    Use a work email address at your organisation’s domain.

  2. 2

    VULA checks it

    We confirm the organisation is real and that you can act for it. Nothing is accessible until then.

  3. 3

    Choose your password

    Once approved, you get an email with a link to set up your account and sign in.

Already approved? Sign in.

VULA lists public bursaries on its own, so students may already find yours without an account. Access lets you publish your own and receive applications through VULA.

Please don't send passwords or applicant documents. VULA checks every organisation before giving access.

VULA

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