Toyota South Africa Motors pays for selected students’ degrees through a bursary fund that StudyTrust administers on its behalf. Toyota says it wants to back academically strong young people from its communities and give them a taste of the motor industry through vacation work, with possible exposure to its graduate programme after they qualify.
The 2027 round has closed. StudyTrust takes Toyota applications from 1 June to 30 September each year, and on 1 October 2026 its bursaries list marked the Toyota SA Motors Bursary as “now closed for 2027”. If you missed it, StudyTrust describes that June-to-September window as its yearly season for Toyota, so plan to have your documents ready by the end of May 2027.
Degrees Toyota will consider
Toyota funds full-time study in three groups of qualifications.
Commerce and law
- Accounting (non-CA stream), where the degree includes accounting, taxation, auditing and management accounting
- Analytics
- Economics
- Environmental science
- Financial management
- Human resource management
- Law (LLB)
- Marketing management
Engineering
Chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical and mechatronics engineering. Engineering students comparing options can also browse our engineering bursaries.
Science and IT
Business science (analytics), computer science and information technology.
The 65% marks rule
- Toyota considers South African citizens only.
- You need at least 65% for both Mathematics and English in matric.
- If you are already at university, your overall tertiary average must be 65% or higher.
- Toyota also looks for strong academic and leadership potential, so show both in your application.
StudyTrust weighs academic potential, financial need and the study programme when it shortlists. Its general guidance says income limits differ from sponsor to sponsor, and that no StudyTrust-managed bursary goes to a household earning more than R850,000 a year combined.
Where the Toyota application lives
You apply online, not through Toyota. When the season opens, the “Apply Here” button sits at the bottom of the Toyota bursary page on StudyTrust’s website. Read the instructions on StudyTrust’s bursary applications page before you start, because the form asks for consent, document uploads, typed-in details and short essays that StudyTrust expects you to write yourself.
Have these ready as uploads:
- A certified copy of your ID
- All your academic results so far: the Grade 12 certificate plus your full tertiary academic record if you are already studying
- Proof of your household’s combined income
One application covers more than Toyota: StudyTrust considers you for every other bursary it manages that you qualify for. Two of those are the Investec tertiary bursary and the Standard Bank Group bursary, which also run through StudyTrust.
Can I still apply to Toyota for 2027?
No. StudyTrust closed Toyota applications on 30 September 2026 and lists the bursary as closed for 2027. Watch the StudyTrust page from 1 June 2027 for the following round.
Does Toyota fund CA-stream accounting?
No. The list says accounting (non-CA), and the degree must include accounting, taxation, auditing and management accounting.