University of Fort Hare UFH Academic Performance Incentives

In order to attract, reward and retain top performing students the University offers following incentives on tuition to such students:
 New Undergraduates
(a) 34 to 38 Merit points………………………………………R 3 500.00
(b) 39 to 42 Merit points………………………………………R 4 500.00
(c) 43 to 47 Merit points………………………………………R 5 500.00
(d) 48 to 100 Swedish points………………………………..Full tuition

Points % Obtained in Grade 12
8 90% +
7 80% to 89%
6 70% to 79%
5 60% to 69%
4 50% to 59%
3 40% to 49%
0 30% to 39%

In order for a first year student to qualify for the above award, they need to meet the following criteria:

(a) Must have obtained the minimum as stated above.
(b) Must have matriculated not more than 5 years prior to registration.
(c) Must be a South African Citizen
(d) May be a non‐South African citizen who pays for their own fees.
(e) Must be studying full time
(f) Must submit a certified copy of their matric results to the Student Accounts department before the 31 March each year
NB: Only the top six results are taken into consideration for the above mentioned award.

Current Returning Undergraduates
(a) 75 to 80 ‐ 50%
(b) 81 to 84 ‐ 55%
(c) 85 to 89 ‐ 60%
(d) 90 + ‐ 100%

In order to qualify for the above incentives a student will have to register for at least 100 credits on a full time basis or 50 credits on a part time basis for the full academic year.
In order for a student to qualify for the above award, they need to meet the following criteria:

• Must be a South African citizen
• May be a non‐South African citizen who pays for their own fees
• Must obtain an average of 70% and above for all subjects
• Must have passed all their modules and should therefore have not failed a single module with a minimum of 100 credits registered in the previous academic year
• The award is purely for students doing their first undergraduate qualification. No post graduate qualifications will be considered. This includes PGDip Acc, PGCE and LLB Post Graduate Stream.
• The fee waiver is only awarded to returning students based on their previous year’s results.
• Should a student skip a year or return after a period of longer than a year, then that student will be required to submit a motivation in order to be considered for a fee incentive.

All qualifying students who meet the said criteria as stated above will receive the incentive in the  form of a cash and these funds will be paid out directly to the qualifying students.