Graduate Internships 2025: HSRC

Invitation from The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to unemployed graduates to apply for Graduate Internship Programme 2025.

Due Date: 17 March 2025

Placement: South Africa

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Internship Programme offers an opportunity to unemployed graduates in various fields to:

  • Acquire practical work experience through mentoring and exposure;
  • Promote an environment in which the interns acquire the required skills needed to ease entry into the relevant sector/job market;
  • Transfer their knowledge to host institutions and contribute to the goals of the institution;
  • Gain experience in research management, research support, and administration at public higher education institutions and research institutions at large.
  • The internship provides monthly stipends for participants throughout the duration of the internship, administered through the HSRC. The internship programme is offered for a period of 24 months.

Who is Eligible:

Unemployed Graduates that meet the following criteria:

  • Be a South African citizen or South African Permanent Resident (with a valid South African Identity Document).
  • Should be currently unemployed and 35 years of age or younger at the time of appointment
  • A graduate holding any of the following:
  • NQF Level 7: Bachelor’s Degree, Advanced Diploma, or B-Tech Degree;
  • NQF Level 8: Bachelor’s Hons Degree and Postgraduate Diploma;
  • NQF Level 9: Master’s Degree or M-Tech.

Hold a qualification in the following Faculties / Areas of study:

  • Science,
  • Engineering
  • Technology,
  • Research,
  • Development,
  • Innovation,
  • Social Sciences and Humanities
  • or related disciplines

COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION HERE

Should have completed their study at the time of submitting the application.


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