DTEF Approved Study Areas and Programmes for Students Sponsorship

Learn more about the Priority Field of Study and Programmes Approved by the Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF) for new students Sponsorship in Botswana.

Priority Field of Study & Programmes Approved For DTEF Sponsorship

Applicants may be sponsored by the DTEF-approved Undergraduate programmes and areas of study listed under each priority Field of Study below.

AGRICULTURE

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Health Production
3. Forestry and Range Ecology
4. Horticulture

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Agricultural Economics
2. Agricultural Education
3. Agricultural Mechanization
4. Agriculture
5. Agronomy
6. Biometry
7. Food Science & Technology
8. Horticulture
9. Plant Health
10. Soil Sciences
11. Wildlife Management
12. Biodiversity, Conservation & Ecology
13. Mathematical Biology (Biomaths)

AVIATION

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Aircraft Maintenance Engineering

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Procurement and Supply
2. Purchasing & Supply
3. Event Management

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Accounting
2. Applied Business Computing
3. Banking and Finance
4. Business Administration
5. Business Information Technology
6. Business Innovation and Enterprise
7. Business Intelligence and Data Analysis
8. Business Leadership
9. Business Management
10. Chartered & Certified Accountants
11. Computing with Finance
12. Entrepreneurship/Enterprise Development
13. Event Management
14. Finance
15. Financial Management
16. Fiscal Studies
17. Information and Technology Management
18. International Business
19. Logistics
20. Marketing Management
21. Production Management
22. Project Management
23. Public Finance
24. Public Relations & Integrated Communication
25. Public Relations Management
26. Purchasing/Procurement
27. Retail Management
28. Risk Management
29. Insurance
30. Strategic Management
31. Supply Chain Management

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Apparel Design
2. Fashion Design
3. Furniture Design
4. Graphic Design
5. Textile Design
6. Music Design
7. Interior Design

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Digital Film & Television Production
2. Fine Arts
3. Industrial Design
4. Music
5. Professional Design
6. Theater Arts
7. Sports Science
8. Exercise Psychology
9. Exercise Science & Wellness
10. Recreation & Sports Management

CONSTRUCTION

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Construction Industry
2. Building Construction Industry

EDUCATION & TRAINING

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Primary Education
2. Secondary Education
3. Computer Science Education
4. Counselling Education
5. Design and Technology Education
6. Special Education
7. Inclusive Education
8. Family & Consumer Science
9. Music Education
10. Primary Education
11. Science Education
12. Music Education

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Art and Design Education
2. Business Education

ENGINEERING

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Electrical & Electronics Engineering
2. Electrical and Mechanical engineering
3. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
4. Water and Environmental Engineering
5. Motor Body Repair/Automotive Engineering
6. Plant Engineering

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Chemical Engineering
2. Civil Engineering
3. Computer Engineering
4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
5. Energy Engineering
6. Environmental engineering
7. Geological Engineering
8. Industrial Engineering
9. Manufacturing Engineering
10. Materials Engineering
11. Mechanical Engineering
12. Mechatronics & Industrial Instrumentation
13. Mineral engineering
14. Mining Engineering
15. Multimedia Engineering
16. Software Engineering
17. Telecommunications Engineering

HEALTH

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Clinical Technology
2. Emergency Care Technology
3. Environmental Health
4. General Nursing
5. Health Education & Promotion
6. Healthcare Management
7. Medical Laboratory Technology
8. Occupational Health and Safety 9. Pharmacy Technology
9. Medical Record & Transcription
10. Rehabilitation Counselling

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Emergency Medical Care
2. Environmental Health
3. Health Education and Promotion
4. Health Information Management
5. Health Care Management/Administration
6. Health Service Management
7. Medical Laboratory Science
8. Medicine
9. Nursing Science Generic
10. Occupational Health and Safety
11. Pharmacy
12. Physiotherapy
13. Psychology
14. Public Health
15. Counseling Psychotherapy
16. Rehabilitation Counseling
17. Speech Therapy

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Culinary Arts
2. Travel, Tourism, Hospitality
3. Cultural Tourism

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Travel Operations & Management
2. Tourism Management
3. Hospitality Management

HUMANITIES

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Theology

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Theology
2. Pastoral Care
3. Broadcasting and Journalism
4. Chinese studies
5. Counseling
6. Digital Media
7. Humanities
8. Pastoral studies
9. Public Relations
10. Portuguese Lisophone studies

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Systems Administration

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Network Computing
2. Information, Communication Technology
3. Mobile Technology
4. Computer Networking
5. Network/Cyber Security
6. Computer Forensics
7. Information Systems
8. Data Management
9. Business Information Technology

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. ACCA
2. CIMA
3. CIPS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Architectural Technology
2. Geometrics
3. Sound Technology
4. Telecommunication Systems

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Actuarial science
2. Applied Geophysics
3. Architecture
4. Biology
5. Biotechnology
6. Business Computing
7. Business Information Systems
8. Computer Science
9. Computer System Engineering
10. Computing
11. Creative Multimedia
12. Histo/Cytotechnology
13. Earth Science
14. Environmental Science
15. Forensic Accounting and Finance
16. Forensic Sciences
17. Geology
18. Geomatics
19. Geometrics
20. Information Communication Technology
21. Information systems
22. Information Systems & Data Management
23. Information Technology
24. Mathematics & Finance
25. Mobile Computing
26. Mobile Technology
27. Multimedia Systems
28. Networking Computing
29. Physics
30. Physics with Meteorology
31. Pure & applied chemistry
32. Pure & Applied Mathematics
33. Quantity Surveying
34. Real Estate Management
35. Science
36. Software Engineering
37. Sports Management
38. Urban & Regional Planning

SOCIAL SCIENCES

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Archives and Records Management Development
2. Community
3. Criminal Justice
4. Economics
5. Information & Knowledge Management
6. Law
7. Law & Public Administration
8. Media Studies
9. Public Administration
10. Social Sciences
11. Social Work
12. Statistics

TRANSPORT

AREAS OF STUDY (DIPLOMA LEVEL)

1. Fleet Management
2. Transport Management & Logistics
3. Transport Planning and Management

AREAS OF STUDY (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Transport Management & Logistics

Did You Know

DTEF Local Re-Sponsorship Online Application

Botswana Online DTEF Government Sponsorship Application 

How to DTEF Local Re-Sponsorship Online Application

NOTE THAT:

• Hand-delivered applications will not be accepted.
• The online system allows you to save your application in Draft mode and revisit at a later stage provided it is before the submission deadline.
• Failure to submit all supporting documents will render your application incomplete.
• Only applications on the above-listed areas of study will be considered for sponsorship.
• Appeals to the Ministry against the decision of the Director DTEF regarding the non-approval of sponsorship application will only be considered within 14 calendar days of having received the response.