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Your Path to Leadership Starts Here

The Right Support to Turn Ambitions Into Success

You’ve worked hard to get into university — and the Dell Young Leaders programme is here to help you go further. With tailored coaching, financial support, and career connections, we support your path to graduation and launching a meaningful career.

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Learn from your experiences what you enjoy, and put your hands up for projects that will help you develop new skills.

Noloyiso
Class of 2018

Designed for Your Success

From day one as a Dell Young Leader to day one on the job, we provide coaching and connections that lead to real job offers.

Academic

Get the support you need to progress. Personalised academic support helps you stay on track, reach graduation, and achieve your goals.

Wellness

Success requires resilience. Our holistic support builds confidence and stability so you can overcome hurdles, stay motivated, and grow personally and professionally.

Financial

We understand that balancing studies and life takes real commitment. That’s why we offer flexible support for tuition, housing, and essentials, so you can stay focused and graduate ready for what comes next.

Career

Career readiness starts early. Through coaching, skills development, and direct links to top employers, we prepare you to step confidently into the workplace to launch your career.

Who Can Apply

We support first-generation students who show:

Determination: The mindset to take initiative, stay focused, finish strong, and lead.
Ambition: A vision for the future and the initiative to build a meaningful career.
Purpose: Drive to use your education and success to uplift your family and community.

To be eligible, you must:

Meet the programme’s annual household income criteria.
Be accepted to, or enrolled in, an in-demand degree at one of the programme’s partner universities.
Show academic potential and a commitment to completing your degree.
Be open to engaging fully with the programme’s support and resources.

Frequently Asked Questions

Each year, qualifying first year financial aid students at our partner universities receive an invitation to apply to the Dell Young Leaders programme. Invites will be sent from the university’s financial aid office and directly from the programme via email. Only invited students can apply.

The financial scholarship funds are used as a top-up model to cover any gaps in a student’s full cost of attendance.

We’ve learned that getting through university and into meaningful employment can have some challenges for many university students, and holistic support is needed in addition to financial assistance.

The programme is relationship-based, supporting students in four areas including academic, financial, wellness, and career. Our students have access to one-on-one support with programme staff, who are available for students on each campus. The staff guide students through everyday university challenges, as well as coach students based on their own individual circumstances as students move into careers.

Your funding will not be impacted in any way, and the programme will also work with you to manage your cost of attendance at university.

There are no repayments or work-back terms or conditions involved. Our mission is to increase the number of students who make it to graduation and into meaningful employment.

We expect students to maintain the minimum academic requirements to be eligible to continue studies at their university and to maintain funding requirements. However, there are no specific academic sub-minimum requirements that the programme imposes above this.

Throughout our years of supporting students, we’ve learned that the four areas we can support our students most successfully in are academic, financial, wellness, and career. As the programme continues to evolve, we add additional elements that provide value for the students.