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If you are a Nigerian Student who just completed their Bachelor’s degree and is looking to pursue a master’s degree, or have completed a master’s degree and is planning to do their PhD, then it will interest you to know that there are certain post graduate degree scholarships specially designed to aid you with the financial assistance required to do that.
These postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students, and postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students, are usually awarded by organizations or universities to Nigerian students who meet all the given eligibility criteria required for them to qualify for the scholarship.
And because we know how important these study opportunities are to you, ScholarshipAir has found for you, (so you don’t have to) the best scholarships for postgraduate studies 2025-2026, which you can apply for to fund your studies. Some of the postgraduate scholarships are fully funded while some are partially funded. The university to study ranges from Nigeria to abroad
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The Erasmus Mundus EMMIR Scholarship is a 2 year Master’s Degree program that is based on the First Semester in Germany, the Second Semester in Norway, the Third Semester is a research-based Internship and the fourth Semester is dedicated to the thesis. The European Master in Mig
Published: 18 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 18 Dec 2024
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The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl
Published: 17 Oct 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
Macquarie University offers a range of scholarships for graduate research students. The awards are competitive and may include tuition fee offsets, living stipends, top-up allowances, and one-off payments. For international students, Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) and visa application costs ma
Published: 15 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Deadline: 31 Oct 2024
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Applications for the Ray and Naomi Simpson Scholarship 2025 are now being accepted. This is a great chance to help you with your academic endeavors at the University of Leeds. This scholarship is available to UK applicants or students from Commonwealth countries who have been offered a place in a
Published: 15 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
Uppsala University provides a number of notable scholarships for international students wishing to study in Sweden in the 2025–2026 academic year. These scholarships pay for Master’s and bachelor’s program tuition, giving gifted people worldwide a rare chance to attend top universi
Published: 15 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: 03 Feb 2025
At the heart of transforming the African continent is developing women entrepreneurs. Are you a passionate, African, female innovator with a groundbreaking idea in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing, or Mining (STEM)? Are you meeting a development need in your country? Are
Published: 15 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Oct 2024
In the face of unprecedented global environmental challenges, there is an urgent need to train scientists that can preserve our natural world and mitigate the impact of human activities on our ecosystems. This MSc is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to tackle this Global Change cr
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 29 Sep 2025
Launched in 2005, the Minorities Fellowship Programme (MFP) is OHCHR’s most comprehensive training programme for human rights and minority rights defenders belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. At the end of the MFP, the fellows should have a general knowledg
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 22 Dec 2024
As part of measures to mitigate the recent fuel price hike and the economic hardship being experienced in the country, the leadership of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Youth Province 1, in Lagos, has announced the provision of a free three-month transportation programme tagged “Free Bus
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 06 Dec 2024
The UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship programme offers four full coverage scholarships (including a tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend) per academic year for a selected number of top-performing non-EU/EEA students with personal development potential that have been (conditionally) admitted to a m
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2025
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The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme is a joint initiative between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and UK universities, including the University of Birmingham, to jointly support scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 18 Dec 2025
The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), will provide graduate scholarships to train 120 young African professionals at the master’s level for various programs over 5 years (2025 – 2030). This is a fully immersive and traditional on-campus 2-year mas
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Deadline: 03 Nov 2024
The Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program is a four-month, full-time residential program based out of Yale’s International Leadership Center and housed within the Jackson School of Global Affairs. The Program runs annually from mid-August to mid-December. The Program pro
Published: 11 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 04 Dec 2024
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The Next Generation Social Sciences programme, launched in June 2011, responds to a shortage of experienced faculty in African higher education. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program provides fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-career f
Published: 11 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
The complexity of issues facing the U.S. government has never been greater. It is imperative that we look at new and innovative ways to bring in the talent and knowledge of the private sector, in a collaborative effort, to face these challenges. To tap into the knowledge of expert American citizens,
Published: 10 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Oct 2024
The Maxwell King Scholarship (MKS) is named after Professor Maxwell King, who has made an outstanding contribution to graduate research at Monash University, including eight years as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training). This prestigious scholarship is available to help support a
Published: 10 Oct 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Australia Deadline: 31 Oct 2024
The Mawazo Institute is seeking applications for its 2025 Mawazo Fellowship Programme. This non-residential fellowship is aimed at African women pursuing their PhD studies in any field at accredited universities in Africa. The goal of the programme is to build a network of African women* experts who
Published: 10 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 Nov 2024
The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl
Published: 10 Oct 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 03 Dec 2024
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Annually, postgraduate grants and scholarships are awarded to qualified postgraduate Nigerian students, to enable them fund for their studies while studying abroad or in Nigeria.
You can benefit from these grants for postgraduate funded by organizations and universities, by applying for various study opportunities which present themselves as – either postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students or postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students.
Or by applying to postgraduate study abroad scholarships, which provide you with the chance to study at a university overseas.
Below are some of such scholarships which provide postgraduate sponsorship for students like you:
To become a postgraduate scholar, there are eligibility criteria you should meet, especially if you are applying for postgraduate study abroad scholarships.
However, while respective awarding organizations have requirements that are specific them, they’re also general requirements which you must before you are qualified for a scholarship for postgraduate abroad studies.
Some of those requirements are:
Dear applicant, before you can be selected for any of the available scholarships for post graduates, you first have to apply for the scholarship you are interested in and submit all the required documents.
Although this may seem like an easy thing to do (which it is), a simple mistake can cause your application to be rejected by the organisation or university, so you want to do it right.
If you have applied for scholarships in the past and have been rejected, or are applying for the first time, this is how to apply for an online post graduate scholarship.
Application Process:
To apply for a postgraduate scholarship, these are the steps you should take:
Before you apply:
