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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
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to be partnering with The Mastercard Foundation to foster the next generation of African leaders. After supporting over 171 Mastercard Foundation Scholars in its first phase, The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC will provide 351 academ
Published: 03 Sep 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Canada Deadline: 31 Oct 2024
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has received funding of CAD 1.5 million from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, to implement a project entitled Women and Clean Energy in West Africa (WOCEWA). WOCEWA has been designed to contribute to t
Published: 03 Sep 2024 Type: Masters Deadline: 03 Oct 2024
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A Princeton in Africa fellowship experience is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for personal and professional development and growth. It is often described as a way to get a foot in the door of the field of development on the African continent. It is also an opportunity to join a growing community of pas
Published: 02 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 27 Oct 2024
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The Craig Buck Andrews PhD Scholarship in Financial Reporting and Financial Management is an endowed scholarship established by the late Craig Andrews of Washington DC, through the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation. Through the course of his career Mr Andrews worked on World Bank proje
Published: 02 Sep 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified
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Raise your international profile, build your professional networks and business connections, and win a trip to the UK: just some of the benefits of winning a prestigious Alumni Award.
Published: 01 Sep 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 21 Oct 2024
The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at the Wits Business School (University of the Witwatersrand), with the support of the Mastercard Foundation invites applications for Doctoral Fellowship on the Non-Profit Sector and its Contribution to African Economies&nbs
Published: 30 Aug 2024 Type: Ph.D Value: $30,000 Deadline: 16 Sep 2024
Eastern's most prestigious award for incoming first-year students, the Presidential Scholarship, covers full tuition and room and board for four years (valued at approximately $100,000). Presidential Scholars are active and engaged members of The Honors College at EMU, complementing their academ
Published: 30 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United States Value: $100,000 Deadline: 13 Dec 2024
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At TU Delft a number of scholarships are available for excellent international applicants. Justus & Louise Van Effen Excellence Scholarships are financed by the legacy of Justus and Louise van Effen. Mr. van Effen studied at TU Delft in the 1940’s and strongly believed technological develo
Published: 29 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Dec 2024
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The Mandela Washington Fellowship will bring up to 700 young leaders to the United States in the summer of 2025 for a comprehensive executive-style program that is designed to build skills and empower Fellows to lead in their respective sectors and communities. The Mandela Washington Fellowship d
Published: 29 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 12 Sep 2024
TWAS offers fellowships to young scientists in developing countries to enable them to spend three to 12 months at a research institution in a developing country other than their own. The purpose of these fellowships is to enhance the research capacity of promising scientists, especially those at the
Published: 27 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 07 Oct 2024
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The Global Excellence Scholarship is offered by the University of Dundee to international students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance. The scholarship is available for both undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolling in eligible full-time, on-campus courses starting in Sept
Published: 26 Aug 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £5,000 Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
Welcome to the Commonwealth Youth Ocean Hackathon! This hackathon is an exciting initiative of the Commonwealth Blue Charter Ocean Youth Working Group. Leading up to the Ocean Symposium, this challenge aims to harness the creativity and innovation of youth across Commonwealth countries in
Published: 24 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
The purpose of the Debut in Research: Young Talents from Africa Prize is to help new generations of African researchers to emerge, offering them the opportunity to attend a PhD course in cooperation with prestigious Italian universities and research institutes and supporting their research and
Published: 24 Aug 2024 Type: Postgraduate Value: Euros 25,000.00 Deadline: 20 Dec 2024
This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of architecture. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.
Published: 22 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Value: 992 euros Deadline: 25 Sep 2024
Are you a national of an ARES partner country? Do you have a higher education degree? Do you have professional experience and would you like to deepen your skills in a development-related topic? The ARES scholarships offer you the opportunity to follow a one-year advanced bachelor’s or mast
Published: 21 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Belgium Deadline: 18 Oct 2024
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The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) is an African-led initiative that aims to close the skills gap in the applied sciences, engineering and technology (ASET) necessary for socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Reg
Published: 20 Aug 2024 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 16 Sep 2024
Khalifa University of Science and Technology offers the following scholarships to support qualified international students enrolled in postgraduate programs. The University reserves the right to make changes to the published scholarship benefits and conditions without prior notice. Khalifa Univer
Published: 20 Aug 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Arab Emirates Deadline: 02 Sep 2024
Masters Scholarships are scholarships for excellence awarded, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high level. UNIL grants around ten scholarships a year. The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period
Published: 19 Aug 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Switzerland Value: CHF1,600 Deadline: 01 Nov 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:
