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
HTW Berlin, the largest university of applied sciences in Berlin, offers an 18-month full-time Master’s degree programme in “International and Development Economics” (MIDE), taught entirely in English. Designed for students from developing and transitional countries as well as from
Published: 03 Jul 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada's ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier Scholars demonst
Published: 03 Jul 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Canada Value: $50,000 Deadline: 30 Oct 2024
The Government of Hong Kong Full-Tuition Scholarships offer an exceptional opportunity for aspiring educators in Nigeria. This prestigious scholarship allows two students to pursue a four-year Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education (ECE) at the Yew Chung College of Childhood Ed
Published: 02 Jul 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Hong Kong Deadline: 31 Jul 2024
The Ireland Fellows Programme promotes gender equality, equal opportunity, and welcomes diversity. Our Development Policy is aligned with SDG 16 on building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, and we are encouraging applications from the broadest possible base. The Progr
Published: 02 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Jul 2024
The Getty Scholars Program supports innovative research about art, conceived in the broadest terms, and its histories, by providing a locus for international scholars to forge collaborations across disciplines and professional practices, while also developing new audiences for their work. During the
Published: 02 Jul 2024 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 01 Oct 2024
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the Federal Government agency with the mandate of developing indigenous human capacity and petroleum technology to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the Overseas MSc and PhD schola
Published: 01 Jul 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: France, Germany, Malaysia, United Kingdom Deadline: 08 Jul 2024
The Adam Smith Business School offers a prestigious combined MRes/PhD training scheme in Economics. It starts with the 2 years MRes programme. Candidates who complete the MRes at a sufficiently high level will be given priority for admission into the 3-4 years PhD stage. The University of Glasgow
Published: 27 Jun 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Value: £15,245 Deadline: 01 Jul 2024
The United Nations – Nippon Foundation Fellowship provides Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing States with advanced training on ocean affairs and the law of the sea, as well as related disciplines, including marine science in support of management frameworks.
Published: 27 Jun 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Sep 2024
The West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) at Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) in Wa, Ghana, is pleased to announce applications for the 2024/2025 academic year. Under the prestigious DAAD Scholarship program, schol
Published: 26 Jun 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Ghana Deadline: 15 Jul 2024
The West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) at Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) in Wa, Ghana, is pleased to announce applications for the 2024/2025 academic year. Under the prestigious DAAD Scholarship program, schol
Published: 26 Jun 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: 15 Jul 2024
The University of Southern Denmark offers a limited number of scholarships through the Danish Government Scholarship programme to highly qualified applicants in recognition of the important investment that overseas students make during their education.
Published: 25 Jun 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Denmark Deadline: 01 Sep 2024
The Kochi University of Technology (KUT) Special Scholarship Program (SSP) on research projects in the field of Engineering for International Doctoral applicants, Japan 2024/2025. The Special Scholarship Program (SSP) was established in 2004 in order to support the advanced research of the u
Published: 25 Jun 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Japan Deadline: 13 Sep 2024
UICC’s Technical Fellowships provide cancer professionals the chance to gain new knowledge, skills and techniques in cancer control through short learning visits of two weeks to two months’ duration. This specific fellowship opportunity was originally launched in 1976, and was calle
Published: 24 Jun 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 12 Aug 2024
Based on the Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the Canon Foundation in Europe (CFE) and Kyoto University (KU), the Canon Foundation-Kyoto University Japan-Africa Exchange Program started in 2018. The program offers fellowships to highly qualified researcher
Published: 22 Jun 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Japan Deadline: 15 Oct 2024
The Academy Scholars Program of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their academic careers whose work combines excellence in a social science discipline with a command of the language and knowledge or expertise of countr
Published: 21 Jun 2024 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 20 Sep 2024
As an integral component of the Presidential Amnesty Programme's strategic goals to reintegrate Niger Delta ex-agitators, a well funded scholarship program is available to candidates that want to acquire tertiary education from selected institutions in Nigeria. This formal education scholarship,
Published: 21 Jun 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 19 Jul 2024
The Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas: We support you with your research in Germany. Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the
Published: 21 Jun 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 29 Nov 2024
Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Tom Queba Memorial Fund and Pegasys invites applications for scholarships for Honours and Masters study at South African universities in 2025. We will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years and an opportunity to enhance your acade
Published: 20 Jun 2024 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Value: R85,000 Deadline: 22 Jul 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: