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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
University of Sussex Chancellor's Masters Scholarships are available for First Class graduates from institutions in the UK or Ireland. There are only 100 scholarships available, so there is a competitive application process. Applications are invited from qualified students who meet the requir
Published: 09 May 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Aug 2024
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Forward is a virtual learning program that boosts the careers of high-potential young professionals by equipping them with a broad set of capabilities to help them thrive. It focuses on critical skills needed for success in the future of work, such as digital essentials, structured-thinking skills,
Published: 08 May 2024 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 14 May 2024
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Are you a young Nigerian passionate about shaping policies that impact your generation? The European Union (EU) is offering you a unique opportunity to be heard and make a difference through its Youth Sounding Board. This initiative aims to integrate the voices and perspectives of Nigerian youth int
Published: 08 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 07 Jun 2024
In line with initiatives aimed at enhancing the international attractiveness of its academic programs, the University of Siena is providing grants to honor distinguished international students and encourage their enrollment in selected Master’s degree programs (Lauree Magistrali).
Published: 06 May 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Value: Euros 10,000 Deadline: 06 May 2024
The University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has been offering scholarships for high-achieving African students who studied undergraduate and postgraduate levels since January 2014. The Foundation will be entering into a new phase in January 2024 and it will tar
Published: 06 May 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
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Degree Education Programs sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China is designed to foster high-end business officials and managerial personnel for the recipient countries, offering one-year and two-year master programs as well as three-year doctoral programs for the p
Published: 06 May 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China Deadline: 31 May 2024
Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) Limited, on behalf of the NNPC/NAE PSC, is committed to the training and development of manpower as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. In pursuance of this, NAE invites applications from suitably qualified and interested Nigerian graduates
Published: 03 Apr 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 21 May 2024
The Impact West Africa Fellowship program equips changemakers from the region with the skills and support needed to tackle common challenges that affect close to half a billion people across the region’s 17 countries. Each Impact Fellow will participate in an intensive 12-month journey to help
Published: 03 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Jun 2024
This programme is jointly funded by POGO and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. The Programme has been a success for around 20 years, with 190 fellowships awarded si
Published: 03 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 12 May 2024
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As we celebrate our 90th anniversary in 2024, we are delighted to announce a new research partnership with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh. We are awarding two 12-month fellowships starting in January 2025 –
Published: 03 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Value: £2,500 Deadline: 26 Jul 2024
The ECOWAS Commission, serving as the Secretariat for the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF), in collaboration with the Government of Senegal, is planning to host the 16th edition of the WAIGF from July 11 to 12, 2024. Preceding the WAIGF, the 7th West African School on Internet Governanc
Published: 03 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Senegal Deadline: 15 May 2024
In partnership with the University of Sheffield Africa Scholarship Trust, the Department of Geography is pleased to offer one scholarship for a postgraduate taught student from Africa in 2024.
Published: 02 May 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 28 May 2024
This fellowship empowers entrepreneurs across the United States and the globe leveraging technology to increase social and financial inclusion and close equity gaps in wealth, education, and accessibility.The EquityTech Fellowship is run with support from Capital One, Deloitte, Amazon Web Services (
Published: 02 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 May 2024
The Global Advanced Fellowship is a mid-career postdoctoral award. The scheme will create a career pathway for Global Health researchers from the UK and low and middle income countries to become research leaders.The Global Advanced Fellowship is for postdoctoral researchers at all levels. The NIHR G
Published: 01 May 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: £750,000 Deadline: 11 Jul 2024
Each year the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training provides funding to Universities to award scholarships to domestic and international students undertaking Higher Degree Research programs. ANU currently conducts two annual central scholarship rounds which includes the AGRTP, t
Published: 01 May 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Value: USD 36,652 Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
Our newest scholarship is designed specifically for MBA students in the US and Canada. We’re thrilled to announce our new MBA scholarship! MPOWER will be awarding up to US$10,000 to support international students. You must be pursuing an MBA at one of our supported schools to apply, but you
Published: 01 May 2024 Type: MBA Study in: Canada, United States Deadline: 30 Jun 2024
The African Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce Olusegun Obasanjo prize for Scientific discovery and/or Technological innovation. The African Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce Olusegun Obasanjo prize for Scientific discovery and/or Technological innovation intended to reward and h
Published: 30 Apr 2024 Type: Ph.D Value: USD 5,000.00 Deadline: 03 May 2024
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The Eira Francis Davies Scholarship is a full tuition fee scholarship ordinarily awarded to one outstanding female student per academic year. The student must be a national of and resident in an eligible developing country, who pursues a postgraduate taught Master’s programme within the Facult
Published: 30 Apr 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 26 May 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:
