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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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In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of York is offering 5 scholarships to some international students applying for a variety of postgraduate courses. The GREAT Scholarship 2024 programme, launched by the British Council together with 72 UK univer
Published: 19 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £10,000 Deadline: 20 May 2024
TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in the departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) for a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months in one of the following fields: Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics (Experimental and
Published: 19 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy Deadline: 01 Jul 2024
NDDC Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) offers Masters and PhD Scholarships for Nigerian students from the Niger Delta to study abroad. As part of our Human Resource Development initiatives, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is commenc
Published: 18 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 13 May 2024
The Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy is a program that aims to build skills, awareness, and a nuanced perspective among young people to tackle challenges in various fields including the public sector. The program will offer first-hand experience into the process of governance at a State governme
Published: 18 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 25 Jun 2024
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in
Published: 17 Apr 2024 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
In order to promote international cooperation, particularly with Developing Countries (as classified by the World Bank in low, lower middle and upper middle income economies) the University of Pavia and EDiSU (Institute of the Right to University Studies) are offering 6 scholarships to visiting scho
Published: 17 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Italy Deadline: 31 May 2024
Our Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Award offers £5,000 fee reduction for self-funded international students across our postgraduate taught courses. This scholarship was designed to reward exceptional students with excellent academic records and a passion for creating positive change in th
Published: 18 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £5,000 Deadline: 31 Jul 2024
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This award is available to young African women, particularly from conflict-affected contexts, interested in pursuing research, policy and practice careers in the field/s of peace, security and development. The fellowship programme is designed to expose African women to security and peacebuilding app
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Apr 2024
This award is available to young African scholars who are interested in pursuing research and academiccareers in peace, security, and development. It encompasses an eighteen-month period, comprising rigorous academic research, writing and policy analysis in the field of peace and security, and
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Apr 2024
The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (known as Public Policy and Good Governance) supports future leaders from developing countries (see list of countries), who want to promote democracy and social justice in their home countries. The programme, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, off
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Value: € 934 Deadline: 31 Jul 2024
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The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social, and research-based growth. The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellows
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Value: $70,000 Deadline: 17 Sep 2024
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The Junior Professionals Program is an opportunity for qualified, professional women in West Africa to transform their passion for international relief and development work into a career with Catholic Relief Services. Over a 12-month period, each Junior Professional will build core skills while work
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Masters Deadline: 30 Jun 2024
As part of its African Languages and Translation Program, The Africa Institute invites applications to the fourth cohort of the Global Africa Translation Fellowship for the year 2024. This is a non-residential fellowship that allows the recipient scholar to complete the work outside of
Published: 12 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: $5,000 Deadline: 01 Jun 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 ACU Higher Education & the SDGs Challenge Grants. Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants fund collaborative work around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Open to professional and academic staff at ACU member univers
Published: 12 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Value: GBP 2,500 Deadline: 02 Jun 2024
With a view to promoting human resource capacities in the developing countries and to enhancing international understanding and friendship among nations and peoples , the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology, and Engineering at the AGH Universi
Published: 12 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Poland Deadline: 10 May 2024
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The London School of Economics and Political Science is delighted to announce the Ambassador E.O. Kolade scholarship for bright African students applying to the Masters programmes for the upcoming 2024/25 academic year.
Published: 11 Apr 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £27,400 Deadline: 25 Apr 2024
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TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India, offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences Applicants are encouraged to apply for the preliminary acceptance letter as early as
Published: 11 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: India Deadline: 01 Jul 2024
The scholarship programme “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) aims to support the academic qualification and advancement of young refugees and national scholars from Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Mauritania at higher education institutions in Germany. In time
Published: 11 Apr 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 07 Jun 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:
