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
Thanks to a generous gift from ISU alumni Jim (’78 agricultural business) and Marcia (’78 family environment) Borel, the Borel Global Fellows Program was launched in 2018. The Borel Global Fellows Program supports students from Sub-Saharan Africa to pursue graduate studies at Iowa State
Published: 17 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme was established in 2015 thanks to generous donations from multiple donors to mark the 95th birthday of Lord Weidenfeld. In June 2017, Trustee and Chairman André Hoffmann made an additional donation of £9m to the Tr
Published: 16 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
This January we are offering a small number of scholarships for newly enrolled Postgraduate students. They are worth £5,000 towards the first year of study. We are looking for enthusiastic champions who can represent Kingston and support us with our recruitment and marketing work. You wil
Published: 15 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 27 Nov 2023
GREAT Scholarships offers numerous scholarships from UK universities, across a variety of subjects for students from the countries below. Each scholarship is worth a minimum of £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year postgraduate course. On each country’s dedicated page
Published: 15 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The Cambridge MBA is one of the world’s leading business programmes, taught at one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Scholarship recipients become members of Pembroke College, the third oldest and one of the most highly regarded colleges.The Boustany MBA Cambridge Scholars
Published: 15 Nov 2023 Type: MBA Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 15 May 2024
With support from its “Special Research Fund” (BOF) Ghent University grants PhD “sandwich” scholarships to promising PhD students from developing countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University ('North') and half at a university in a dev
Published: 15 Nov 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: Belgium Deadline: 20 Feb 2024
Thousands of students from all around the world apply for higher educational studies in Hungary each year. The number of Stipendium Hungaricum applicants is continuously increasing as well as the number of available scholarship places. The programme is based on bilateral educational cooperation a
Published: 15 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Hungary Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
The Wadsworth African Fellowships are intended to provide support for African students undertaking study leading to a Ph.D. at a South African university that can provide them with international-level training in anthropology (including biological anthropology and archaeology). Currently applic
Published: 15 Nov 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Dec 2023
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the best universities in the world. UBC’s vision is to create an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and
Published: 14 Nov 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Canada Deadline: 01 Dec 2023
Our Global Graduate Development Programme (GGDP) provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance your career. It is a 2-year structured development programme for young graduates, combining formal development (in partnership with Duke Corporate Education and the MTN Academy) and on-the-job l
Published: 14 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified
The Hasselts University Scholarship offers twelve students from developing countries a scholarship to obtain a master’s degree in Transportation Sciences (specialization: Road Safety). Applications are now open. The International Course Programme (ICP) anually offers twelve students fr
Published: 14 Nov 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Belgium Deadline: 01 Feb 2024
For the academic year of 2024/25, yet another 1000+ applicants received the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship and will study at the University of Debrecen for free. Apply and be part of a great international student community in the heart of Europe Stipendium Hungaricum, being the most
Published: 13 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Hungary Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
The Judicial Fellowship Programme, formerly known as the University Traineeship Programme, was established in 1999 to enable recent law graduates to gain professional experience by working for the International Court of Justice. The programme aims to improve participants’ understanding of publ
Published: 13 Nov 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 05 Feb 2024
The Sterling Momship is a recruitment program designed to empower stay-at-home moms and moms like yourself who are ready to embark on a new adventure-returning to work! The program is dedicated to redefining traditional work structures and creating a world where motherhood and professional s
Published: 12 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: Not Specified
Dell Technologies has launched the annual graduation project competition for senior undergraduate students from universities in Middle East, Africa and Turkey. The competition is intended to spark the creativity of students for their graduation projects to play an active role in the T
Published: 11 Nov 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Nov 2024
The Ecole normale supérieure aims at varying its students’ profiles and incorporates students to be enrolled in the 3rd year of bachelor (licence 3) or 1st year of master (master 1), coming from all over the world and from all disciplines. The competitive examination of the Internationa
Published: 10 Nov 2023 Type: Masters Study in: France Deadline: 11 Dec 2023
BI Presidential Scholarships are awarded to students who possess an outstanding record of superior academic achievement. The Presidential Scholarships are open to Norwegian and international applicants. Please note: You may apply for more than one scholarship; however, BI Norwegian Business
Published: 10 Nov 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Norway Deadline: 01 Mar 2024
Iso Lomso means ‘the eye of tomorrow’ in isiXhosa: seeing towards the future, laying the foundations for tomorrow. The programme is aimed at African scholars who have obtained a doctoral degree within the preceding seven years and who hold an academic position at a university or research
Published: 10 Nov 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Feb 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: