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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
Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship is back with its 2024 edition, presenting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for African students and recent graduates. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur looking to elevate your game, this fellowship might be the stepping stone
Published: 17 Oct 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Dec 2023
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The University of Cambridge has opened application window for all scholarships that require you to apply to the University of Cambridge via the normal online application form, and most scholarships that require you to apply by the relevant deadline. Application Deadlines: 4 Underg
Published: 17 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified
The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship programme supports passionate, locally rooted and globally minded African young people to undertake graduate studies at the University of Oxford. The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship programme is grounded in the Mastercard Foundation, and AfOx shared
Published: 16 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
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From 2017 onwards, the Joint Master’s Programme is part of a selected group of international postgraduate programmes that benefits from the EPOS funding scheme offered by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The joint M.Sc. programme provides postgraduate students with detailed know
Published: 13 Oct 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Dec 2023
McGill University and The Mastercard Foundation are pleased to offer full scholarships to economically challenged, academically gifted Master’s students from Sub-Saharan Africa through The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. This scholarship program is designed to sponsor out
Published: 13 Oct 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Canada Deadline: 01 Dec 2023
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The African Legal Impact Scholarship was developed to encourage enrollment of students from Africa seeking advanced legal education in University of California, Berkeley. Because funds are extremely limited, the African Legal Impact Scholarship can only be provided to two outstanding appli
Published: 11 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 18 Dec 2023
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is now accepting applications for the 2024 DHS Fellows Program. The DHS Fellows Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is designed to increase the capacity of countries to conduct further analysis
Published: 10 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 12 Nov 2023
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If you are a high performing undergraduate or Master's student and have a strong desire to undertake a PhD programme at a world-class research institution, a President's PhD Scholarship could provide you with the outstanding opportunity to receive full funding for tuition fees and
Published: 09 Oct 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
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The EMMIE program is funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) program which seeks to grant financial assistance to the very best students. Erasmus Mundus Master in Impact Entrepreneurship (EMMIE) is a specially designed and dedicated master’s program
Published: 09 Oct 2023 Type: Masters Deadline: 31 May 2024
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for the OpenAI Residency Program designed to help bridge the knowledge gap for exceptional researchers and engineers in other fields to gain the critical skills and knowledge to transition their careers into the AI &
Published: 09 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified
development program for established community leaders working to improve their communities by addressing issues related to the democracy and human rights, environment, peace and conflict resolution, and women and gender. CSP includes a four-month hands-on U.S. practicum, personalized leadership coac
Published: 08 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 01 Nov 2023
Master of Arts in China Studies with a curriculum that covers six broad categories: Literature and Culture; History and Archaeology; Philosophy and Religion; Politics and International Relations; Economics and Management; and Law and Society. Academy courses will be available in both English a
Published: 08 Oct 2023 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: 03 Dec 2023
AfOx Catalyst Grants provide seed funding to support?the development of collaborative research between researchers based in African research institutions and at the University of Oxford. Catalyst Grants are open to all disciplines. Over the last 5 years, we have awarded over 200 Catal
Published: 06 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 27 Oct 2023
The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering awards a number of full fee scholarships to outstanding PhD applicants annually. International students can apply for the Electrical & Electronic Engineering Scholarships and a number of other scholarships made available by the en
Published: 05 Oct 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Oct 2023
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) launched applications for the second intake of its unique African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI), a novel one-year intensive foundational master’s program that will provide brilliant young Africans with state-of-the-art training
Published: 05 Oct 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Rwanda Deadline: 31 Oct 2023
USIP’s Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to students enrolled in U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics broadly related to conflict management, peacebuilding and relevant security studies. Since 1988, the program has supported the d
Published: 03 Oct 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 16 Nov 2023
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The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs. Its purpose is to train future foreign decision-makers in the
Published: 01 Oct 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: France Deadline: 10 Jan 2024
If you are a high performing undergraduate or Master’s student and have a strong desire to undertake a PhD programme at a world class research institution, you could be selected to receive full tuition fees and a generous stipend for a PhD place at Imperial College London. The Presid
Published: 29 Sep 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
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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:
