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
The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa. With this programme, Wageningen wants to support capacity building in Africa by attr
Published: 30 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2024
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – the country’s national research university is offering full scholarships international Masters and PhD students willing to study in South Korea. The KAIST scholarship is offered to 94% of all admitted students into the universit
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 14 Sep 2023
This DAAD Masters Scholarships programme offers you the opportunity to continue your academic education in Germany with a postgraduate course of study. This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your academic education in Germany with a postgraduate
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Aug 2023
We are looking for young graduates in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Geology and Geophysics, interested in attending the 2nd level Specializing Master MiNDS’ programme in Natural Resources Development and Storage realized by Eni in partnership with Politecnico di Torino, that aimed to deve
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Deadline: 04 Sep 2023
The Tongarewa Scholarships celebrate the University's commitment to our international student community. We award a range of these scholarships to international students each year. This is a partial fee-based scholarship that will go towards tuition fees for one year of study. Applicants can be
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 01 Sep 2023
The University College Cork, Ireland is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2023 Masters Scholarships. The scholarships will enable highly motivated students from developing countries gain skills and knowledge to make an immense impact on issues bordering on their professional lives
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 29 Sep 2023
The British Council through the Scotland SGSAH is pleased to announce the commencement of application for the British Council Scotland SGSAH Earth Scholarships 2024 for international research collaborations between PhD and Early Career Researchers and Scottish Institutions. Th
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Nov 2023
Introducing the Mastercard Foundation Associate Program, a new initiative to provide young people with 12-month entry-level roles to develop competencies and capabilities in leadership, employability, and basic entrepreneurship knowledge and skills.
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Sep 2023
Enterprise Fellowships is a 12-month accelerator programme for creative and entrepreneurial engineers who have an impactful innovation ready to commercialise at the seed or pre-seed stage. Over the course of the year, we will equip you with the confidence, skills, exper
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 29 Aug 2023
The African Union (AU) Media Fellowship is a prestigious program that aims to empower African media professionals, journalists and content creators to promote development- focused stories using emerging technologies. The Information and Communication Directorate of the AU launched the AU Media Fello
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Sep 2023
The goal of this Fellowship Program is to strengthen capacity for global mental health implementation science in South and Central Asia and/or East Africa. The Fellowship Program is a joint initiative of the Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Global Health and
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Sep 2023
The Indigenous Fellowship Programme was launched in 1997 by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the context of the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. The aim of the programme is to give indigenous persons the opportunity to gain knowledge a
Published: 25 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Sep 2023
The Allan Gray Centre for Africa Entrepreneurship (AGCAE) resides in the School of ?Public Leadership (SPL), within the faculty of Economic and Management? Sciences. The AGCAE creates, integrates and diffuses knowledge to improve data-and-dialogue driven entrepreneurial ecosystem
Published: 24 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 22 Sep 2023
The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship (UES) is a highly selective programme for talented international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA = the EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) who wish to study for a master’s degree at Utrecht University. The funds for
Published: 24 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2024
Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates who are interested in obtaining an MBA degree at the University of Oxford to apply for the Skoll Scholarship for MBA Studies for the 2024 academic session. The Skoll Scholarship for Oxford MBA provides full funding p
Published: 08 Jan 2024 Type: MBA Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 05 Jan 2024
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, is financing the Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship position. Established in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation aims to support good governance and great leadership in Africa. The Foundation works to: Stimulate debate on good governance; Provide criteria by which cit
Published: 23 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Oct 2023
With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD promotes the training of specialists from development and newly industrialised countries. Well-trained local experts, who are networked with international partners, play an important part in the sustainable development of their co
Published: 22 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Oct 2023
Applications are invited from qualified postgraduate candidates for the Oxford Pershing Square Scholarship for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. The Pershing Square Foundation awards full scholarships to support outstanding students on the 1+1 MBA, covering both the Master&rsq
Published: 22 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 05 Jan 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: