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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
The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) offer a unique opportunity to study a two-year Master’s degree in a low or middle-income Commonwealth country. Aimed at students who are committed to creating change in their communities, the scholarships are a life-changing opportu
Published: 16 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Deadline: 04 Jun 2025
This is a scholarship which covers full fees for one student (EU or non EU) each year in DCU’s full-time MSc in Digital Marketing. Established in 2008, this scholarship was set up to honour the memory of John Thompson, one of the Ireland’s leading newspaper executives. With a career span
Published: 15 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 30 Jul 2025
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We are excited to announce THREE Ferguson scholarships for September 2025. These scholarships are supported by the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust who are dedicated to improving educational opportunities for students who would not otherwise be able to consider studying
Published: 14 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
A one-year, fully-funded master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to build a global community of future leaders who will serve to deepen understanding between China and the rest of the world. Every year, a new class is selected to represent the world’s next generat
Published: 14 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
The University of Edinburgh offers several Edinburgh Surgery Online Global Scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. These scholarships support students enrolling in the MSc Surgical Sciences (Online Learning) program. Each scholarship covers full tuition fees and includes a contribution towards
Published: 11 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Deadline: 05 May 2025
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The Commonwealth Distance Learning programme is one of three Master’s programmes offered by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission. The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC) provides the UK government scholarship scheme led by international development objectives. It operate
Published: 11 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 20 May 2025
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: 09 Apr 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 27 Apr 2025
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 5 scholarships to visiting scho
Published: 04 Apr 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Italy Deadline: 31 May 2025
As part of its longstanding commitment to growing its population of excellent postgraduate researchers, the University is offering a number of Diamond Jubilee Research Scholarships. These awards will cover the full tuition fee for International and UK postgraduate research students, commencing study
Published: 03 Apr 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 11 Apr 2025
The scholarship aims to support students from all over the world who wish to advance their educational career in any discipline at the university. The award is for 1 or 2 years Master’s degree programme.
Published: 01 Apr 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Dec 2025
Ashesi University and the Mastercard Foundation have been engaged in partnership since the launch of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme in 2012. Ashesi was among the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program’s nine pioneering partners. Hundreds of Mastercard Foundation Scholars have enr
Published: 31 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: 14 Jun 2025
Australia Awards Scholarships are long-term awards administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.They aim to contribute to the development needs of Australia's partner countries in line with bilateral and regional agreements. They provide opportunities for people from developing
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 30 Apr 2025
The NDDC Postgraduate Scholarship is an initiative of the Niger Delta Development Cooperation under the sponsorship of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is offering a foreign post graduate scholarship program as part of its human resource development
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 20 Apr 2025
The University of Glasgow African Excellence Award aims to support high achieving students from across Africa in their journey to become Future World Changers. We are looking for students who wish to undertake Masters level study, to further develop their knowledge and skills, in order to posi
Published: 24 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
The International Statistics and Epidemiology Partnership (ISEP) MSc in Medical Statistics Fellowship Scheme is for students from sub-Saharan Africa and comprises of one year of MSc study, followed by a year’s placement at one of ISEP’s partner research centres in Africa: MRC/UVRI &
Published: 21 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
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The Mandela Rhodes Scholarships Programme combines financial support for postgraduate studies and a high-quality leadership development programme, to build exceptional leadership capacity in Africa. A Mandela Rhodes Scholarship enables a Scholar to study at a South African tertiary institution re
Published: 17 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 21 Apr 2025
Applications are now open for the University of Kent 2025 Alumni Postgraduate Research Scholarship for Kent Graduates. This scholarship, for alumni of the University of Kent, was inaugurated in 1995 and has been awarded annually since. It is funded entirely through gifts from alumni and friends of t
Published: 11 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 11 Jul 2025
The project UNICORE 2025 offers refugee students the opportunity to attend a master’s degree programme at an Italian university. The project University Corridors for Refugees UNICORE 7.0 is promoted by Italian universities with the support of UNHCR, Italian Ministry of Foreign A
Published: 11 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Deadline: 18 Apr 2025
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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:
