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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
MaModAfrica Consortium, will offer eight fully funded positions in this prestigious new doctoral program. Most of the recruited students will be based in our three focus countries (Rwanda, Benin, and Mozambique) in partnership with universities and research institutions across Af
Published: 20 Feb 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda Deadline: 17 Mar 2023
The programme seeks to provide fully funded opportunities to students from low-income countries to be able to carry out their research and be mentored by reputable scholars. ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorsh
Published: 02 Feb 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 30 Apr 2023
These scholarships are open to all nationalities and across all research areas, and will be of interest to students of the highest calibre who have the commitment and desire to work on challenging research projects in a world leading research environment. This funding is available to students und
Published: 02 Feb 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Mar 2023
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The Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies has a generous scholarship available for an excellent female student from Asia or Africa, who wishes to start the three-year programme in Theology on the 1st of September 2023.The master programme in Theology is one of the most cult
Published: 01 Feb 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Apr 2023
MINDS offers scholarships to Africans who wish to pursue post-graduate studies within Africa, outside of their own countries. Through tailored leadership development activities, the MINDS Scholarship Program aims to nurture leaders with a continental development mindset; leaders who will f
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified
The Leakey Foundation offers Baldwin Fellowship Research Grants/training for applicants from developing countries in the field of human origins, including paleoanthropology, primate behavior, and studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups to study at Home and host institutions. Eligible coun
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Mar 2023
The Humphrey Fellowship Programme, a Fulbright Exchange, builds connections between U.S. and foreign leaders to advance solutions to the most pressing global challenges, from combatting climate change to protecting human rights, increasing access to education, and building global health security.
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified
The Einstein Forum and the Daimler and Benz Foundation are offering a fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project in a different field from that of their previous research. The purpose of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing superb work in th
Published: 26 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 May 2023
The Korea International Cooperation Agency KOICA through the Capacity Improvement and Advancement for Tomorrow CIAT is currently welcoming applications for KOICA Scholarship Program for Developing Countries. The KOICA Scholarship Program for Developing Countries is designed to
Published: 24 Jan 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: Korea, Republic of Deadline: 20 Mar 2023
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University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland is one of the world's top universities and is the most popular university for international students in Ireland. Each year, UCD offers a number of Global Excellence Scholarship to international students (on non-EU fees) who are starting a course at
Published: 17 Jan 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
The World Congress Travel Grant programme aims to foster neuroscience research by providing support to scientists from diverse geographical and scientific areas, who wish to participate in the 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. The 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience will be host
Published: 17 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 28 Mar 2023
The Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is a scheme aimed at supporting men and women from developing nations who wish to undertake a postgraduate degree in a development-related field. The JJ/WBGSP offers scholarship opportunities for about 26 participating prog
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Japan Deadline: 28 Feb 2023
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The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. This includes pioneering wo
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 17 Feb 2023
Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship (KIF) is a one-year non-partisan leadership training programme for young Nigerians between the ages of 25 and 35. The one-year fellowship aims to create a network of high potential young Nigerians who are expected to rise to top leadership positions in the public sector and
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 08 Feb 2023
The one-year Fellowship aims to create a network of high potential young Nigerians who are expected to rise to top leadership positions in the public sector and other spheres of activity over the next decade. Established in 2018, KIF is an initiative of the Kaduna State Government (KDSG).&nb
Published: 10 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Mar 2023
The ICGEB SMART Fellowship programme promotes the mobility of researchers between ICGEB Member States as a way of enhancing skill development, acquisition of specific hands-on training in new technologies and increasing cooperation in science and technology and should show clear evidence o
Published: 09 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: India Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
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Applications are open for 2023 Chinese Government Scholarship.The scholarship is offered at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). Founded in 1920,Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) with science, engineering and research as its core, encompassing management and liberal arts, economy an
Published: 09 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China Deadline: 18 Feb 2023
The MINDS Scholarship Programme for Leadership Development in Africa was successfully launched in 2017, bringing to realisation our vision of developing young leaders who have a continent-wide development mindset and leaders who can facilitate greater cooperation between African countries.
Published: 29 Dec 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Afghanistan, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda 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:
