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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
This scholarship was set up in 2009 to commemorate the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred by the University on the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu. During the graduation ceremony Archbishop Tutu spoke of the historic links between Africa and the University of Edinburgh: “Some of our
Published: 16 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Deadline: 06 Apr 2022
The scholarship (max 15.000 euro) is open to individuals from developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts applying to a Master’s degree programme. After the completion of the master programme the awardee comm
Published: 15 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: Not Specified
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University of Birmingham is delighted to be offering a major scholarship for international students, the Global Masters Scholarship, an award of £10,000 to provide support for you to study in the U.K. Birmingham has a proud heritage of removing barriers to education to enable the most acade
Published: 15 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Jun 2022
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The Women in Finance and Tech Scholarship is aimed to inspire talented female candidates to pursue graduate studies and a career in finance or technology. BI Norwegian Business School is committed to the UN Sustainability Goals. In particular, BI aims to support efforts towards achieving gender e
Published: 14 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Norway Deadline: 01 Mar 2022
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The SI Scholarship for Global Professionals aims to develop future global leaders that will contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and contribute to a positive and sustainable development in their home countries and regions. In 2022 the Swedish Institute will grant
Published: 14 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
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The goal of the programme is to enhance the knowledge and skills of future leaders with the perspective of contributing to capacity development and poverty reduction in their home countries. All programmes of the ETH Zurich continuing education programme (MAS/CAS/DAS) are eligible for the
Published: 14 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
Rotary and the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education have teamed up to tackle the world’s water and sanitation crisis by increasing the number of trained professionals to devise, plan, and implement solutions in developing and emerging countries. Through this partnership, The Rotary F
Published: 14 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 15 Apr 2022
The Dutch Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) aims to contribute to sustainable and inclusive development by offering access to education and training to professionals and organisations. OKP Scholarships will be available for IHE Delft’s new Master of Science in Water and Sustainable Development.
Published: 14 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Mar 2022
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The aim is to provide funding for doctoral candidates from countries in the Global South in order to promote scientific exchange with partners, particularly in regions that have been relatively marginalized in terms of scientific production. In order to promote international cooperation in the prior
Published: 09 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 01 May 2022
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This annual award, which began in 2007, is organized and presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan. Its purpose is to increase motivation among young researchers contributing to research and development in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and related ind
Published: 08 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Japan Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to offer PhD training to be carried out in English at your chosen lab at
Published: 08 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Singapore Deadline: 01 Jun 2022
Hatfield College aims to award the Lioness Scholarship to an individual who has the academic and personal qualities to enable them to complete and benefit from a postgraduate course, and who will also act as a positive ambassador for their home country in Durham, and put their enhanced knowledge and
Published: 08 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Mar 2022
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Applications are invited from international students from Africa for three full scholarships to undertake a full-time PhD at King’s College London starting in 2022/23. Funding is available for up to 4 years. The topic of the PhD must clearly be relevant to the continent of Africa. Interd
Published: 08 Feb 2022 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 18 Mar 2022
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Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships are offered for citizens of certain developing Commonwealth countries. These scholarships are funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), with the aim of contributing to the UK’s international development aims and wide
Published: 04 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 15 Mar 2022
Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of their peace centers. Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and devel
Published: 03 Feb 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Mar 2022
The fellowship is a 20-week bootcamp and implementation program designed for early-stage Civic innovators with tech-enabled ideas that can solve social problems. The incubation program will focus on bringing more players into the civic tech space. The Civic Hive project, under the fellowship prog
Published: 03 Feb 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
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MOFCOM Scholarship is set up by Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China to further strengthen the communication and cooperation between China and other countries as well as to develop talents for developing countries. Starting from 2015, MOFCOM Scholarship mainly sponsors the young
Published: 02 Feb 2022 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 31 May 2022
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The following Master of Science degree course is offered in English for the 2022–23 academic year at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Buda Campus, Budapest: Food safety and quality engineering (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences). The aim of
Published: 02 Feb 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Hungary Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
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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:
