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
. Eisenhower Fellowships identifies, empowers and connects innovative leaders through a transformative fellowship experience and lifelong engagement in a global network of dynamic change agents committed to creating a world more peaceful, prosperous and just. In fall 2022, Eisenhower Fellow
Published: 02 Feb 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Mar 2022
Africa for Eni, is the past, the present and the future. Africa is the continent which Eni has experienced, as a pioneer, and the one which today continues to shape Eni’s experiences as a partner of countries where Eni has established lasting relationships, understanding and respecting African
Published: 26 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The International Climate Protection Fellowships enable prospective leaders to conduct a research-related project of their own choice during a one-year stay in Germany. Submit an application if you are a prospective leader from a non-European threshold or developing country working in the fiel
Published: 26 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Feb 2022
The Austrian Development Cooperation through the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management offers about 30 scholarships to applicants from priority countries as well as other developing countries. The Tourism School in Salzburg has an outstanding international reputation and a long t
Published: 25 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Austria Deadline: 15 Mar 2022
The programme will offer in-depth training for clinicians committed to careers in HIV clinical service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa with the aim of strengthening access to high-quality services for sub-Saharan Africa populations, with a client-centred service delivery approach. Many Afric
Published: 25 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Feb 2022
The Active Citizen Fellowship is a rigorous hands-on learning program designed for young leaders in Nigeria who have demonstrated passion and commitment in the past to promote democracy and/or improve the quality of life in their communities through their initiatives. The fellowship offers opport
Published: 23 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 13 Feb 2022
The IMU – Simons African Fellowship Program supports research sabbaticals for mathematicians from African developing countries employed in Africa to travel to an internationally known mathematical center of excellence (worldwide) for collaborative research. All travel and l
Published: 20 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 31 Aug 2022
The Scholarship Award Scheme (SAS) is provided by the Government of Ghana (GoG) and the World Bank (WB) to support promising African students to pursue Masters (MSc/MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) study programmes in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and Environmental Management and Sustaina
Published: 19 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ghana Deadline: 31 Jan 2022
The Mosaic Scholarship provides financial and mentoring support to students of color pursuing graduate education in archival science, encourages students to pursue a career as an archivist, and promotes the diversification of the American archives profession. The award is given to applicants wh
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
The Scholarship Program is funded by UCD International and aims to attract excellent candidates to the UCD’s undergraduate/graduate programs and encourage early application. Scholarship awards are applicable to full time Masters programmes, this is excluding all clinical programme
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Mar 2022
The purpose of the Education for Sustainable Energy Development [ESED] scholarship is to support outstanding students from developing countries pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development and to encourage meaningful contributions to the collective body of knowledge about this subject
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Deadline: 11 Apr 2022
The Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) invites promising new scholars to Stanford University for 1 year appointments as postdoctoral fellows, with potential for extension. Fellows will be affiliated with PDI and potentially a department or school at Stanford University. Each fellow wil
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Jan 2022
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) will be awarding a number of scholarships for study in Japan to 2022 student intake. The award of the scholarships listed is based on application selection results. Only applicants that are
Published: 14 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Japan Deadline: 21 Feb 2022
Postdoctoral Fellows at UNU-IIGH are within five (5) years of graduation with a PhD or Professional Doctorate. The Postdoctoral Fellowship provides fellows the opportunity to expand their career beyond the academic research environment to engage with policy application, translation, and dissem
Published: 14 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Malaysia Deadline: 16 Feb 2022
Funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK. Purp
Published: 14 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 17 Feb 2022
The African Center for Technology Studies has received a grant from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to support the training of PhD students in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) as well
Published: 12 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 17 Feb 2022
The African Center for Technology Studies has received a grant from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to support the training of PhD students in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) as well
Published: 12 Jan 2022 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 17 Feb 2022
The Fellowship focuses on planetary health, defined as “the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends,” as an area in urgent need of investigation. The impact of multiple pressures on the earth’s systems on human health are not yet ful
Published: 11 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Jan 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: