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
Applications are open for the EnerTracks Fellowship Program 2022. A small group of eight fellows will be invited to go to the Agora Energiewende office in Berlin, Germany. Each fellow continues working part-time for their home institution while participating in training sessions that are prepared an
Published: 26 Nov 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 03 Jan 2022
Applications call for the Special Research Fund PhD Scholarships at Ghent University is now open. Deserving and eligible doctoral students from developing countries are encouraged to apply for the opportunity to study in the United Kingdom. The scholarship seeks to support promising doctoral cand
Published: 10 Nov 2021 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Feb 2022
Are you a student, undergraduate or graduate in Nigeria, who is looking for a Fully Funded Bill Gates Scholarship In the US & Australia in 2021/222. If yes, we are glad to announce to you today that the Gates scholarship 2021/2022 in the US, UK, Canada & Australia is ongoing for Nigeri
Published: 05 Nov 2021 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 06 Jan 2022
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the SPDC Joint Venture, is delighted to announce the tenth annual NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship for applicants from Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers states.The objective of the scholarship prog
Published: 05 Nov 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Programme 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.
Published: 01 Nov 2021 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 03 Jan 2022
Applications are open for the United Nations SDSN Youth Local Pathways Fellowship 2022. By way of recognizing youth as the key player in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and building on the success of the past cohorts of the Local Pathways Fellows, the UN Sustainable Development Solution
Published: 24 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 21 Nov 2021
: A 1-month stay at the Nordic Africa Institute in order to facilitate use of the Institute’s library collections on contemporary Africa, and to create links to existing research at the Institute. The scholarships are awarded once per year. The aim of the scholarship progra
Published: 24 Oct 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: 31 Oct 2021
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: 23 Oct 2021 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 12 Jan 2022
TRAJECTS, The Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability opens its Call for Applications for Master and PhD Scholarships 2021. TRAJECTS is a DAAD-funded project that seeks to create and/or strengthen research and teaching capacities on Just
Published: 14 Oct 2021 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
TRAJECTS, The Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability opens its Call for Applications for Master and PhD Scholarships 2021. TRAJECTS is a DAAD-funded project that seeks to create and/or strengthen research and teaching capacities on Just
Published: 14 Oct 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
The Atlantic Fellows programme for Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute is a fantastic new opportunity for experienced academics and senior practitioners to dig deeper into the causes of inequalities. The Fellowships are available in TWO fully-funded tr
Published: 08 Oct 2021 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 10 Jan 2022
Applications are invited from suitably qualified African women who are passionate about STEM innovation for the Africa Innovation Fellowship at WomHub to develop women entrepreneurs. Since 2019, the Africa Innovation Fellowship has been supporting women-owned STEM innovations across sub-Saha
Published: 10 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
The aim of the visiting fellowship program is to help African PhD students working in the field of Innovation and Development to strengthen their academic/research qualifications; improve quality of their dissertations and prepare for a career in innovation and development either within academia or
Published: 05 Oct 2021 Type: Ph.D Study in: Kenya Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
Applications are invited from suitably qualified African graduates for the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2022/2023 which aims at identifying and deploying highly competent tech innovators to African Union Headquarters. The fellowship will provide a platform for the inno
Published: 21 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Oct 2021
The UK Government through the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is welcoming applications from eligible individuals to apply for Commonwealth Masters Scholarships 2022/2023.The scholarship allows students from low and middle income countries of commonwealth affiliati
Published: 04 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Nov 2021
The Harrison Middleton University in the USA is inviting applications for its fellowship in ideas for those who have an interest in the humanities and great ideas of western civilization in 2022. The HMU Fellowship in Ideas is a writing and discussion project in the humanities designed for a rece
Published: 17 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
The 2021 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Youth Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for young participants to become part of the global effort to build forward better and join the IMF at the forefront of the response to the crisis. Participants in the program will experience firsthand the IM
Published: 14 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 24 Sep 2021
The scholarships are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the United Kingdom to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge. The aim of the Gate Cambridge program is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of ot
Published: 07 Sep 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 06 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: