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
University of Reading through the African Real Estate Society (AfRES) is offering one full fee waiver to an African student for one of the Real Estate & Planning postgraduate programmes 2020/2021 Students must have an offer to study one of the Real Estate & Planning
Published: 15 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 May 2020
The government of People’s Republic of China in conjunction with the UNESCO is offering 75 undergraduate and postgraduate fellowship for developing countries 2020/2021. The Government of the People’s Republic of China has placed at the disposal of UNESCO for the academic year 2018-201
Published: 15 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China Deadline: 25 Mar 2020
The international Mathematical Union is pleased to annouce the Graduate Research Assistantships in Developing Countries (GRAID) The programme is open to graduate, PhD and Masters studenst from emerging research groups working in developing listed in priority 1 or 2 of the IMU CDC Definition of de
Published: 13 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 15 Mar 2020
International Development Excellence Scholarships for Students from Sub Saharan Africa are partial fees awards, offered on the basis of academic excellence and personal statement. Number of Awards and Value: Up to 5 scholarships worth £7,000.
Published: 13 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 16 Apr 2020
CUBS will offer full scholarships to two students from developing countries on the MSc Food Security Policy and Management. The MSc Food Security Policy and Management is the first of its kind in Ireland, and one of the few courses in the world specifically focused on food security policy in the
Published: 12 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Mar 2020
Applications are open for the Durham University Hatfield Lioness Scholarship 2020. The aim of the Hatfield Lioness Scholarship is to enable a female student from a developing country where access to tertiary education is limited to benefit from undertaking postgraduate study at the University of Dur
Published: 12 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Apr 2020
The Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) invites DAAD scholarship holders of the In-Region/ In-Country programme to apply for the attendance of a four-week summer school from August 17th to September 11th, 2020 at the TH K&oum
Published: 12 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 22 Mar 2020
The University of Stirling has the opportunity to award 10 scholarships for the 2020/2021 academic year. Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships support students from developing Commonwealth countries to undertake postgraduate study at a distance or via online learning.
Published: 12 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 13 Apr 2020
The RLC Campus at ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany, offers scholarships for PhD students from Africa to participate in the international workshop on Pathways of Environmental Justice in sub-Saharan Africa, 9 – 14 May 2020, in Bonn. The workshop will take place from 9 &nd
Published: 11 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 29 Mar 2020
The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Repulic of Indonesia is pleased to announce the continuation of the Kemitraan Negara Berkembang (KNB) scholarship program to support students from developing countries to get their master degree in Indonesian Universities. The scho
Published: 09 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Indonesia Deadline: 20 Apr 2020
For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postgraduate research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India. The Counci
Published: 09 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Study in: India Deadline: 11 May 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland announces recruitment to the Ignacy Lukasiewicz scholarship programme (2020/2021 edition). Supporting the socio-economic growth of developing countries by raising the educa
Published: 09 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Poland Deadline: 16 Mar 2020
Magdalene College is offering applications for the Standard Bank Chairman’s Scholarships that open to academically excellent candidates. The award program is awarded annually to African students commencing an MPhil degree from Cambridge’s one of the best colleges in the UK. Magdale
Published: 06 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 13 Mar 2020
The CFA institute in collaboration with CIPM scholarship program offers a reduced exam registration fee for qualified candidates. The institutes is now accepting applications from qualified applicants who wish to enrol in this program.
Published: 06 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Jul 2020
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission will support 10 online Masters scholarships for a number of programmes in One Health, One Medicine
Published: 06 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Deadline: 13 Apr 2020
The AIMS NEI Fellowship Program for Women in Climate Change Science seeks to foster increased female participation in and contribute to a more sustainable societal response to climate change. Applications are invited from outstanding female scientists currently residing anywhere in the world. Suc
Published: 05 Mar 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Apr 2020
As a complement to the EMEA PhD Scholarship Programme, Microsoft Research is excited to announce the Microsoft Research EMEA PhD Award, a new research grant for PhD students in computing-related fields who are in their third year or beyond at universities in EMEA. A research awar
Published: 05 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 01 Apr 2020
The Government of Kaduna State in Nigeria is inviting applications for its inaugural Fellowship program target at young Nigerians from ages 25-35 years. Kaduna State Government is set to introduce its inaugural class of the Kashim Ibrahim Fellows Programme commencing in June, 2018. The progr
Published: 05 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 20 Mar 2020
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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: