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, provided by Shanghai government for international students studying in Shanghai, is in two types: A, B. Type A, exclusively for those who study for Master’s or Doctoral degrees, is full scholarship, including tuition, free accommodation,accident insurance, allowance for livin
Published: 20 Jan 2020 Type: Ph.D Study in: China Deadline: 31 Mar 2020
This scholarship, provided by Shanghai government for international students studying in Shanghai, is in two types: A, B. Type A, exclusively for those who study for Master’s or Doctoral degrees, is full scholarship, including tuition, free accommodation,accident insurance, allowance for livin
Published: 20 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: 31 Mar 2020
The African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AIBST) and Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to offer a Master degree in Genomics and Precision Medicine. Lectures and practical exercises will be held at the African Institute of Biomedical S
Published: 20 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Deadline: 29 Feb 2020
The School of Transnational Governance (STG) at the European University Institute (EUI) is offering fellowships to early- and mid- career policy professionals for the academic year 2020-2021. The Policy Leaders Fellowship of the School of Transnational Governance provides a unique opp
Published: 19 Jan 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy Deadline: 22 Jan 2020
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies offers a wide variety of scholarships annually to attract academically qualified students from within and outside the State of Qatar There are 2 types of scholarships offered by the DIGS: Tamim Scholarship: These scholarships based on merit and academic
Published: 19 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Qatar Deadline: 21 Feb 2020
Health Policy Research Scholars is a training program for doctoral students led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and supported by RWJF HPRS includes scholars from disciplines as diverse as economics, political science, psychology, architecture, transportation, sociology, soc
Published: 19 Jan 2020 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 11 Mar 2020
Together with the International Trade Centre, the IE Foundation and the IE School of Global and Public Affairs, the SheTrades Scholarship aims to empower women working in trade and business expansion as civil servants, staff of a trade or in a business in a developing country, in order to help them
Published: 15 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Spain Deadline: 31 Mar 2020
The application process is now open for the third edition of the Paradigm Initiative Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship. The Fellowship is a 5-month program designed to immerse outstanding, early career, journalists in digital rights and digital inclusion advocacy – and int
Published: 15 Jan 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 15 Feb 2020
The UFL Elisabeth Strouven Scholarship offers €30,000. This allowance is a contribution towards your Master goals and includes costs of living, tuition fees, visas and insurance. The Master in Global Health is an innovative, one-year English-language programme that addresses the complex
Published: 13 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2020
As part of its commitment to promote capacity-building at high level across the continent, the Government of Mauritius is awarding scholarships to deserving students who are resident citizens of member states of the African Union or of African Commonwealth countries as per the following criteri
Published: 18 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Study in: Mauritius Deadline: Not Specified
As part of its commitment to promote capacity-building at high level across the continent, the Government of Mauritius is awarding scholarships to deserving students who are resident citizens of member states of the African Union or of African Commonwealth countries as per the following criteri
Published: 18 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Mauritius Deadline: 20 Aug 2020
GSEP is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) scholarship program. The purpose of the Education for Sustainable Energy Development [ESED] scholarship is to support outstanding students from developing countries pursuing advanced studies i
Published: 10 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Deadline: 06 Mar 2020
The Turkish Government opens application for the Türkiye Scholarships for International Students from any country to study for Bachelors, Master’s and Doctorate degrees. Türkiye Scholarships include both scholarship and university placement at the same time. Applicants will be pla
Published: 10 Jan 2020 Type: Ph.D Study in: Turkey Deadline: 20 Feb 2020
The Turkish Government opens application for the Türkiye Scholarships for International Students from any country to study for Bachelors, Master’s and Doctorate degrees. Türkiye Scholarships include both scholarship and university placement at the same time. Applicants will be pla
Published: 10 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Turkey Deadline: 20 Feb 2020
Are you an Undergraduate or a Graduate looking for scholarship to further your studies? Nottingham University China is currently inviting applications from qualified international students for the 2020-2021 Global Full Scholarship for international students. The Nottingham University China campus
Published: 10 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: 31 May 2020
The Faculty of Science, in collaboration with several sponsors, has established an Excellence Fellowship Program to support outstanding and highly motivated candidates who intend to pursue a Master of Science in any of the disciplines covered by the Faculty. The Faculty of science of the Universi
Published: 09 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 15 Mar 2020
Now in its sixth year, the Tana Forum annual essay competition is now open and inviting applications from qualified African studenst. This contest is aimed at obtaining views from the youth on various peace and security challenges faced across the continent. The Tana Forum Annual Essay Competitio
Published: 09 Jan 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: 31 Jan 2020
This scholarship has been created in recognition of Diana Walford and the dedication she has shown to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) throughout her term on Council. It is intended to support an excellent candidate who would be unable to take up a place of study without
Published: 07 Jan 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 12 Feb 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: