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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
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The Fields Institutes for Research in Mathematical Sciences are currently inviting applications from scholars who are eligible for the 2020 AIMS Perimeter Africa Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. The fellowship is a unique position intended for new and recent PhDs holders who are African
Published: 22 Oct 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: 15 Nov 2019
Applications are currently being invited from scholars who are working in the field of African Studies for the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence Fellowships in the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. This Program aims to reconfigure African Studies at the conceptual and the str
Published: 20 Oct 2019 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 30 Nov 2019
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Novo Nordisk is currently inviting applications from qualified students for its 2019-2020 International Talent Programmes. Priorities are given to applicants who displays strong academic backgroung and who is a member of the underlisted International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). It is a
Published: 15 Oct 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Denmark Deadline: 25 Oct 2019
In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre twice fo
Published: 14 Oct 2019 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 02 Dec 2019
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is currently inviting application from qualified candidates for its 2019-2020 Doctoral (PhD) and Masters (M.Sc) scholarship scheme for Nigerian Students. Students in the areas of Information Technology (IT) and ICT Law
Published: 11 Oct 2019 Type: Masters Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 21 Nov 2019
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is currently inviting application from qualified candidates for its 2019-2020 Doctoral (PhD) and Masters (M.Sc) scholarship scheme for Nigerian Students. Students in the areas of Information Technology (IT) and ICT Law
Published: 11 Oct 2019 Type: Ph.D Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 21 Nov 2019
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OandoGAP is a unique opportunity to develop recent graduates who have the potential to become leaders, and in the medium to long term strengthen the local oil and gas talent pipeline. It is strictly an 18-month programme, where successful applicants will participate in structured experiential lea
Published: 10 Oct 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 21 Oct 2019
The Nanyang Technological University is calling on all the outstanding graduates and final year students, to take advantage of the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship programme, which will be awarded to students who wish to take a leading research career by pursuing their Doctoral Degree Pr
Published: 08 Oct 2019 Type: Ph.D Study in: Singapore Deadline: 30 Nov 2019
MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT), a teaching-focused fellowship offered by MISTI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and its corporate partner NNPC/TOTAL is inviting applications from teachers with a PhD and are faculty members in a department corresponding to Computer Science, E
Published: 08 Oct 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Nov 2019
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The Imperial College is now accepting applications for the President's PhD scholarship from undergraduate and Master's students with an ambition to undertake a PhD programme at the world-renowned institute. The aim of this scholarship is to provide 50 outstanding research students, with the
Published: 08 Oct 2019 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The Australia Awards Fellowship & Professional Development Short Course is a training and professional development opportunity funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. These Awards Short Courses focus solely on society's sectors that effect
Published: 06 Oct 2019 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Deadline: 17 Jan 2020
The University of Glasglow is now inviting applications from qualified postgraduate African students to enrol for its 2020-2021 academic session. 8 lucky applicants out of all the students will be awarded a one-year scholarship worth the full-tuition for a Master's Programme to commenc
Published: 05 Oct 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Apr 2020
The Yenching Academy (an independent college at Perking University, Beijing) hereby offers eligible international students, the opportunity to participate in its students fellowships in Masters of Arts in China Studies which is a fully-funded residential program with a wide array of interdiscip
Published: 02 Oct 2019 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: 06 Dec 2019
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The NYU (New York University) Center for Ballet And the Arts is an international research institute for scholars and artists of ballet and its related arts and sciences. This year, this esteemed institute has opened up its doors, by inviting applications for the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts
Published: 01 Oct 2019 Type: Ph.D Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Nov 2019
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The Nieman Foundation and Harvard University are pleased to announce the Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation 2020-2021, a collective product of the interests shared by both institutes around journalism, innovation, and the evolution of the digital space. The fellowship
Published: 23 Sep 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Dec 2019
The Russell E. Train Fellowships was established to support individuals aspiring to pursue or are pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in conservation. The organization, awards the annual Russell E. Train Fellowships for Current & Aspiring University Faculty for Conservation. Ea
Published: 18 Sep 2019 Type: Masters Deadline: 01 Mar 2020
McGill University and the Mastercard Foundation are pleased to offer full scholarships to economically challenged, academically gifted Master’s students from Sub-Saharan Africa through the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. This scholarship program is designed to sponsor outstanding, c
Published: 15 Sep 2019 Type: Masters Study in: Canada Deadline: 31 Jan 2020
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The University of Westminster offers the Westminister International Scholarships awards aimed towards fully funding students from developing countries intending to study a full-time Masters degree at the University. Note, interested applicants can only apply for the scholarship if they have alrea
Published: 13 Sep 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Oct 2019
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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:
