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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
The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2019/2020 Nomination computer Based Test (CBT) for the Federal Government Scholarship Awards for: The Nigeria Award Scholarship (NA) 2019/2020 Federal
Published: 13 May 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 14 May 2019
The International Development Department, University of Birmingham, Zawadi, Africa is pleased to offer one scholarship for MSc in International Development (Governance and State-building), for the academic year starting in September 2019. The Mo Ibrahim scholarship is open to postgraduate s
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
The International Development Department, University of Birmingham, is pleased to offer one scholarship for our MSc in International Development (Governance and State-building), for the academic year starting in September 2019.
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
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The Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE) Africa is accepting applications from eligible students from developing countries for the FIRE African Awards in ICT for Development. The FIRE Africa Awards seek to acknowledge innovative initiatives in Africa and have made concrete contributi
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
The University of Arts London (UAL) is calling for application for the 2019/2020 tuition and accomodation scholarship for students in developing countries.
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
The University of Stirling, United Kingdom is calling for applications from qualified international students for the 2019/2020 Post Graduate International Excellence Scholarship to be awarded for studies at the university.
Published: 27 Apr 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 27 Apr 2019
The PZ Cusson Chemistry Challenge 2019 is hereby declared open to secondary school chemistry students in Nigeria. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply. ​​
Published: 22 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 22 Apr 2019
Applications are currently being accepted for the African Institute of Maths (AIMS)-Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data Science. The fellowship is to be undertaken at the AIMS located in Rwanda. ​​​​​​
Published: 22 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: Rwanda Deadline: 22 Apr 2019
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship is open to qualified Nigerian students who dreams of studying in the US. The Fellowship Program provides mid-career professionals from designated countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and Eurasia with an opportunity to e
Published: 14 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 14 Apr 2019
Qualified students from developing countries, are being encouraged to apply for the 2019 UK funded medical Commonwealth Fellowship for Students in Developing Countries. The scholarship is for students at postgraduate level to study in the UK.
Published: 14 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 14 Apr 2019
The Lagos state scholarship board is accepting applications from qualified Nigerian students for the Lagos State 2019/2020 Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Scholarship. Students of both undergraduate and postgraduate level should ensure that they meet the eligibility requirements of their res
Published: 13 Apr 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 13 Apr 2019
The United Nations Human Right is offering a fellowship for postgraduate Africans students in diaspora to study in Switzerland. Eligible students are encouraged to apply.
Published: 13 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 13 Apr 2019
Chatham House is delighted to accept applications from eligible postgraduate students for the Robert Bosch Stiftung Academy Fellowship (Central & Eastern Europe and Africa) in the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. Interested students who meet all the requirem
Published: 13 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 13 Apr 2019
The government of Kaduna State, Nigeria is awarding the Kasim Ibrahim Inaugural Fellowship for young Nigerians, to enable postgraduate Nigerian students further their higher education studies.
Published: 06 Mar 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 06 Mar 2019
The University of Essex, United Kingdom is offering masters scholarship to eligible postgraduate African aspiring to study in UK. Interested students are advised to utilize this opportunity.
Published: 28 Jun 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 13 Sep 2019
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The Confucius Institute is offering a fully funded scholarship to qualified postgraduate students to study in China. The purpose of this scholarship is to cultivate qualified Chinese language teachers and facilitate the promotion of Chinese language and culture.
Published: 23 Feb 2019 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: 23 Feb 2019
The Government of the People's Republic of China has handed to UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) for the academic year 2019-2020 seventy-five (75) fellowships for advanced studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, to award as they see fit to q
Published: 23 Feb 2019 Type: Fellowship Study in: China Deadline: 23 Feb 2019
The University of Bologna is awarding its International Student's Grant to deserving international students who wish to register for First Cycle, Second Cycle or Single Cycle Degree Programmes at the University of Bologna for 2019/2020 academic year. ​​​​​â
Published: 28 Jun 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 23 Feb 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:
