MTN Foundation Scholarship Scheme 2020 For Undergraduates Students in Nigeria

Published: 20 Jul 2019

The MTN Scholarship Scheme is an annual scholarship award that seeks to recognize and reward qualified high performing students. It is made up of the MTN Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme (MTN STSS) and the MTN Scholarship Scheme for Blind Students (MTN SSBS). Both Scholarships under the Youth Empowerment Cause, are currently in their 9th and 7th phase respectively.

Under both scholarships, eligible 300 level students studying Science & Technology related courses and blind students studying in Public Tertiary Institutions (Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education) across Nigeria are awarded scholarships worth N200,000.00 annually till graduation as long as they maintain the required grades.

MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship

Application Deadline	July 21, 2020
Country to study	Nigeria
Type	Undergraduate
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	MTN Foundation
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship

1. The Scholarship covers tuition, book allowance and stipends.
2. Successful applicant's Scholarship award is renewed every year until graduation provided a CGPA of 3.5 or its equivalent is maintained (second class upper/upper credit).
3. The Scholarship awarded for an Academic year is worth #200,000.00

MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Courses

• Accountancy/Accounting
• Agric. Extension and Rural Development
• Agricultural Science
• Agronomy
• Animal Breeding and Genetics
• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Production and Health
• Applied Physics
• Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
• Architecture
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Computer and Electronics
• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical/Electronics Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Electronics Computer Technology
• Engineering Physics
• Geophysics
• Industrial Mathematics
• Industrial Physics
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Petroleum and Gas Engineering
• Physics Electronics
• Physics/Computational Modeling
• Pure/Applied Physics
• Statistics
• Statistics and Computer Science
• System Engineering

Requirements for MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship

The student must be in their third year at the time of application, ie they must be in 300L

1. Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education in Nigeria must be full-time undergraduates in 300 level/3rd year.
2. Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent (2:1)
3. Applicants from public Polytechnics must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) programme and must have secured admission into the Higher National Diploma programme (HND).
4. Direct entry level students must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the OND programme and must have secured admission into 300 level/3rd year in a public University

Selection Process

A maximum of 500 qualified and successful full-time Nigerian students studying science and technology related courses are awarded the scholarship

Applicants details will be verified and shortlisted candidates will be invited for an assessment test. 

Application Deadline is 2 weeks from date of publication

Application Documents

1. 2 recent passport photographs
2. A valid Student ID card
3. Any other means of identification (National ID card, International passport or Driver’s license)
4. Admission letter from JAMB and institution of study.
5. Admission letter for the HND programmes (For Polytechnic students only).

Application Deadline

July 21, 2020

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to MTN Foundation on foundation.mtnonline.com to apply