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Postgraduate Scholarships for Nigerian students 2025-2026

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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  • Afara Initiative Bridge Program for Young Nigerians 2025

    This is Nigeria's most prestigious leadership fellowship developing leaders of tomorrow. This one-year active free fellowship kicks off with a residential bootcamp between July and August followed by a year long leadership training through a mix of self-paced learning

    Published: 24 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • East Tennessee State University International Merit Scholarships 2025

    International Merit Scholarships are available to new degree-seeking international students. 

    Published: 24 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified

  • Singapore International Graduate Scholarship 2026

    The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration among the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (

    Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: Singapore Deadline: 01 Dec 2025

  • 2025 AES Engineering Scholarship

    AES Engineering is pleased to be able to continue offering scholarships to motivated students to help in the furthering of their education

    Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Value: $500.00 Deadline: 08 Oct 2025

  • AGMA Foundation Scholarship Program 2025

    The AGMA Foundation Scholarship Program is open to students interested in a career in the gear industry, and/or power transmission as it relates to the gear industry. Applicants must be enrolled or recently accepted as full- or part-time students in a nationally accredited program. Annual scholarshi

    Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Deadline: 01 Jul 2025

  • University of Lagos PhD Scholarship 2025

    We’re thrilled to announce two fully funded PhD positions at the Nigeria AI Lab (NAIL), Department of Computer Science, University of Lagos. This initiative is part of the AI for Education project, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK Foreign, Commonweal

    Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 05 Jul 2025

  • 2026 Macquarie University Research Scholarship

    The Road to Research Scholarship is for international applicants who are eligible to commence the Macquarie Master of Research (MRes) in Sydney, Australia in Session 1 2026. This scholarship supports students undertaking short research projects of the Master of Research (MRes).  The Mac

    Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Deadline: 31 Oct 2025

  • 2025 TY Danjuma Scholarship for MBA Program

    The TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship provides financial support to post-graduate African students who have been accepted onto MBA programmes at the top 10 leading business schools in the world only, as ranked by the Financial Times.  The Financial Times MBA Global Ranking for 2025 lists

    Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: MBA Deadline: 30 Jun 2025

  • 2025 NNPC/RENAISSANCE JV Niger Delta Post-Graduate Scholarship Scheme

    The NNPC/Renaissance Joint Venture Niger Delta Post-Graduate Scholarship Scheme is a prestigious initiative aimed at supporting academically outstanding students from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in pursuing postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. This scholarship is targeted at developing

    Published: 21 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 26 Jun 2025

  • Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship 2025

    The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl

    Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowship Program 2025

    The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to forty-two (42) early-career researchers to conduct globally co

    Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

  • 2026 Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship Program

    Ready to take your career in health technology innovation to the next level? The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important health-related needs, invent novel health technologies to address the

    Published: 18 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 28 Jul 2025

  • University of Alberta Graduate Position Scholarship 2025

    The Programmable Integrated Sensors and Microsystems (PRISM) Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta is seeking outstanding PhD/Master’s students as of July 2025. The goal of the project is to develop high-resolution microfabricationprocesses for micro

    Published: 18 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Canada Deadline: 23 Jun 2025

  • Royal Holloway University International Postgraduate Scholarship 2025

    This scholarship is  awarded automatically to eligible students to assist with Tuition fee You can be applying to study for any of our full-time Masters degrees. The tuition fee reduction will only be applied in your first year of study.

    Published: 17 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

  • University of Kent Law School LLM Global Scholarship 2025

    The Law School at the University of Kent has established a major fund to support international  students pursuing a LLM at the Canterbury campus.

    Published: 16 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £2,500 Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

  • Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape - Academic Year 2026

    The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is an implementing partner of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Initiated in 2012, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is a global initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly talented, servi

    Published: 16 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 30 Aug 2025

  • Michael Taiwo Annual Scholarship 2025

    Funding Bright futures in global education Supporting talented graduates from developing countries with test fees and application costs.

    Published: 16 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 27 Jun 2025

  • Macquarie University Nigeria Regional Scholarship 2025

    This early acceptance scholarship is awarded to talented international students from Nigeria who intend to pursue a coursework degree at Macquarie University. Among one of the most generous in Australia, this scholarship is valued at AUD $5,000 per year for the duration of a Bachelor's or Master

    Published: 13 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Value: AUD $5,000 Deadline: Not Specified

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Postgraduate Grants And Scholarships

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:

  • NDDC postgraduate scholarship
  • NLNG postgraduate scholarship
  • Agip postgraduate scholarship
  • PTDF postgraduate scholarship
  • Shell postgraduate scholarship
  • Chevron postgraduate scholarship
  • NNPC postgraduate scholarship
  • Total postgraduate scholarship
  • DAAD postgraduate scholarship
  • Fulbright postgraduate scholarship
  • Commonwealth postgraduate scholarship
  • MasterCard postgraduate scholarship

 

Eligibility For Postgraduate Scholarships

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:

  • Proof of English language proficiency (IELTS or it’s equivalent)
  • Bachelors degree/ certificate of graduation (for Masters students)
  • Masters degree/ certificate of graduation (for PhD students)
  • Research proposal (for PhD students)
  • Acceptance/admission letter to study at your selected university
  • International passport (for those students participating in a postgraduate study abroad scholarship)
  • Motivation letter to the scholarship sponsors stating why you think you are qualified to receive a postgraduate sponsorship to further your studies.

 

 

How To Apply For Postgraduate Scholarships

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:

  • Do you research on the scholarship and find out all you need to know about it, in terms of how to apply (whether online or via email or post) and particular documents to submit.
  • Research the school you are applying to and find out documents required and also if you are to apply for the scholarship before you gain admission to study or after.
  • Check if you are eligible for the scholarship
  • Organise all the required documents needed for the application.
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