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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 2026-2027, 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
It is our commitment to attract the very best?academically talented students from around the world to study this postgraduate taught programme, providing them with an intellectually demanding, research and industry-informed education.??? With this scholarship we wish to recognise outstanding stud
Published: 21 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 23 May 2025
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he South Africa Program of the Margaret McNamara Education Grants (MMEG) offers financial assistance to exceptional women from developing countries who are currently enrolled at accredited universities in South Africa. The program supports women who are committed to using their education to improve
Published: 21 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 14 Sep 2025
This year, the existing scholarship programmes that are a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Agency for Academic Exchange NAWA in the form of Polish development aid, i.e. the Banach Scholarship Programme and the Lukasiewicz Scholarship Programme, are merged int
Published: 21 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Poland Deadline: 21 Jun 2025
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The Jack Hirst Scholarship offers a transformative opportunity for exceptional Nigerian students pursuing a postgraduate degree in Chemistry at Imperial College London. This prestigious award is designed to support talented individuals who demonstrate academic excellence and a strong commitment to a
Published: 20 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 23 May 2025
The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes in the humanities and social sciences. Proposed research must meet at least one of the following criteria: Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to
Published: 20 May 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
The African Climate Leaders Fellowship (ACLF) by GreenLead is a free sustainability and climate capacity-building program designed for young Africans aged 18-35. It equips participants with the knowledge and skills to drive climate action and sustainability initiatives at the community/local level.
Published: 19 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (known as Public Policy and Good Governance) supports future leaders from developing countries (see list of countries), who want to promote democracy and social justice in their home countries. The programme, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, off
Published: 19 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
We are delighted to offer 3 Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust masters scholarships for eligible overseas fee-paying students starting their studies in September 2025. The University of Sheffield has a strong commitment to international development. One of the themes of our strategy is &ls
Published: 19 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 02 Jun 2025
The Western Union Global Fellowship Program is a fully-funded Impact Fellowship, empowering individuals supporting or hailing from refugee, highly-marginalized, or forcibly displaced communities around the globe. Through this experience, Fellows will gain essential skills, resou
Published: 16 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Jul 2025
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan offers scholarships to international students who wish to study in graduate courses at Japanese universities as Research Students (either regular students or non-regular students) under the Japanese Government (MEXT)
Published: 15 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Japan Deadline: 30 May 2025
The Green Fellows Program 2025, led by the prestigious Green Institute, is a highly competitive, fully funded fellowship that seeks to identify, nurture, and empower young professionals, university students, and recent graduates who are committed to sustainability, environmental conservation, and gl
Published: 15 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
DAAD PRIME Fellowship funds the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers with temporary positions at German universities.The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides the funds for this program. The grant also includes a mandatory return phase for reintegration in
Published: 15 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 29 Aug 2025
The University of Glasgow has several Global Leadership Scholarships available to International fee students starting a postgraduate taught Masters programme in any discipline for Academic Session 2025/2026. The scholarship is awarded as a tuition fees discount.
Published: 14 May 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £10,000 Deadline: Not Specified
For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences in departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad.
Published: 13 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
Since January 2022, Ashesi University in Ghana and ETH Zurich have been offering a joint Master’s programme in Mechatronic Engineering. 40 students from 7 African countries are currently studying at Ashesi University. A third cohort has been selected and will start their studies in 2024.
Published: 13 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: Not Specified
Upstate Connect Fund Program and it is a program dedicated to supporting talented, low-income brethren in Deeper Life Campus Fellowship who are passionate about missionary work and require financial assistance to further their studies in the USA. Our mission is to support determined, talented, and l
Published: 13 May 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 08 Jun 2025
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The scholarships exist to support African nationals with a high-quality academic and professional background who would not be able to study at UCL without financial assistance. The Scholarship is a one-off award for the academic year September-September to study at the UCL Institute for G
Published: 12 May 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 May 2025
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This year, in partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, UEA is offering a GREAT Scholarship worth £10,000 to students from Bangladesh, China, Ghana and Nigeria. This award cannot be combined with any other UEA award.
Published: 12 May 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £10,000 Deadline: 31 May 2025
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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:
