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
The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) announces the MINDS Scholarship Programme for young leaders committed to facilitating greater cooperation between African countries in achieving the continent’s future success. The scholarship programme is to enable African stu
Published: 27 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda Deadline: Not Specified
Applications are open for the West African Research Association (WARA) Residency Fellowship 2022. In the interest of enhancing transatlantic exchange and collaboration, the West African Research Association, with funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department,
Published: 27 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Feb 2022
Africa for Eni, is the past, the present and the future. Africa is the continent which Eni has experienced, as a pioneer, and the one which today continues to shape Eni’s experiences as a partner of countries where Eni has established lasting relationships, understanding and respecting African
Published: 26 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The Nottingham University China campus offers FULL scholarships for international students which aim to reward excellence and promote diversity among the student body.
Published: 26 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China Deadline: 31 May 2022
The International Climate Protection Fellowships enable prospective leaders to conduct a research-related project of their own choice during a one-year stay in Germany. Submit an application if you are a prospective leader from a non-European threshold or developing country working in the fiel
Published: 26 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Feb 2022
The Austrian Development Cooperation through the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management offers about 30 scholarships to applicants from priority countries as well as other developing countries. The Tourism School in Salzburg has an outstanding international reputation and a long t
Published: 25 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Austria Deadline: 15 Mar 2022
The programme will offer in-depth training for clinicians committed to careers in HIV clinical service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa with the aim of strengthening access to high-quality services for sub-Saharan Africa populations, with a client-centred service delivery approach. Many Afric
Published: 25 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Feb 2022
Government of India through the ICCR – Indian Council for Cultural Relations – is offering up to 900 scholarships for African students to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and higher courses programme at Institutions/Universities in India. At the inaugural plenary of the India &
Published: 25 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: India Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
The Public Affairs Section of U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to announce the annual call for applications for the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for the 2022/2023 academic year. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is a research program funded by the U.S. Department of State and admin
Published: 25 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Jun 2022
The Active Citizen Fellowship is a rigorous hands-on learning program designed for young leaders in Nigeria who have demonstrated passion and commitment in the past to promote democracy and/or improve the quality of life in their communities through their initiatives. The fellowship offers opport
Published: 23 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 13 Feb 2022
University of Ibadan (UI) is now accepting applications from students living with physical disabilities for its 201/2022 academic session scholarship scheme. The Postgraduate College, University of Ibadan is pleased to announce a Scholarship Scheme for Students Living with Physical Disability for
Published: 21 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 18 Feb 2022
The IMU – Simons African Fellowship Program supports research sabbaticals for mathematicians from African developing countries employed in Africa to travel to an internationally known mathematical center of excellence (worldwide) for collaborative research. All travel and l
Published: 20 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 31 Aug 2022
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship programme for educational projects at African higher education institutions for African researchers in diaspora. Offered by IIE in partnership with the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa)
Published: 20 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
The University of Toronto School of Management is offering scholarships to international students via this new scholarship fund. The Sherryl Kintu Scholarship was set up as a tribute to, and in recognition of, the passions and interests of Sherryl Kintu, who was a dedicated employee of Globa
Published: 20 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Canada Deadline: 31 Jan 2022
The Scholarship Award Scheme (SAS) is provided by the Government of Ghana (GoG) and the World Bank (WB) to support promising African students to pursue Masters (MSc/MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) study programmes in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and Environmental Management and Sustaina
Published: 19 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ghana Deadline: 31 Jan 2022
The Mosaic Scholarship provides financial and mentoring support to students of color pursuing graduate education in archival science, encourages students to pursue a career as an archivist, and promotes the diversification of the American archives profession. The award is given to applicants wh
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 28 Feb 2022
The Young Leadership Program (YLP) is a two-year full-time consulting program that develops exceptional young local Ethiopia talent into real leaders. What You’ll Do: You’ll work in teams of typically 3 – 5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of the client enga
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: Not Specified
The Scholarship Program is funded by UCD International and aims to attract excellent candidates to the UCD’s undergraduate/graduate programs and encourage early application. Scholarship awards are applicable to full time Masters programmes, this is excluding all clinical programme
Published: 18 Jan 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Mar 2022
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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: