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
In a significant move, the Beijing Government is now offering scholarships aimed at students from international and developing countries. These scholarships are available for those pursuing Undergraduate, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees for the year 2024 and will continue on an annual basis.
Published: 08 Jan 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: China Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
Barau’s foundation opens applications for postgraduate foreign scholarships in AI. The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, through his foundation, the Barau I Jibrin Foundation (BIJF), has opened applications for postgraduate foreign scholarships in Artificial Intelligen
Published: 07 Jan 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 30 Jan 2025
University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland is one of the world's top universities and is the most popular university for international students in Ireland. Each year, UCD offers a number of Global Excellence Scholarships for international students (on non-EU fees) starting their courses in Septe
Published: 07 Jan 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
The O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2025 Law School Scholarship.
Published: 06 Jan 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
The Zeribe Nwosu Africa Scholarship is for candidates who have completed a bachelor’s degree at any recognized African tertiary institution. The Zeribe Nwosu Scholarship seeks to contribute to the progress of the candidates’ education via the Undergraduate to Postgraduate Scholarship.
Published: 03 Jan 2025 Type: Postgraduate Value: $150 Deadline: 01 Apr 2025
Every year, Dalarna University awards partial scholarships to a number of its new international, fee-paying Master's students who have proven themselves to be outstanding in their educational endeavours.
Published: 31 Dec 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: 01 Mar 2025
Skoltech applies the best Russian and international research and educational practices, with particular emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation. Skoltech’s model leverages on the integration of basic and applied research and education. The Institute’s close link with the ind
Published: 31 Dec 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Russian Federation Deadline: 28 Apr 2025
The Erasmus Mundus REPLAY Scholarship is the two-year European Master Program, where students from across the globe come together with the objective of designing, experimenting and developing meaningful game experiences. REPLAY is split between three games universities in three different European
Published: 31 Dec 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Belgium, Finland, Portugal Deadline: 17 Jan 2025
Full scholarships to support outstanding students on the 1+1 MBA. Established in 2014, the Oxford-Pershing Square Graduate Scholarships provide up to five full awards covering both the Master's and the MBA degrees. Scholars can pursue any of the 1+1 MBA partnering programm
Published: 27 Dec 2024 Type: MBA Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 06 Jan 2025
The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme cultivates the leaders of tomorrow by providing an opportunity for outstanding university graduates and professionals mainly from developing and emerging economies, but also those who would not otherwise be able to support themselves, to
Published: 27 Dec 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
Khalifa University of Science and Technology offers the following scholarships to support qualified international students enrolled in postgraduate programs. The University reserves the right to change the published scholarship benefits and conditions without prior notice. Khalifa University o
Published: 26 Dec 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Arab Emirates Deadline: 14 Apr 2025
The NANPA Foundation College Photography Scholarship Program is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to attend its Nature Photography Summit and Trade Show and participate in a hands-on experience using photography to tell a story for nature. The NANPA Foundation College Ph
Published: 26 Dec 2024 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 18 Jan 2025
Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates for Kano State postgraduate scholarships for 2025 Academic Session. Are you a high-achieving graduate from Kano State seeking support to pursue a higher degree? The Kano State Government invites applications for the se
Published: 23 Dec 2024 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified
The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Prof. Tahir Mamman OON, SAN, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2025/2026 Federal Government Scholarship Awards for: BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenabl
Published: 23 Dec 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China, Hungary, Romania, Russian Federation Deadline: 12 Jan 2025
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards (formerly the Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowships) recognize promising graduate-student researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation examining a salient aspect of violence. The Foundation welcomes proposals from
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 01 Feb 2025
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications for its ninth Writing Fellowship programme, which will run from 1 April – 30 June 2025. The 2025 Writing Fellowship centers on the theme of Global Blackness. At JIAS, we use the term “global Blackness&rdqu
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Jan 2025
The scholarship is aimed for people who have a cultural idea, such as art, music, research etc, related to the UNESCO World Heritage list and are interested to connect the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland with one or more sites around the World in a cultural or artistic w
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
YGS is a flagship initiative of scholars from the Yenching Academy of Peking University, recognized as one of the most competitive and impactful conferences for China-related topics. Since its launch in 2016, YGS has created a platform for emerging global leaders to engage in interdisciplina
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: China Deadline: 02 Jan 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: