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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 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
The Loughborough Development Trust Africa Scholarship will cover 100% of the course fees for your chosen postgraduate taught course for one year (replacing any departmental or Loughborough University scholarships or bursaries you may already have been awarded).The University will award a limite
Published: 14 Mar 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 14 Jun 2024
The Destination Australia scholarship is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education. It aligns with the National Strategy for International Education 2025.
Published: 13 Mar 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Value: USD60,000 Deadline: 17 Jun 2024
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The UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme gives registered doctoral students an opportunity to utilize the resources and facilities at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research on developing economies, and to work with our researchers in areas of mutual interest. Th
Published: 12 Mar 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Mar 2024
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The Mid Career Fellowship provides today’s leaders with the know-how to navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), knowing that their purpose, livelihood, and organizational goals are influenced or impacted by the Internet. The Mid Career Fellowship is a unique oppo
Published: 12 Mar 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 27 Mar 2024
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The goal of the Engineering for Development (E4D) Programme is to promote research and education for people in low-?income countries. The E4D Programme is generously funded through the external pageSawiris Foundation for Social Developmentcall_made and the external pageSwiss Agen
Published: 12 Apr 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 30 Apr 2024
The Academy welcomes applications from early-career researchers worldwide who have been awarded their PhD in the last four years. The scheme is funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and provides funding for five years. Each application is capped at a maximum co
Published: 08 Mar 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 18 Sep 2024
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The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is a unique, transformative learning opportunity open to women and nonbinary journalists from every country around the world. Since 2005, the IWMF has selected one Neuffer Fellow each year to complete a six-month Fellowship focused on human rights and social justice
Published: 08 Mar 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 21 Apr 2024
The LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) is a prestigious one-year intensive course where 25-30 exceptional individuals spend six months in Pretoria and six months at one of the 12 partner universities all over Africa. They are taught by eminent lecturers in the f
Published: 07 Mar 2024 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Jul 2024
The project UNICORE 2024 offers refugee students the opportunity to attend a master’s degree programme at an Italian university. The project University Corridors for Refugees UNICORE 6.0 is promoted by Italian universities with the support of UNHCR, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair
Published: 05 Mar 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Italy Deadline: 15 Apr 2024
MPOWER Financing and Edward Consulting, two companies dedicated to assisting African students in realizing their aspirations for quality education abroad, have come together to award a Scholarship. The initiative aims to empower and aid international students in their quest for education excellence
Published: 04 Mar 2024 Type: Postgraduate Value: $50,000 Deadline: 24 May 2024
UGHE’s Office of Admissions takes a holistic approach to the admissions process. The Admissions Committee takes into account a broad range of application criteria, including supplemental documents, professional experience, exams, interviews, and overall alignment with the UGHE’s mission
Published: 01 Mar 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Rwanda Deadline: 30 Nov -0001
The Postgraduate Diploma Programme started in 1991, and since then, many of its graduates have gone on to do PhDs at various prestigious universities, including in Europe and North America. Many of them, after a few postdoctoral stints abroad, have returned to their home countries, where they are ac
Published: 01 Mar 2024 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Mar 2024
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The Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science (PBS) is a growing community of researchers, intellectuals, and students who investigate the human mind and behaviour in a societal context. Our department conducts cutting-edge psychological and behavioural research that is both based in and a
Published: 29 Feb 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 25 Apr 2024
The ETH4D–GCSD Scholarship Programme covers travel and accommodation costs for candidates from least-?, lower-? and lower-?middle income countries to attend the MAS Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development at ETH Zurich.
Published: 28 Feb 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 01 Mar 2024
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The International Development Department, University of Birmingham, is pleased to offer one scholarship for our MSc in Development Policy and Politics (with Mo Ibrahim Foundation Internship). The scholarship is provided by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and is for a two-year programme, with the
Published: 28 Feb 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £950 Deadline: 08 Apr 2024
This Master's Degree is offered jointly with the WIPO Academy, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), and Africa University (Mutare, Zimbabwe), with financial assistance from the Government of Japan. All courses incorporate the theoretical
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Zimbabwe Deadline: 01 Mar 2024
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In collaboration with News Corp and The Wall Street Journal, ICFJ is offering journalists from around the world an opportunity to sharpen their digital journalism skills, as well as support to develop data- and/or digitally-driven projects. The 2023 News Corp Media Fellowship program in
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 24 Mar 2024
The AfOx Visiting Fellows Program is designed to enhance academic mobility and network building. Applicants should provide details of an Oxford university host i.e. someone with an academic/research post in Oxford in the applicant’s field of interest who will work with them to maximise the use
Published: 26 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Mar 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:
