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 2024-2025, 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 FAO-Hungary scholarship programme enables a select group of young professionals to undertake master’s level studies in English at one of Hungary’s agricultural universities.
Published: 18 Jan 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Hungary Deadline: 28 Feb 2023
The Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) scholarship program inspires the next generation of innovators and thinkers to create a sustainable future. Our scholars are exceptional students from developing countries studying in sustainable energy development. Today, the need for globa
Published: 18 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 07 Apr 2023
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 Scholarship to international students (on non-EU fees) who are starting a course at
Published: 17 Jan 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
Applications are open for the Argelander Scholarships for doctoral candidates from universities in the Global South. The aim is to provide funding for doctoral candidates from countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia in order to promote scientific exchange with partners, particularly in region
Published: 17 Jan 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: Germany Deadline: 01 May 2023
The World Congress Travel Grant programme aims to foster neuroscience research by providing support to scientists from diverse geographical and scientific areas, who wish to participate in the 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. The 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience will be host
Published: 17 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 28 Mar 2023
The UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for sustainable development, funded by the Government of Japan, consists of three annual awards of USD 50,000 for each recipient. It was awarded for the first time by the Director-General of UNESCO in November 2015. The Prize and award winners recognize th
Published: 17 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 21 Apr 2023
Chalmers Adlerbert Study Full-tuition Scholarships: Five scholarships will be awarded in 2023 to students who are citizens of one of 143 countries. The scholarship comprises a full tuition fee waiver and is funded by the the Adlerbert Foundations
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: 16 Jan 2023
Aston University is excited to announce that seven scholarships of £10,500 will be exclusively available to students from Africa and India for the 2023/24 academic year. These scholarships are supported by the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust who are dedicated to imp
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 19 May 2023
The Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is a scheme aimed at supporting men and women from developing nations who wish to undertake a postgraduate degree in a development-related field. The JJ/WBGSP offers scholarship opportunities for about 26 participating prog
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Japan Deadline: 28 Feb 2023
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. This includes pioneering wo
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 17 Feb 2023
Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship (KIF) is a one-year non-partisan leadership training programme for young Nigerians between the ages of 25 and 35. The one-year fellowship aims to create a network of high potential young Nigerians who are expected to rise to top leadership positions in the public sector and
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 08 Feb 2023
The Romanian Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers Scholarships to foreign citizens to study for Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral Degrees for the 2023-2024 academic year. Each year, the Romanian Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provides a
Published: 18 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Romania Deadline: 01 Mar 2023
DW Akademie is accepting applications for its International Media Studies program (IMS) in Bonn, Germany. Students from developing countries interested in the Master of Arts degree can apply for scholarships. The program is targeted at students from around the world that want to
Published: 16 Jan 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
University of Southern Denmark offers Danish Government Scholarships – supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science – to certain applicants in recognition of the important investment that oversea students make during their education.
Published: 12 Jan 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Denmark Deadline: 01 Feb 2023
The Barcelona Graduate School of Economics is able to offer tuition waivers and fully-funded scholarships to international students 2023-2024. Financial aid will only be awarded to candidates that have an outstanding academic record. All candidates will automat
Published: 12 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Spain Deadline: 15 Jan 2023
Over the last twenty years, WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research institute in the Humanities and Social Sciences on the African continent. From 2023, with generous support from Standard Bank, the Institute’s newly established chair in African Trust Infras
Published: 12 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 20 Jan 2023
The 2023-2024 application for the Education for Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship (ESED) programme will be open for students from developing countries studying for a postgradauate course in Sustainable Energy. The scholarships are intended to foster the next ge
Published: 12 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 07 Apr 2023
The one-year Fellowship aims to create a network of high potential young Nigerians who are expected to rise to top leadership positions in the public sector and other spheres of activity over the next decade. Established in 2018, KIF is an initiative of the Kaduna State Government (KDSG).&nb
Published: 10 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Mar 2023
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: