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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
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Application for UK Commonwealth Scholarship is now open for Masters and PhD students from developing Commonwealth countries to study in UK, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). This is different from the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. The scholarships are
Published: 05 Sep 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 17 Oct 2023
Gates Cambridge Trust offers full fee postgraduate (Masters and PhD) Gates Cambridge Scholarships for outstanding International students to study any course at the University of Cambridge, UK. Gates Cambridge Scholarships are highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstand
Published: 05 Sep 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 24 Jan 2024
A Princeton in Africa fellowship experience is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for personal and professional development and growth. It is often described as a way to get a foot in the door of the field of development on the African continent. It is also an opportunity to join a growing community of pas
Published: 05 Sep 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Oct 2023
A well-planned system of infrastructure facilities is the primary prerequisite for development in any country. There is a pressing international need for professionals capable of directing the conception, planning and construction of infrastructure facilities for transportation, water and waste mana
Published: 04 Sep 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 30 Sep 2023
The AIMS Structured Master’s Program runs over three semesters. The requisite skills phase of the AIMS course builds a standard core set of problem-solving skills: estimation, computation, approximation, modelling, data analysis and statistics. The elective review phase allows studen
Published: 04 Sep 2023 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 01 Dec 2023
The Master’s and Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree program requirements represent general university-level expectations. The specific details of each degree requirements are outlined in the descriptions of the individual degree programs.
Published: 01 Sep 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Saudi Arabia Deadline: 01 Oct 2023
The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and managed by the Council The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is unique in the
Published: 01 Sep 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 12 Oct 2023
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Over the years, journalists have improved their investigative reporting skills through the Douglas Tweedale Memorial Fellowship. Some participants have focused on immigration, environment, science and technology or business reporting skills. For the 2023 fellowship, ICFJ is pleased to continue th
Published: 31 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Sep 2023
The Excellence Programme is initiated by Wageningen University & Research to attract excellent students for a Master’s programme, and who might have the potential to do a PhD after their MSc graduation. In Wageningen or elsewhere
Published: 31 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2024
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The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders — the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) — was created in 2014 to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The Fellowship’s Reciprocal Exch
Published: 31 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified
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The Kipaji Scholarship Fund was founded by a couple of alumni and relations of the University of Twente and is also supported by the staff and alumni of the University of Twente. With an annual fundraising campaign alumni and employees are asked to support this scholarship fund.
Published: 30 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 May 2024
The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa. With this programme, Wageningen wants to support capacity building in Africa by attr
Published: 30 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2024
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The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – the country’s national research university is offering full scholarships international Masters and PhD students willing to study in South Korea. The KAIST scholarship is offered to 94% of all admitted students into the universit
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 14 Sep 2023
This DAAD Masters Scholarships programme offers you the opportunity to continue your academic education in Germany with a postgraduate course of study. This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your academic education in Germany with a postgraduate
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Aug 2023
We are looking for young graduates in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Geology and Geophysics, interested in attending the 2nd level Specializing Master MiNDS’ programme in Natural Resources Development and Storage realized by Eni in partnership with Politecnico di Torino, that aimed to deve
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Deadline: 04 Sep 2023
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The Tongarewa Scholarships celebrate the University's commitment to our international student community. We award a range of these scholarships to international students each year. This is a partial fee-based scholarship that will go towards tuition fees for one year of study. Applicants can be
Published: 29 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 01 Sep 2023
The University College Cork, Ireland is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2023 Masters Scholarships. The scholarships will enable highly motivated students from developing countries gain skills and knowledge to make an immense impact on issues bordering on their professional lives
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: 29 Sep 2023
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The British Council through the Scotland SGSAH is pleased to announce the commencement of application for the British Council Scotland SGSAH Earth Scholarships 2024 for international research collaborations between PhD and Early Career Researchers and Scottish Institutions. Th
Published: 28 Aug 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Nov 2023
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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:
