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
Applications are invited from suitably qualified students all over the world for the Lithuanian Government Scholarships 2022-2023 for short-term studies in eligible courses. The scholarship will provide funding for 1-2 semesters in a Lithuanian institution of higher learning. The L
Published: 25 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Lithuania Deadline: 29 Apr 2022
The African Liberty Writing Fellowship program is a year-long program designed to train young Africans interested in the academia, media, public policy, or any other critical-and-analytical-writing-related career, in opinion article writing. Accepted applicants will complete a five-week man
Published: 25 Mar 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation is pleased to announce the commencement of applications for the Mandela Rhodes Postgraduate Scholarship Program 2022-2023 for eligible young Africans. Candidates of African descent (aged 19 – 29) are able to apply for this schola
Published: 24 Mar 2022 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 21 Apr 2022
The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic supports mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists for scholarship stays at higher education institutions and research organisations in Slovakia. The Government of th
Published: 24 Mar 2022 Type: Ph.D Study in: Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic supports mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists for scholarship stays at higher education institutions and research organisations in Slovakia. The Government of th
Published: 24 Mar 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2022/2023 at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. MCFSP at KNUST provides comprehensive scholarships for access to quality university education to qualified academically talented, yet economically disadvantaged young
Published: 24 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ghana Deadline: 30 Jun 2022
Are you applying for admission to the Master of Theology programme? Then you can apply for this scholarship. This (full) scholarship is named after the Dutch theologian Marja van der Veen-Schenkeveld, who supported the theological training of African women. The scholar
Published: 23 Mar 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 May 2022
Catto MSc & PhD Scholarships 2022/2023: The Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh is pleased to announce the availability of one full scholarship for suitable female applicants from Africa to study for an MSc in Africa and International Development and subsequent PhD in Af
Published: 23 Mar 2022 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
Google is now accepting applications from graduate students for its 2022 PhD Fellowship Program. Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic
Published: 22 Mar 2022 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 27 Apr 2022
The Africa Initiative for Governance is now accepting applications from African citizens, working in the public sector within Africa for its 2022 Public Leaders Programme. In collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, this unique programme offers senior pu
Published: 22 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 07 Apr 2022
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship at the University College London, United Kingdom for the 2022/2023 academic session. The scholarship aims to provide full overseas tuition and allowan
Published: 18 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 18 Apr 2022
This is the first year for the International Chair of Creative Writing and Global Voices Scholarship Programme. This scholarship is available to an applicant who has applied for a place on the MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction, Biography and Creative Non-Fiction, Scriptwriting or Poetry in the
Published: 17 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 03 Jun 2022
LSE is pleased to announce the Wellcome Award MSc in Health and International Development scholarships. They commenced in 2019 and applications are now open for the 2022/23 session. The MSc in Health and International Development programme will award a full scholarship to a total of eight st
Published: 17 Mar 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 29 Apr 2022
Applications for the Innocent Chukwuma Social Impact Fellowship 2022 are now open. The Fellowship aims to facilitate the emergence and development of the next generations of young social impact pioneers and social justice leaders in Nigeria. The fellowship program will support yout
Published: 17 Mar 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 25 Mar 2022
University of Reading through the African Real Estate Society (AfRES) is offering one full fee waiver to an African student for one of the Real Estate & Planning postgraduate programmes 2022/2023 Students must have an offer to study one of the Real Estate & Planning
Published: 16 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 May 2022
The aim of this funding line is to invite post-doctoral scientists in all areas of specialization that conduct research primarily on a topic addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set forth by the United Nations in its Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The scientists should
Published: 16 Mar 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 01 May 2022
The Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics (MMP) is a two-year advanced training programme run jointly by ICTP and the University of Trieste. The programme is designed to provide young, promising graduates of physics or related fields (mainly from developing countries) with postgra
Published: 16 Mar 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
Sheffield Hallam University UK is offering the Transform Together scholarships for all full-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies. Are you ambitious? Do you want to represent international students at Sheffield Hallam University now and in the future? If so, the Transform Together
Published: 16 Mar 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 May 2022
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: