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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 DeepMind Scholarship at Queen Mary University of London is a programme to support and encourage underrepresented groups to pursue postgraduate education in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Computer Science. The scholarships are for female and/or blac
Published: 24 Mar 2023 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 05 Jun 2023
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The Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship is a fully funded programme to support students ordinarily resident in Sub-Saharan Africa. The programme is funded by a generous endowed gift from the late Professor Shawki Saad, with one scholarship awarded each year for the next four years. The programme will fully
Published: 22 Mar 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 26 May 2023
TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in the departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) for a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months in one of the following fields: Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics (Experimental and
Published: 21 Mar 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy Deadline: 31 May 2023
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation in its global Scholars’ Program: an educational initiative that provides academically talented young people from economically disadvantaged communities in Africa with access to quality university education. &nb
Published: 15 Mar 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
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The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship provides academic and professional opportunities to advance the reporting skills of women and nonbinary journalists who focus on human rights and social justice. The Fellowship was created in memory of The Boston Globe correspondent and IWMF Courage in Journali
Published: 09 Mar 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Apr 2023
Applications are invited from African nationals for scholarships in the fields of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering and Biomaterials/Biomedical Engineering. In this ELbM scholarships call, a total of 22 scholarships comprising
Published: 07 Mar 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
The Mastercard Foundation has partnered with the University of Cape Town (UCT) to oversee the implementation of financial, academic, social and post-graduation support to awarded candidates under the scholarship titled The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cape Town. The vi
Published: 03 Mar 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
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The Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China invites applications from individuals who has interest in studying for a degree program at any Chinese Institution. MOFCOM Scholarship is set up by Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China to further strengthen the commu
Published: 22 Feb 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 31 May 2023
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation in its global Scholars’ Program: an educational initiative that provides academically talented young people from economically disadvantaged communities in Africa with access to quality university education. &nb
Published: 20 Feb 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Mar 2023
As part of our commitment to attracting the very best students to join our diverse international community, we are delighted to introduce the ASBS Global Challenges Scholarship for 2023. With this scholarship we wish to recognise outstanding students who will add to the diversity and vibrancy of the
Published: 20 Feb 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 03 Apr 2023
MaModAfrica Consortium, will offer eight fully funded positions in this prestigious new doctoral program. Most of the recruited students will be based in our three focus countries (Rwanda, Benin, and Mozambique) in partnership with universities and research institutions across Af
Published: 20 Feb 2023 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda Deadline: 17 Mar 2023
The programme seeks to provide fully funded opportunities to students from low-income countries to be able to carry out their research and be mentored by reputable scholars. ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorsh
Published: 02 Feb 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 30 Apr 2023
These scholarships are open to all nationalities and across all research areas, and will be of interest to students of the highest calibre who have the commitment and desire to work on challenging research projects in a world leading research environment. This funding is available to students und
Published: 02 Feb 2023 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Mar 2023
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The Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies has a generous scholarship available for an excellent female student from Asia or Africa, who wishes to start the three-year programme in Theology on the 1st of September 2023.The master programme in Theology is one of the most cult
Published: 01 Feb 2023 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Apr 2023
MINDS offers scholarships to Africans who wish to pursue post-graduate studies within Africa, outside of their own countries. Through tailored leadership development activities, the MINDS Scholarship Program aims to nurture leaders with a continental development mindset; leaders who will f
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified
The Leakey Foundation offers Baldwin Fellowship Research Grants/training for applicants from developing countries in the field of human origins, including paleoanthropology, primate behavior, and studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups to study at Home and host institutions. Eligible coun
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Mar 2023
The Humphrey Fellowship Programme, a Fulbright Exchange, builds connections between U.S. and foreign leaders to advance solutions to the most pressing global challenges, from combatting climate change to protecting human rights, increasing access to education, and building global health security.
Published: 30 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified
The Einstein Forum and the Daimler and Benz Foundation are offering a fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project in a different field from that of their previous research. The purpose of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing superb work in th
Published: 26 Jan 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 May 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:
