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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 Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) supports students with a scholarship, mentorship and a network of the ETH Foundation covering the full study and living costs during the master’s programme. The ETH-D Scholarship contains a partial stipend as well as additional offe
Published: 10 Nov 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 15 Dec 2022
The University of Oxford and the Mastercard Foundation have an innovative and ambitious partnership under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx). The partnership is set to provide 400 young African scholars with a fully-funded opportunity to pursue taught
Published: 09 Nov 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The 2023 Cities United Young Leader Fellowship seeks to build a pipeline of leaders committed to making sure all children grow up in safe, healthy and hopeful communities, while reducing the homicide and shooting rates of Black men and boys. This Fellowship is an intensive eight-month expe
Published: 08 Nov 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Dec 2022
The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) supports graduate studies in macroeconomics or related fields in leading universities in Japan. It provides educational opportunities to promising junior officials from central banks, ministries of finance and other economic agencies in the Asia-Pac
Published: 08 Nov 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified
This exciting opportunity will include an intensive programme of events held over three days, followed by a four-month mentoring programme, for 10,000 Women graduates from all over the world. The Growth Fellowship is a prestigious event for select graduates of the 10,000 Women programme. In 2023,
Published: 08 Nov 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The CSC is offering the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships 2023/2024 for Masters Students from Commonwealth Countries to study in UK Universities. The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships, set up by the Department for International Development (DFID) in 1986, represents a uniq
Published: 07 Nov 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 13 Dec 2022
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UNSW offers a wide range of Scholarships and Awards to support International undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students commencing full-time study at UNSW. UNSW is now accepting applications from international students who wish to study at the UNSW to apply for its 2020 International scholar
Published: 07 Nov 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified
Australia Awards Scholarships are long-term awards administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. They aim to contribute to the development needs of Australia's partner countries in line with bilateral and regional agreements. They provide opportunities for people from develo
Published: 07 Nov 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: 30 Nov 2022
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The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship (UES) is a highly selective programme for talented international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA = the EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) who wish to study for a master’s degree at Utrecht University.
Published: 06 Nov 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 31 Jan 2023
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) is pleased to announce the fourth edition of the Resilience Fellowship, which for 2023 will have human rights as its theme. The Fellowship builds a platform for cross-sectoral, global and interdisciplinary collaboration between civ
Published: 02 Nov 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Nov 2022
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme at Cambridge is designed to provide talented students from economically marginalised and hard-to-reach communities in Africa with fully-funded opportunities to complete their Master’s training, grow in transformative leadership, and contribute to cl
Published: 02 Nov 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 05 Jan 2023
BIGSAS has been awarded two scholarships within the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for which BIGSAS will nominate candidates who have successfully passed the application procedure. BIGSAS provides a centre for creative a
Published: 01 Nov 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Dec 2022
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) developed this scheme in close consultation with the research community including the expert partner organisations, Black in Cancer and Windsor Fellowship. CRUK are committed to creating equal, diverse and inclusive research environments that enable all researc
Published: 01 Nov 2022 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 15 Nov 2022
The fellowship provides full funding (12 months with the possibility of extension for another 12 months) to conduct your own research on topics closely related to one or more projects on IIASA’s agenda. The IIASA Postdoctoral Programme is open to applicants of all nationalities and is
Published: 31 Oct 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Austria Deadline: 30 Nov 2022
The James McCune Smith Scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the University of Glasgow in any research area in which they can offer supervision. They provide an enhanced experience through external mentors, placements, leadership training, community-building a
Published: 28 Oct 2022 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Jan 2023
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The University of Dundee is proud to offer the Steve Weston International funding for outstanding students in the UK for the academic year 2022-2023 This scholarship is open for postgraduate degree programme for 2023 entry.The Institution of Dundee is a public research university i
Published: 26 Oct 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 May 2023
The Chevening Programme, which is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organisations, was established in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious international scheme. Chevening Scholars come from more than 160 countries and territories worldwide. Th
Published: 26 Oct 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Nov 2022
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The GloCal Health Fellowship supports a 12-month, mentored research fellowship for investigators interested in studying diseases and conditions in developing countries. The fellowship is designed for: US doctoral students (PhD, DrPH, etc.), professional students (MD, DDS, DVM, PharmD, etc.) and post
Published: 24 Oct 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Nov 2022
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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:
