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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 External Academic Relations office is pleased to announce the funded DAAD EPOS (Development-Related Postgraduate Courses) scholarships at Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. These scholarships support professionals from developing countries who seek to pursue a Master’s degree in dev
Published: 04 Jul 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Mar 2026
The IMD MBA merit scholarships are awarded to applicants who shine throughout the admissions process, demonstrating their potential as both an impactful future leader and an ambassador of IMD.
Published: 04 Jul 2025 Type: MBA Study in: Switzerland Value: CHF 40,000 Deadline: Not Specified
In 1956, IMEDE (Institut pour l’Edude des Méthodes de Direction de l’Entreprise) was established in Lausanne by Nestlé in coordination with Harvard Business School. In 1989, the institute merged with IMI in Geneva to create IMD and its Lausanne-based campus, with a vision t
Published: 04 Jul 2025 Type: MBA Study in: Switzerland Value: CHF 40,000 Deadline: Not Specified
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Concordia’s International Tuition Award of Excellence is a prestigious scholarship offered to incoming international doctoral students who have been admitted to a program at Concordia University. This award serves to reduce the tuition fees for international students to the rate paid by domest
Published: 04 Jul 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: Canada Deadline: Not Specified
The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) — comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research in Karachi, Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other
Published: 03 Jul 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: Pakistan Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
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These scholarships of up to £15,000 are available to international students studying for the Master of Business Administration (MBA). They are awarded to candidates who can best demonstrate business excellence in an interview.
Published: 01 Jul 2025 Type: MBA Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
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The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building.?It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-yea
Published: 01 Jul 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: Not Specified
JADS is a capacity building project organized by the African Development Bank and the government of Japan. They provide two-year scholarship awards to African students studying at master level at their designated institutions.
Published: 30 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Japan Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) invites applications from qualified indigenes of the Niger Delta region for its Local Master’s Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for the 2025/2026 academic session. The scholarship supports Master’s degree studies in accredited Nigerian
Published: 27 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Deadline: 20 Jul 2025
Welcome to the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, an initiative by the European Union aimed at fostering international learning mobility across the African continent. This programme extends scholarship opportunities to African students and trainees pursuing Master and Doctoral deg
Published: 26 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. Fulbright creates connections in a complex and changing world. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers unparalle
Published: 25 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: 07 Oct 2025
The Wildlife Eco-Epidemiology Lab in the Veterinary and Clinical Life Sciences Department at Utah State University is seeking a highly motivated master’s student to join a multidisciplinary research team working to describe causes of avian mortality and risk factors for botulism outbreaks in t
Published: 25 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
This is Nigeria's most prestigious leadership fellowship developing leaders of tomorrow. This one-year active free fellowship kicks off with a residential bootcamp between July and August followed by a year long leadership training through a mix of self-paced learning
Published: 24 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
International Merit Scholarships are available to new degree-seeking international students.
Published: 24 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified
The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration among the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Ph.D Study in: Singapore Deadline: 01 Dec 2025
AES Engineering is pleased to be able to continue offering scholarships to motivated students to help in the furthering of their education
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Value: $500.00 Deadline: 08 Oct 2025
The AGMA Foundation Scholarship Program is open to students interested in a career in the gear industry, and/or power transmission as it relates to the gear industry. Applicants must be enrolled or recently accepted as full- or part-time students in a nationally accredited program. Annual scholarshi
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Deadline: 01 Jul 2025
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We’re thrilled to announce two fully funded PhD positions at the Nigeria AI Lab (NAIL), Department of Computer Science, University of Lagos. This initiative is part of the AI for Education project, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK Foreign, Commonweal
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 05 Jul 2025
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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:
