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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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: A 1-month stay at the Nordic Africa Institute in order to facilitate use of the Institute’s library collections on contemporary Africa, and to create links to existing research at the Institute. The scholarships are awarded once per year. The aim of the scholarship progra
Published: 24 Oct 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: 31 Oct 2021
Applications are invited from qualified postgraduate candidates for the Oxford Pershing Square Scholarship for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. The Pershing Square Foundation awards full scholarships to support outstanding students on the 1+1 MBA, covering both the Master&rsq
Published: 23 Oct 2021 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 12 Jan 2022
TRAJECTS, The Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability opens its Call for Applications for Master and PhD Scholarships 2021. TRAJECTS is a DAAD-funded project that seeks to create and/or strengthen research and teaching capacities on Just
Published: 14 Oct 2021 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
TRAJECTS, The Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability opens its Call for Applications for Master and PhD Scholarships 2021. TRAJECTS is a DAAD-funded project that seeks to create and/or strengthen research and teaching capacities on Just
Published: 14 Oct 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
The Atlantic Fellows programme for Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute is a fantastic new opportunity for experienced academics and senior practitioners to dig deeper into the causes of inequalities. The Fellowships are available in TWO fully-funded tr
Published: 08 Oct 2021 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 10 Jan 2022
Applications are invited from suitably qualified African women who are passionate about STEM innovation for the Africa Innovation Fellowship at WomHub to develop women entrepreneurs. Since 2019, the Africa Innovation Fellowship has been supporting women-owned STEM innovations across sub-Saha
Published: 10 Oct 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
The aim of the visiting fellowship program is to help African PhD students working in the field of Innovation and Development to strengthen their academic/research qualifications; improve quality of their dissertations and prepare for a career in innovation and development either within academia or
Published: 05 Oct 2021 Type: Ph.D Study in: Kenya Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
Applications are invited from suitably qualified African graduates for the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2022/2023 which aims at identifying and deploying highly competent tech innovators to African Union Headquarters. The fellowship will provide a platform for the inno
Published: 21 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Oct 2021
The UK Government through the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is welcoming applications from eligible individuals to apply for Commonwealth Masters Scholarships 2022/2023.The scholarship allows students from low and middle income countries of commonwealth affiliati
Published: 04 Feb 2022 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Nov 2021
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The Harrison Middleton University in the USA is inviting applications for its fellowship in ideas for those who have an interest in the humanities and great ideas of western civilization in 2022. The HMU Fellowship in Ideas is a writing and discussion project in the humanities designed for a rece
Published: 17 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
The 2021 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Youth Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for young participants to become part of the global effort to build forward better and join the IMF at the forefront of the response to the crisis. Participants in the program will experience firsthand the IM
Published: 14 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 24 Sep 2021
The scholarships are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the United Kingdom to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge. The aim of the Gate Cambridge program is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of ot
Published: 07 Sep 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 06 Jan 2022
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for the WiSTEM2D Scholars Award program Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Services. The goal of the award is to fuel the research passion of the awarded women and inspire career paths in their respective STEM2D fields. Johnson &am
Published: 07 Sep 2021 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 27 Sep 2021
Applications for the Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR) 2021/2022 are now open. The Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers is an initiative for raising a generation of innovators, inventors and researchers in Nigeria. This 9-month
Published: 03 Sep 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 30 Sep 2021
Applications are open for the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program 2022-2024. CIFAR invites exceptional early-career researchers from across the natural, biomedical and social sciences and the humanities to join one of their interdisciplinary research programs that address some of the most importan
Published: 01 Sep 2021 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 27 Oct 2021
Applications are open for the Nanyang Assistant Professorship Program 2022. Launched in July 2007, the Nanyang Assistant Professorship (NAP) Scheme is Nanyang Technological University’s elite faculty recruitment program aimed at attracting and recruiting outstanding young scientists and r
Published: 30 Aug 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Singapore Deadline: 30 Sep 2021
Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong’s universities. The HKPFS supports the awardees to pursue their PhD studies at
Published: 25 Aug 2021 Type: Ph.D Study in: Hong Kong Deadline: 01 Dec 2021
The grant is open to all international applicants who desire to study a master’s programme in the area of International Economics at the University of Milan. The students that hold a relevant bachelor’s degree certification are eligible and will be considered for the award cove
Published: 24 Aug 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Italy Deadline: 14 Sep 2021
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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:
