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 Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) invites DAAD scholarship holders of the In-Region/ In-Country programme to apply for the attendance of a four-week summer school from August 17th to September 11th, 2020 at the TH K&oum
Published: 12 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 22 Mar 2020
The University of Stirling has the opportunity to award 10 scholarships for the 2020/2021 academic year. Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships support students from developing Commonwealth countries to undertake postgraduate study at a distance or via online learning.
Published: 12 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 13 Apr 2020
The RLC Campus at ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany, offers scholarships for PhD students from Africa to participate in the international workshop on Pathways of Environmental Justice in sub-Saharan Africa, 9 – 14 May 2020, in Bonn. The workshop will take place from 9 &nd
Published: 11 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 29 Mar 2020
The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Repulic of Indonesia is pleased to announce the continuation of the Kemitraan Negara Berkembang (KNB) scholarship program to support students from developing countries to get their master degree in Indonesian Universities. The scho
Published: 09 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Indonesia Deadline: 20 Apr 2020
For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postgraduate research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India. The Counci
Published: 09 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Study in: India Deadline: 11 May 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland announces recruitment to the Ignacy Lukasiewicz scholarship programme (2020/2021 edition). Supporting the socio-economic growth of developing countries by raising the educa
Published: 09 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Poland Deadline: 16 Mar 2020
Magdalene College is offering applications for the Standard Bank Chairman’s Scholarships that open to academically excellent candidates. The award program is awarded annually to African students commencing an MPhil degree from Cambridge’s one of the best colleges in the UK. Magdale
Published: 06 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 13 Mar 2020
The CFA institute in collaboration with CIPM scholarship program offers a reduced exam registration fee for qualified candidates. The institutes is now accepting applications from qualified applicants who wish to enrol in this program.
Published: 06 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Jul 2020
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission will support 10 online Masters scholarships for a number of programmes in One Health, One Medicine
Published: 06 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Deadline: 13 Apr 2020
The AIMS NEI Fellowship Program for Women in Climate Change Science seeks to foster increased female participation in and contribute to a more sustainable societal response to climate change. Applications are invited from outstanding female scientists currently residing anywhere in the world. Suc
Published: 05 Mar 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Apr 2020
As a complement to the EMEA PhD Scholarship Programme, Microsoft Research is excited to announce the Microsoft Research EMEA PhD Award, a new research grant for PhD students in computing-related fields who are in their third year or beyond at universities in EMEA. A research awar
Published: 05 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Deadline: 01 Apr 2020
The Government of Kaduna State in Nigeria is inviting applications for its inaugural Fellowship program target at young Nigerians from ages 25-35 years. Kaduna State Government is set to introduce its inaugural class of the Kashim Ibrahim Fellows Programme commencing in June, 2018. The progr
Published: 05 Mar 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 20 Mar 2020
The Eira Francis Davies Scholarship by Swansea University is a full tuition fee scholarship, and will be awarded to female students demonstrating academic excellence and evidence of financial need. The Eira Francis Davies Scholarship is a full tuition fee scholarship awarded to female studen
Published: 02 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Jun 2020
Application is open for International Scholarships for Taught Masters Students to study at The University of Kent, UK. The University has a long tradition of welcoming international students from around the world and is pleased to be able to offer a number of scholarships for entry at taught ma
Published: 02 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 May 2020
The UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme gives registered doctoral students the opportunity to utilize the resources and facilities at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research on developing economies, and to work with our researchers in areas of mutual interest. Visitin
Published: 02 Mar 2020 Type: Ph.D Study in: Finland Deadline: 21 Mar 2020
In ensuring that African leaders are conscious about creating such legacies that provide long term benefits to young people, the AfroChampions Initiative has created a program called the “Sankore Program”.
Published: 28 Feb 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 May 2020
The purview of the A. G. Leventis Foundation is very broad; it encompasses preservation of the natural environment, agricultural and technical education in West Africa, the granting of scholarships, the restoration, preservation and promotion of the wealth of Hellenic civilization in Greece, Cyprus
Published: 02 Mar 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Greece Deadline: 10 Apr 2020
These prestigious scholarships aim to reward and encourage exceptionally high-achieving students by offering a tuition fee discount to those expected to achieve AAA at A-level, 36 points in the IB (or international equivalents), or a First class undergraduate degree (or international equiv
Published: 27 Feb 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Apr 2020
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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: