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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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Application is now open for the CSC Commonwealth Scholarships for Masters and PhD students from developing Commonwealth countries to study in UK. The scholarship is being funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and is awarded to aspiring PhD and Master's students from
Published: 29 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Oct 2019
Application is now open for the CSC Commonwealth Scholarships for Masters and PhD students from developing Commonwealth countries to study in UK. The scholarship is being funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and is awarded to aspiring PhD and Master's students from
Published: 29 Aug 2019 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 30 Oct 2019
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The Oprah Winfrey Foundation is awarding the Oprah Winfrey African Women’s Public Service Fellowship opportunity to African women to enrol for a postgraduate degree at the New York University, United States. The African Women‘s Public Service Fellowship, sponsored by donations made by
Published: 23 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: 02 Dec 2019
Modul University Vienna (MU), Austria is an internationally-oriented organization for research and education on tourism, sustainable development, new media technology, and public governance. Currently the university is inviting applications from eligible international students to apply for its Ma
Published: 21 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: Austria Deadline: 10 Sep 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) and its partner the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) is offering scholarships to eligible African Students who can not fund themselves in furthering their education but wish to pursue their Masters program. The scholarship is for high accomplishing African Students inte
Published: 21 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 17 Sep 2019
The Kroc Institute administers the International Peace Studies (IPS) concentration of the Master of Global Affairs (MGA), a program of the Keough School of Global Affairs. Applications are now open for Notre Dame Master of Global Affairs — 2-year degree combining strong academics, skills tr
Published: 20 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Dec 2019
Queen Mary University is accepting applications from eligible Masters students for the Queen Mary University of London Chevening Partner Award for Msc in Economics 2020. The Queen Mary University works closely with the Chevening - the UK government's international scheme aimed at developing g
Published: 13 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 06 Nov 2019
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The Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, (IUPUI) USA is awarding two different scholarships to international students who aspire to attend a postgraduate degree program at the Institution. The scholarships to be awarded by the University are: Merit scholarships: IUP
Published: 07 Aug 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 01 Nov 2019
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and OCIS is announcing the Chevening-Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowship Program for Mid-Career Professionals to study in the UK. The OCIS is a Recognized Independent Centre for the University of Oxford and provides a meeting point fo
Published: 06 Aug 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 05 Nov 2019
St. Gallen University is awarding a merit based Excellence Scholarships to foreign students who wish enrolled to study a Bachelors degree at the university since Autumn Semester 2018. Annually, six scholarships are awarded to students in the Assessment Year, which will be paid out over a period o
Published: 31 May 2019 Type: Masters Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 19 Jul 2019
The University of Westminster, UK and the International Students House (ISH) awards the Tony Shaw International Students House Scholarship, specially awarded to students from Developing Countries . ISH was founded for the betterment of international understanding and provides a unique socia
Published: 16 May 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 16 May 2019
The NUS Department of Economics is awarding PhD scholarships to eligible undergraduate and graduate students. The Department of Economics at NUS was established in 1934. With about 50 faculty members, it offers a wide selection of courses in undergraduate and graduate level co
Published: 14 May 2019 Type: Ph.D Study in: Singapore Deadline: 14 May 2019
The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2019/2020 Nomination computer Based Test (CBT) for the Federal Government Scholarship Awards for: The Nigeria Award Scholarship (NA) 2019/2020 Federal
Published: 13 May 2019 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 14 May 2019
The International Development Department, University of Birmingham, Zawadi, Africa is pleased to offer one scholarship for MSc in International Development (Governance and State-building), for the academic year starting in September 2019. The Mo Ibrahim scholarship is open to postgraduate s
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
The International Development Department, University of Birmingham, is pleased to offer one scholarship for our MSc in International Development (Governance and State-building), for the academic year starting in September 2019.
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
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The Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE) Africa is accepting applications from eligible students from developing countries for the FIRE African Awards in ICT for Development. The FIRE Africa Awards seek to acknowledge innovative initiatives in Africa and have made concrete contributi
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
The University of Arts London (UAL) is calling for application for the 2019/2020 tuition and accomodation scholarship for students in developing countries.
Published: 28 Apr 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 28 Apr 2019
The University of Stirling, United Kingdom is calling for applications from qualified international students for the 2019/2020 Post Graduate International Excellence Scholarship to be awarded for studies at the university.
Published: 27 Apr 2019 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 27 Apr 2019
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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:
