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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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Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships are for candidates from low and middle income countries, as classified by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), in the Commonwealth, to conduct research at a university in the UK for 12 months. The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC)
Published: 20 Nov 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 16 Dec 2024
The Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-LeaF II) is a two-year research-oriented fellowship programme supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and hosted at Future Africa. The programme focuses on future-looking science leadership and developing the next generation o
Published: 19 Nov 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Value: USD 13 500 Deadline: 30 Nov 2024
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Thanks to a generous gift from ISU alumni Jim (’78 agricultural business) and Marcia (’78 family environment) Borel, the Borel Global Fellows Program was launched in 2018. The Borel Global Fellows Program supports students from Sub-Saharan Africa to pursue graduate studies at Iowa State
Published: 15 Nov 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Jan 2025
The African Graduate Fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master's degree at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians) for
Published: 13 Nov 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Egypt Deadline: 16 Jan 2025
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The SI Scholarship Pioneering Women in STEM is an academic scholarship provided for full-time, one- or two-year, master’s studies in designated programmes in Sweden. Sweden offers a unique blend of world-class education and cutting-edge innovation, with sustainability at its core. The schol
Published: 08 Nov 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: 15 Jan 2025
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The European Master’s programme in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) responds to the increasing need to better understand the socio-economic and environmental effects of agricultural, food and environmental policies. It provides you with high quality e
Published: 07 Nov 2024 Type: Masters Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
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Africa continues to make positive headlines relating to strong economic growth, improved attractiveness for investment as well as improved governance and leadership among other areas. Supporting this progress, the Accra Regional Leadership Centre (RLC), as part of united state government initiati
Published: 07 Nov 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 16 Nov 2024
Iso Lomso means ‘the eye of tomorrow’ in isiXhosa: seeing towards the future, laying the foundations for tomorrow. The programme is aimed at African scholars who have obtained a doctoral degree within the preceding seven years and who hold an academic position at a university or research
Published: 06 Nov 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
The African Doctoral Academy (ADA) at Stellenbosch University is privileged to offer a limited number of candidates, at the start of their doctoral careers, the opportunity to attend research, publishing, scientific communication and career-related training courses at the ADA Hyb
Published: 06 Nov 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: South Africa Deadline: 08 Nov 2024
The University of Gottingen DAAD Scholarship promotes the training of specialists from development and newly industrialised countries. Well-trained local experts, who are networked with international partners, play an important part in the sustainable development of their countries. They are the
Published: 04 Nov 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Nov 2024
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The Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) invites aspiring young scientists worldwide to apply for the ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents 2024. Established in 2018, ANSO is a non-profit, non-governmental international organization comprising 37 scientific institutions, universiti
Published: 04 Nov 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
The Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme, by the Hungarian Government is offering international students the opportunity to undergo study of all types in Hungary for free. The core mission of the programme is to increase the number of foreign students in Hungary and to encourage Hun
Published: 01 Nov 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Hungary Deadline: 15 Jan 2025
The Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) has been initiated by Wageningen University & Research to give talented and motivated students from Africa the opportunity to study at the university in Wageningen. The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talent
Published: 01 Nov 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 Feb 2025
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: 30 Oct 2024 Type: Ph.D Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Dec 2024
The Heidelberg University Gates Scholarship is a fully funded doctoral opportunity funded by the Gates Foundation for international seeking to study in Germany. The HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL are looking to recruit a PhD student for a Gates Foundation funded project determining the pharm
Published: 29 Oct 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 10 Dec 2024
Funded through the DAAD programme, the University of Göttingen offers 7-8 scholarships each year for students from developing countries. With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD (funded by the BMZ – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Developmen
Published: 28 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Nov 2024
The Weatherhead Scholars Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowships to join its annual cohort of 20-25 members, comprised of postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and practitioner fellows. These
Published: 25 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $70,000 Deadline: 01 Nov 2024
The University of Oxford is offering a scholarship funded by Dr. Bryant Orjiako and builds on Saïd Business School’s mission to create opportunities for African change-makers. This gift enables the establishment of a new, fully endowed MBA scholarship, open to students coming to
Published: 25 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Deadline: 06 Jan 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:
