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Top 20 Best Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students

Top 20 Best Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students.  In this article, i will walk you through on the various masters scholarships you can benefit from as a Nigerian. These scholarships are offered by both local and international scholarship bodies.

Best Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students

Getting a Postgraduate degree in Nigeria, be it Master’s, Ph.D. or MBA MSc, MA, MPhil Diploma has not been so much affordable especially with the economic situation of the country.

Renowned international universities also offer beneficial postgraduate scholarships in Nigeria to students from Nigeria who exhibits unique academic competence in different fields of study.

A master’s degree is usually a second-cycle academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

A master’s scholarship in Nigeria normally requires the previous study at the bachelor’s level, either as a separate degree or as part of an integrated course.

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Top 20 Best Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students

Here are Top 20 Best Masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students below:

UNIVERSITY OF BATH MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

The scholarship is offered by university of bath for international students and Nigerians too are free to apply, since Nigeria is covered among the countries approved for the program. The scholarship is provided for both internship and masters degree programs

MASTERS DEGREE SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP FOR 150 AFRICANS

The scholarship is provided by Japan International Cooperation Agency it is available to individuals from private sector, government officials and educators, who may be interested in masters degree programs .

MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP FOR AFRICANS TO STUDY IN SINGAPORE

The scholarship equally covers study in France, aside Singapore.  It equally covers for undergraduate programs

UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship is offered by KIIT University in India. It is open to both undergraduate and post graduate Nigerians students who are registered for any course at KIIT University.

MASTERS WOMEN SCHOLARSHIP AT UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

This scholarship is exclusively for African women, including Nigerians, which may want to study at University of Queensland, Australia.  It is awarded on yearly basis.

IWC MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP AUSTRALIA

It is a yearly scholarship program and it is open to Nigerians interested for any course of study at Masters Degree level.  It is offered by the International WaterCenter. It is a full scholarship that covers all needs in the course of the master’s degree program.

PTDF POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship is made available to both Masters and PhD students. It gives Nigerian students opportunity to study both locally and internationally.

NIGERIAN AGIP OIL COMPANY

The scholarship is offered specifically to postgraduate students and it covers full needs of the student all through the course of the program.

NDDC POSTGRADUATE OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship is offered by the Niger Delta Development Commission and it is offered to those Nigerians from the Niger Delta States. Such students have the opportunity to study in any of their chosen overseas universities and it also covers geosciences, engineering, petroleum economics and oil and gas law.

NLNG POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

It is offered by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas. It covers various aspects, like medicine, law, information technology, management science, environmental science, geosciences and engineering. The student must not be more than 30 years of age too. Successful applicants will have to sit for test and selection will be made based on performance at such test.

NITDA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM  

The scholarship is opened to Masters Degree students in any information technology related field of study.  The scholarship is awarded based on merit too and it covers all the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria.  The student must have registered for the scholarship minimum of 6 weeks after publication. Student selection is based on performance at an Aptitude test for applicants.

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

As its name implies, it is offered by the Nigerian federal government and the postgraduate student can choose to either study in Nigeria or overseas. The scholarship is provided to all levels of education, be it undergraduate, masters or PhD.

The student can study in countries, like South Korea, Hungary, Mexico, Serbia, Japan, Turkey, China and Russia.  It covers all fields for Masters Degree students and PhD students.

PRESSID PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

It is the Presidential Special Scholarship Award. Purpose is to attain the Vision 20:2020. It covers various areas of study, like Quantitative Genetics, Industrial Chemistry, Operations Research, Nuclear Physics and so on.

Applicant is required to be younger than 30 years of age, be computer literate and be ready to work as academic staff in any research institute or public university for at least 5 years.

NNPC/ESSO POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

The scholarship is offered by association of ESSO and NNPC. It covers both local and foreign Masters Degree programs. Fields covered are engineering and geosciences. The student is required to have graduated from a Nigerian university and he/she must have minimum of second class upper division in geosciences or engineering discipline.

SIR EMEKA OFFOR FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR NIGERIAN STUDENTS

The scholarship is provided to secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate students. The scholarship had been offered to up to 120 students since inception. Students granted the scholarship are given car after graduation and also offered full employment at Chrome Group of Companies.

DR MURTALA MUHAMMED SCHOLARSHIP

Qualified students must have admission offer to study ay London Met.  The student must have first class honors degree. The student must also have scored overall of 7.0 in IETLS or minimum of 6.5 in each of the components of SELT. The student must also be a Nigerian national.

GOOGLE ANITA BORG SCHOLARSHIP

The postgraduate scholarship awards the student 7,000 pounds. It is open to students from Africa, Middle East and Europe, provided the student is a female.  Course covered include informatics, computing and other related fields.

It is provided by Google Inc.  The student must also have strong academic record to be qualified. The student must be registered in an accredited university.  The scholarship can equally be applied to online or distance study.

SPDC NIGER DELTA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR NIGERIANS

The scholarship covers tuition fees and the students return flight ticket from here in Nigeria to the UK. The scholarship also contributes towards the students’ living expenses.  10 of such scholarships are offered each year.

It is offered in conjunction with various universities in the UK, like the University of Leeds, University College London and Imperial College London.

The scholarship covers various Masters Degree programs, like petroleum engineering, petroleum geosciences, petroleum geophysics, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical process engineering, exploration geophysics and electrical/ electronics engineering.

INDOMIE NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FOR NIGERIAN STUDENTS

This scholarship program is available to postgraduate students. It is available for students at the department of nutrition and Dietetics at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.

The student must have been offered admission in the department for M.Sc. the award is distributed among Nigerian students from the 6 geopolitical zones. The scholarship is offered by Dufill Prima Foods Plc.

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)  scholarship

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) provides a scholarship scheme for teaching staff training and development.

The following activities may be funded by the TFT: Grants for sponsorship in Nigeria or abroad; and overseas training grants for teaching staff currently pursuing doctoral programs in Nigerian universities.

The broad objective of this initiative is to break the unhealthy culture of inbreeding of academic staff by exposing them to other intellectual traditions within and outside Nigeria.


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