If you’re a
Nigerian undergraduate student whether in the University or polytechnic and you
happen to be doing well academically or may be not it does pay to know about
these scholarship opportunities because they may offer you much needed financial
assistance whether in form of tuition or even ‘maintenance’ cost for many
Nigerian students who may find survival in school very difficult.
Most of
these scholarships just require Nigerian students to send in applications
through their websites or directly through their offices. You may be required
to write aptitude tests as well so get yourselves ready for that too. The scholarship
awards may be cash donations/grants from the scholarship awarding institutions.
Some Below we
list a few scholarship opportunities for Nigerian students doing undergraduate
programs to take note of;
PTDF Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme
The scheme
is funded by the Petroleum technology Development Fund, a parastatal of the
federal ministry of petroleum resources. It is one of the best run scholarship
schemes and awards
MUSTE Scholarship
MUSTE Scholarship
MUSTE stands
for The Mankind United to Support Total Education (MUSTE). It is a Scholarship
scheme founded and funded by Mr Jim Ovia former CEO of Zenith Bank to provide
financial aid to deserving Nigerian youths. The successful candidates receive
funding for undergraduate study for the duration of their undergraduate
programs and covers tuition and maintenance allowance. Over 1000 awardees have
won various scholarships since 2003 when it was founded.
SPDC Joint Venture University Scholarship Award Scheme
SPDC Joint Venture University Scholarship Award Scheme
This Scholarship
Scheme offers first year students in all Nigerian universities the opportunity
to study with an annual grant from the SPDC Joint Venture for the full duration
of their course. The programme aims to promote academic excellence and improve
the skills-base among young Nigerians.
University of Sheffield - Nigeria
Merit Undergraduate Scholarship Award
Every year
the University of Sheffield in the UK offers two scholarship slots to Nigerian nationals or Nigerians permanently domiciled in Nigeria.on merit. Each
scholarship is worth £7,000 per year of study for all undergraduate programmes
except Medicine and Dentistry. Students of Medicine or Dentistry will only
receive the scholarship in the first two years of study. The scholarships usually the form of a fee reduction.
Note: Applicants cannot apply for the
scholarships before being offered a study place at Sheffield.
NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme
The
scholarship aims to promote academic excellence among Nigerian students in
tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Note: you can’t apply for this scheme if
you’re in your second to final year, a part time student or a beneficiary of
another scholarship scheme.
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