Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship 2023

The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Prof. Tahir Mamman OON, SAN, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2024/2025 Federal Government Scholarship Awards for:  

  BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA)

• Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Hungary, Egypt and Algeria; 
• Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees   were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Romania.

• Table of Content
• About Federal Government of Nigeria
• Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Federal Government of Nigeria

Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Postgraduate Scholarship

The scholarship is fully funded

Requirements for Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• All applicants for Postgraduate degree courses must hold a  First  Degree with 1st Class or at least 2nd  Class Upper Division. 
• All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Programme and the age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40 years for Ph.D. 
• N.Y.S.C discharge or exemption certificates only are  accepted; and
• Evidence of readiness to be released by an employer.

Documents Required for Application

All Applicants to upload the following certificates online;

    b. POSTGRADUATE (PG): 1st Degree Certificate, NIN Slip and NYSC discharge or exemption Certificate.

Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to submit to Federal    Scholarship Board the following:

Authenticated copies of academic certificates;

Data page of the current International passport; 

Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals;

Birth Certificate & Indigene letter

Police Clearance Certificate where necessary. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

All qualified candidates are advised to: 

• Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website www.education.gov.ng and click on     Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page: 
• Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online
• Print the completed Application Form

Take note:

Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one-year foreign Language course of the Country of choice which will be the standard medium of instruction; 

(ii)     All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship can apply for up to two fields of study in order of preference, and must visit the website:  www.stipendiumhungaricum.hu which was opened Middle November to close 16th January, 2024.

• Complete the application form online,

(iii)  All applicants for Russia should visit the website http://education-in-russia.com which is opened.

(iv)   All applicants for Russian Postgraduate Scholarship must have acquired their 1st   Degree in Russia; 

(v)  All documents to be uploaded on the Russian  Application portal and must be properly scanned in PDF format.

For more details, visit FSBN website