Federal Government Scholarship Awards For Nigerian Students 2023

The Federal Scholarship Board by the Federal Ministry of Education of Nigeria has opened application for the 2022/2023 Bilateral Educational Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards for Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students to study Overseas.

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

Host: Ministry of Education
Tagged: Undergraduate Scholarships | Postgraduate Scholarships ( Masters & PhD)
Eligible Country: Nigeria
Benefits: Full Scholarship | Monthly Stipends
Deadline: January 6, 2023

The Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) is a Department of the Federal Ministry of Education headed by a Director, as the Secretary of the Board.

Eligible Field of Studies:

Undergraduate level – Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), Pilot Engineering, Neurologist and

Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and PhD) in all fields.

Scholarship Requirements:

A. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS:

All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Seven (7) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the Senior Secondary School Certificates, WASSCE/WAEC (May/June) only in the subjects relevant to their fields of study including English Language and Mathematics.

Certificates should not be more than two (2) years old (2021 & 2022) for Non-African Countries and for African countries the age of certificate is one year (2022) only.

Age limit is from 17 to 20 years.

B. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS:

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.

• i) N.Y.S.C discharge or exemption certificates only are accepted; and

• ii) Evidence of readiness to be released by an employer.

Scholarship Duration and Reward

Full Scholarship with stipends

Required Documents

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.

Method of Application

• Visit Federal ministry of education 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

FIND OUT MORE AND APPLY

Deadline:

January 6, 2023