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Scholarship for Brilliant but Financially Handicapped Students at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD)

/ June 5, 2013 Leave a Comment

 

Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD)

Scholarship for Brilliant but Financially Handicapped Students

 

Afe Babalola University, pursuant to its reformatory education agenda, grants scholarship to outstanding and or indigent students at the end of every academic session. At the end of the 2012-2013 session, ABUAD scholarship and merit award to over 264 students and staff amounted to 28.5million naira.

 

In addition, ABUAD hereby EXTENDS this annual scholarship scheme to those exceptionally brilliant students, who for financial incapacity cannot register in a quality university.

 

Applicants who attain a minimum of SIX distinctions in WAEC or NECO results can obtain FREE application forms to study courses of their choice in Afe Babalola University.

 

The university which has been described as the fastest growing private university in Africa, was rated in February this year by Webometrics as No. 2 best private university in Nigeria and acknowledged by NUC as a model, benchmark and reference point.

 

Application containing self addressed envelope should be addressed to:

 

The Registrar, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti,

Tel: 08033509150

E-mail: registrar_christieoluborode@abuad.edu.ng

 

Applications close on the 21st of June, 2013.

 

For further information log on to our website: www.abuad.edu.ng

 

Lady Christie Oluborode

Registrar

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Commonwealth Scholarhips and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) 2013/2014, UK Academic Year (Beginning in September/October, 2013) at Ministry of Education, Scholarship Board,

/ September 12, 2012 1 Comment

Ministry of Education, Scholarship Board,

 

Plot 245, Samuel Ademulegun Street, (Opposite Arewa Suites),

Central Business District, Abuja – Nigeria

 

 

Commonwealth Scholarhips and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) 2013/2014,

UK Academic Year (Beginning in September/October, 2013)

 

The Honourable Minister of Education, Prof. (Mrs) Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i hereby invites application from qualified Nigerian University graduates to participate in the 2013 selection interview of the postgraduate Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) awards tenable in the United Kingdom.

 

These awards may be in any of the following categories:

(i)                One year taught masters courses or equivalent degrees,

(ii)             Six months of enhancing clinical skills in medicine or dentistry.

(iii)           Doctoral degrees, of up to three years duration. (You may be nominated to undertake extensive periods of fieldwork in Nigeria.),

(iv)           One year research on a split-site basis, towards a Ph.D registered at a university in Nigeria.

 

 

2.       Important Notes:

a)       Entry Qualification is Minimum of First Degree, Second Class Upper Division (2:1)

b)      Completion  of  National  Youth  Service  Corps (NYSC) by November, 2012,

c)       For enhancing clinical skills in the fields of medicine and dentistry, must have qualified as a doctor or dentist between   1st October,   2003   and   30th  September, 2008. Please see http://bit.ly/cscuk-apply  for fellowship opportunities if you qualified before October, 2003.

d)      Please do not be in a hurry to complete the EAS form until you are satisfied with the following information on:

(i)      http://bit.ly/cscuk-applyfor prospectus and a link to the Electronic Application System (EAS). Complete and submit the EAS form online on or before 20th November, 2012.  Print four (4) copies of the EAS to be submitted during the interview

 

 

(ii)     http://bit.ly/cscuk-apply  for details of programmes.

 

(iii)    www.csfp-online.org  for information on Commonwealth Scholarships offered by other Commonwealth Countries.

 

 

(e)      It is advisable to secure admission in the U.K in minimum of two (2) and maximum of three (3) institutions from the list of institutions having agreement with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC).

(f)      Candidates selected by the Commission may be required to provide evidence of a particular level of English training.

(G)    You are encouraged to address the general priorities of DFID in your proposal and demonstrate a link of these to the development priorities of Nigeria, viz:

  • Education
  • Health
  • Economic Growth and the Private Sector
  • Governance and Conflict
  • Climate and Environment
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies

(h) Get double assurances from your required three (3) Referees that they would not disappoint you in terms of prompt response before the interview. Obtain their e-mail addresses.

(i) Candidates for Doctoral studies must have a supporting statement from at least one (1) UK Supervisor.

(j)  Candidates for split-site Doctoral studies must have a supporting statement from Home supervisor as well as from the UK supervisor.

3. Candidates are required to upload a scanned passport-size photograph, transcript birth certificate, and any offer letter received from a UK institution they listed in their application forms.

 

4.       Applications will be graded on the following criteria:

The academic merit

The likely development impact that a candidate will have after the award

The quality of study plan

5.       Ability to adhere strictly to the important notes above, and complete successfully the EAS form is a major, requirement to make the Pre-selection list for interview, and the final nomination.

 

Please note that the interview is tentatively scheduled to take place in Abuja between 3rd -7th December, 2012. Approved Interview Schedule will be published in October, 2012

 

 

All further enquiries on this exercise should be made to Director/Secretary of the   Federal Scholarship Board via fsbfsb2011@gmail.com.

 

H.U. Abdullahi (Mrs.)

Director, Federal Scholarship Board

Announcer

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NIGERIA: 2012 SPDC Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme- Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa States

/ March 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) is delighted to announce the third annual SPDC Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for applicants from Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa States.

The main objective of the scholarship scheme is to provide an opportunity for qualifying students from the three Niger Delta States to further their education in courses that are relevant to the oil and gas industry. In the first two years of the programme, 20 students have benefitted from the opportunity to study at world-renowned institutions.

For the academic year commencing in September 2012, SPDC will award up to ten scholarships for one-year post-graduate studies; this is in partnership with three prestigious and internationally recognised universities in the United Kingdom Imperial College London, University College London and the University of Leeds.

The following courses at the three institutions qualify for the scholarship:

Imperial College London
MSC Petroleum Engineering
MSC Petroleum Geoscience
MSC Petroleum Geophysics
MSC Engineering Geology

University College London
MSC Chemical Process Engineering
MSC Mechanical Engineering
MSC Civil Engineering

University of Leeds
MSC Exploration Geophysics
MSC Electronic/Electrical Engineering

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must:

  • display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
  • meet the university’s language requirement (usually at least 6.5 in IELTS);
  • be between 21-30 years;
  • be an indigene of Rivers, Delta or Bayelsa States (documentary proof of this will be required);
  • currently reside in Nigeria;
  • intend to return and take up permanent residence in Nigeria after completion of the proposed programme of study;
  • have obtained a university degree of at least an equivalent standard to a UK  Second Class Upper (Honours Degree);
  • be neither a current nor former employee (having left employment within the last five years) of SPDC, the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies or Wider Perspectives Limited, or be related to current employees of any of these companies;
  • not have studied previously in the UK or any other developed country.

APPLICATION PROCESS

  • Candidates must have gained admission to study at any of the participating universities in one of the qualifying courses;
  • Application forms will be available ONLY through the participating universities, following admission;
  • Nominated applicants will attend an interview before being considered for final selection;
  • Submission deadline for 2012/2013 academic year application forms must reach participating universities no later than March 19, 2012.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees, one return flight from Nigeria to the UK and a contribution towards living expenses only.
FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT info@nigerdeltascholar.org or through the individual universities.

*Please note that the stipends are based on the British Council Annual Rates and are limited to this.

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