FG Scholarship Awards for Bilateral Education Agreement 2024 (Fully Funded) | The Federal Government of Nigeria has open portal for Scholarship Awards to both Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree student across the country. Are you a student looking for financial support from Federal Government. Apply FG Scholarship Awards 2024. read requirement and Eligibility.
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, It mission is to use education as a tool for fostering the development of all Nigerian citizens to their full potentials, in the promotion of a strong, democratic, egalitarian, prosperous, indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God.”
Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA)
- i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Hungary, Egypt and Algeria;
- ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Romania.
Eligibility Fields of Study:
For Undergraduate level
(A) Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), Pilot Engineering, Neurologist and
(B) Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and PhD) in all fields.
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Criteria for Eligibility Undergraduate Scholarship:
- Must possess a minimum qualification of Five (5) 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 (2022 & 2023) for Non-African Countries and for African countries the age of the certificate is one year (2023) only.
- The age limit is from 17 to 20 years.
Criteria for Eligibility Postgraduate Scholarship:
- 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
- Evidence of readiness to be released by an employer
How to Apply FG Scholarship Awards for Bilateral Education Agreement 2024:
- 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
- All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship can apply for up to two fields of study in order of preference (Deadline: 16th January, 2024) Click here
- All applicants for Russia should Complete the application form online Click Here
- All applicants for Russian Postgraduate Scholarship must have acquired their 1st Degree in Russia
- All documents to be uploaded on the Russian Application portal and must be properly scanned in PDF format
Uploaded Documents:
- For Undergraduate level: WAEC/WASSCE & NIN Slip
- For Postgraduate level: 1st Degree Certificate, NIN Slip & 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: 5th January, 2024
For More Information: Visit FG Scholarship Awards 2023/2024