University Of Ilorin, Nigeria Scholarship-National and International Students

University Of Ilorin, Nigeria Scholarship-National and International Students

Study Subject: Any Subject
Employer: University of Ilorin

Level: Undergraduate, Masters
Scholarship Description: University of Ilorin, Ilorin, offers scholarship opportunities for International Students in any field of their interest. The offer is opened to both undergraduate and graduate up to Master level.
Scholarship Value:
a. Tuition fees will be covered;
b. Subsistence allowance;
c. Miscellaneous allowance;
d. Free accommodation;
e. Transportation allowance to and from Ilorin (once per session);
f. Complimentary access to the facilities of the University Health Services.

Eligibility
i.Undergraduate:
Applicant must meet the admission requirements of the University i.e. 5 credits ‘O’ level or its equivalent for candidate seeking admission to the first year of the first degree programmes and two ‘A’ level plus 3 ‘O’ level credits (or its equivalent) for candidates seeking admission into the second year of the programme.

ii.Graduate:
Applicants must meet admission requirements of Master programme of the University i.e. Second Class Honours, (Upper Division) or the equivalent in the bachelor degree.

Additional Requirements
a Evidence of medical fitness and
b Submit evidence of proficiency in English Language.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 27 September 2011
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Scholarships 2011/2012 African Students: Australian Development Scholarships (ADS)

Australian Government’s Funded Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) for African Students

Study Subject: Courses offered by Australian Universities

Employer: Australian Government
Level: Master’s
Scholarship Description: The 2012 Intake of the Australia Scholarship Awards for Africa is open for application! The Australia Awards for Africa is an initiative of the Australian Government aimed to maximise the benefit of the Australian Government’s extensive scholarship programs, and to support enduring ties between Australia and neighbouring Countries. Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) are available for full-time Postgraduate Diploma or Master degree studies at Australian universities. The Australia Awards initiative brings the Australian Government’s scholarship programs together under the one Australia Awards brand. Please refer to the country pages to the left in ADS website for specific country-based scholarship information and submission deadlines for the 2012 Intake. Sectors of focus for ADS are agreed with each participating Partner Government. The country specific information for applicants’ home country will indicate what those priority sectors are. Eligible African Countries : Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo(Republic of), Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
Eligibility:You are only eligible for an Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) if:
you are a citizen of one of the participating African countries, if you are presently resident in your home country and if you meet any relevant country specific criteria; you are not older than 50 years of age at the date of application; you satisfy Australian Government requirements for international student entry to Australia (such as health and character required by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship); you do not hold another scholarship that would give overlapping benefits;
you satisfy the admission requirements of the Australian institution in which the course is to be undertaken – applicants must have submitted their completed application form via the ADS Africa office and then have received a firm offer of placement in their course of study before the scholarship can be confirmed; you are applying to commence a new course of study and are not seeking support through ADS for a course already commenced in Australia; you are not transferring from another Australian training scholarship to an ADS during the same course of study, and you will be able to take up the scholarship in the calendar year for which the scholarship is offered. Scholarship offers are automatically withdrawn if an applicant has not commenced study prior to the end of the year.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Various

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2011 Adelaide Graduate Research Scholarships (AGRS) Nigeria

2011 Adelaide Graduate Research Scholarships (AGRS) Nigeria

The scholarships were formerly known as Adelaide Graduate Fee Scholarships (AGFS). A number of AGRS Scholarships may be available for international students from any country, who have recently graduated from the University of Adelaide , to undertake postgraduate research at the University of Adelaide in 2011.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for consideration a student must:
• be completing their four year undergraduate degree including first class honours in a research based honours program or masters degree with a sufficient research component to be approved by the Research Education Development Committee as a degree acceptable for entry to the PhD. (ie a Masters degree including a minimum of 12 points of research) at the University of Adelaide in semester 1, 2011 OR have completed the above in 2010;
• be eligible to enrol as a commencing student in a full-time postgraduate research program at the University of Adelaide in 2011;
• be an international student; and
• not be currently enrolled in the higher degree by research program at the University of Adelaide for which the student is applying for a scholarship.
• Currently enrolled PhD students and applicants who applied in previous international scholarship rounds are not eligible to apply again.

Recipients MUST be able to commence their research program by 30 November 2011. Under no circumstances can the scholarship be deferred to 2012.

For more information please download the Conditions of the Award.

Benefits

Benefits are payment of full tuition fees for the normal duration of the program and an annual living allowance ($22,860 in 2011). The allowance will be paid for two years for a Masters degree by Research and three years for a Doctoral research degree (an extension is possible for doctoral programs only). No other allowances will be paid. The scholarship does not provide an OSHC allowance.

Closing Date

13th May 2011. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of June 2011. We strongly recommend that all applicants submit their application and all required documents well before the closing date. Incomplete applications at the scholarship application deadline will not be considered for a scholarship.

How to apply

Complete the 2011 AGRS Application Form. You must also forward an 2011 AGRS Academic Referee’s Confidential Report Form to two referees, who will then complete your reference and submit the form directly to the Adelaide Graduate Centre. Please ensure you send your referee report forms well before the due date of 13th May 2011 so your referees have plenty of time to complete and submit the forms.

You do not need to submit a separate PGRS application form for candidature

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