Sponsors: MTN Foundation
Scholarship Name: MTN Foundation Science & Technology Scholarship
Brief description
The MTN Foundation, Nigeria offers its 2012/2013 MTN Foundation Science and Technology Scholarships for Undergraduate students in various fields of studies
About Scholarship
Applications are hereby invited for the 2012/2013 MTN Foundation Science and Technology Scholarships for Undergraduate students. Following the applications, 1500 students will be shortlisted for the assessment test to be held in 3 centres in the North, East and West of the country.
The top scoring 500 candidates from the assessment test will be awarded scholarships and will receive their awards during the 2012/2013 academic year. MTN foundation Scholarships will also be renewed for the existing 1,015 students provided they have maintained a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 or its equivalent (second class upper/upper credit).
New MTN foundation scholarships will be made available to qualified and successful candidates in all states across the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Accepted Subject Areas?
- Accountancy/Accounting
- Agric. Extension and Rural Development
- Agricultural Science
- Agronomy
- Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Animal Nutrition
- Animal Production and Health
- Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
- Applied Physics
- Architecture
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer and Electronics
- Computer and Information Science
- Computer and Mathematics
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical/Electronics Engineering
- Electronics and Computer Technology
- Electronics Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Geophysics
- Industrial Mathematics
- Industrial Physics
- Information Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Petroleum and Gas Engineering
- Physics Electronics
- Physics/ Computational Modeling
- Pure/ Applied Physics
- Statistics
- Statistics and Computer Science
- System Engineering
2012/2013 MTN Foundation Scholarships
Scholarship Offered Since: Not Specified
Scholarship Type: MTN Undergraduate scholarships for Nigerian students
Who is qualified to apply?
- Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education in Nigeria must be full time undergraduates in 200 level/2nd year.
- Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent (2:1)
- Applicants from public Polytechnics must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) programme and must have secured admission into the Higher National Diploma programme (HND).
- Direct entry level students must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the OND programme and must have secured admission into 200 level/2nd year in a public University
- Current Beneficiaries of the MTN Foundation Science & Technology Scholarship award are not eligible to apply
How Many Funding Positions are available? Up to 500
How long will sponsorship last? For the duration of the undergraduate degree, subject to academic performance
Eligible African Countries
Nigeria
To be taken at (Institution): Nigerian higher institutions
Application Deadline
Closing date for receipt of application is Monday, October 29, 2012.
Offered annually? Yes
How can I Apply?
To apply for this scholarship, visit the Scholarship Webpage, read through the application instructions, then click on the check-box below the page to open the online application form
Important Notes:
Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Please read carefully before completing the form. Be sure that the information you provide is accurate. The MTN Foundation reserves the right to cancel or suspend a scholarship award if it is discovered that an applicant /awardee provided false information.
Names of successful candidates will be published in National Dailies