NDDC Post-Graduate (Master’s Degree) Scholarships 2024/2025 Apply Here

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is offering a prestigious Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme for the 2024/2025 academic year, aimed at fostering human resource development and empowering the youths in the Niger Delta region. This initiative is a part of the Commission’s commitment to advancing local content programs of the Federal Government and reinforcing the region’s human capital development.

Eligible applicants must be Nigerian citizens from the Niger Delta region and possess a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of a 2nd Class Lower Division for those intending to pursue a Master’s degree, or a good Master’s degree for PhD candidates. They must have gained admission for a postgraduate program in any of the listed disciplines in a foreign university. The scholarship covers tuition fees and other relevant expenses for the duration of the program.

Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the NDDC official website at https://www.nddc.gov.ng/scholarships.html. The application process requires submission of an online application form, recent passport photograph, a local government identification letter, post-graduate admission letter from a recognized overseas/Nigerian university, relevant degrees from recognized universities, and a successful completion of the application form.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified and invited for a Computer-Based Test (CBT) conducted by the NDDC’s consultants in Rivers State. A minimum score of 70% in the test is required to proceed to the next stage. The Commission will not entertain any form of communication with candidates who are not shortlisted for the CBT, those not invited for oral interviews, or candidates that are not successful during the oral interviews.

For more detailed information and inquiries, candidates can contact the NDDC directly. The official contact details are as follows:

Director, Education, Health and Social Services, NDDC
Mobile: +234 (0)9137806550
+234 (0)9049409391
E-mail: foreign.scholarship@nddc.gov.ng