Apply For West Africa Merit Scholarships for Nigerian and Ghanian students By University of Aberdeen

West Africa Merit Scholarship For Postgraduate students helps to assist you to study in United Kingdom(UK) provided by University of Aberdeen,below are courses they offer and all the application details you need to know,interested applicants should strictly follow the below procedure:

Course(s) Offered: Arts /Social Sciences;
Sciences / Medicine
Course Level: Postgraduate
Provider: University of Aberdeen
Country to Study in: UK

Scholarship Description
The University of Aberdeen in Scotland, UK
offers theWest Africa Merit Scholarship,
which funding opportunity is open to
Nigerian and Ghanian students undertaking
a full-time taught postgraduate programme
in either the College of Arts and Social
Sciences or the College of Life Sciences and
Medicine.

To be eligible for this award, candidates
must hold the equivalent of a First class
British Honours degree from a British
university or from a recognised Nigerian or
Ghanian university.

Candidates must also be self-funded, and
not in receipt of any financial assistance
from the Nigerian or Ghanian government.
Application for the2015 University of
Aberdeen scholarship for Nigerian/
Ghanaian nationalsto pursue full-time
taught postgraduate programme in two
colleges has commenced.

Eligibility
Eligibility criteria for the 2015 West Africa
Merit Scholarship:

•.To be eligible for this award, candidates
must hold the equivalent of a First class
British Honours degree from a British
university or from a recognised Nigerian
university or Ghanaian university.

•.Candidates must also be self-funded, and
not in receipt of any financial assistance
from the Nigerian or Ghanaian
government.

•.To be considered for the scholarship you
will need to have applied to the University
of Aberdeen and been offered a place
starting in January or September 2015. You
must also be a privately funded student,
and not in receipt of any financial
assistance from the Nigerian or Ghanaian
Government.

•.The scholarship can only be held by a
student of the University commencing
study in January or September 2015– it
cannot be transferred to other institutions.

•.Priority will be given to students who do
not already have additional scholarship
funding (student loans excluded) and to
those who have firmly accepted either a
conditional or unconditional offer for a
place at the University at the time the
selection committee meets.Eligible groups
Citizens of Nigeria and Ghana ONLY may
apply

Participating Institutions
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen; Scotland,
UK.

Fields of study
Beneficiaries can pursue PG programmes at
either theCollege of Arts and Social
Sciencesor theCollege of Life Sciences and
Medicine.

Number of awards
There are only 5 West Africa Merit
scholarships available

Sponsorship duration
This will be a onetime tuition discount

Scholarship benefits
The West Africa Merit scholarships have a
value of £2000 per award, and will be
awarded in the form of a tuition fee
discount.

Method of Application
To be eligible for this award, candidates
must hold the equivalent of a First class
British Honours degree from a British
university or from a recognised Nigerian
university/Ghanaian university.

A completed application form, transcript
and one academic reference should be
emailed or posted before the closing date
for applications.

It is important to visit the official website
(link to it is below) for complete details on
how to apply (which will include the
“Guidelines for Applicants” and “Application
Form”).

DEADLINES:
All applications must be submitted no later
than7 November 2014if you applying for
the January 2015 intake, or30 June 2015if
you are applying for the September 2015
intake.

PLEASE NOTE:
All applications for the 2015 West Africa
Merit Scholarship at University of Aberdeen
in United Kingdom must be submitted not
later than the stated date.

Application Deadline:
30 June 2015

Open to International Applicants: No
(Nigerians AND Ghanians ONLY)

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