Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards for Nigerians to Study Abroad 2024

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 for:  

  BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA)

• Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Hungary, Egypt and Algeria; 
• Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees   were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Romania.

• Table of Content
• About Federal Government of Nigeria
• Undergraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Undergraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Federal Government of Nigeria

• Undergraduate Scholarship
• Postgraduate Scholarship

Undergraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Undergraduate Scholarship

The scholarship is fully funded

Requirements for Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification

• All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Seven (7) 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 certificate is one year (2023) only. Age limit is from 17 to 20 years.

Documents Required for Application

All Applicants to upload the following certificates online;

       a. UNDERGRADUATE (UG): WAEC/WASSCE & NIN Slip and 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

Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Postgraduate Scholarship

The scholarship is fully funded

Requirements for Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• 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; and
• Evidence of readiness to be released by an employer.

Documents Required for Application

All Applicants to upload the following certificates online;

    b. POSTGRADUATE (PG): 1st Degree Certificate, NIN Slip and 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

How to Apply

All qualified candidates are advised to: 

• Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website www.education.gov.ng and click on     Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page: 
• Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online
• Print the completed Application Form

Take note:

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; 

(ii)     All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship can apply for up to two fields of study in order of preference, and must visit the website:  www.stipendiumhungaricum.hu which was opened Middle November to close 16th January, 2024.

• Complete the application form online,

(iii)  All applicants for Russia should visit the website http://education-in-russia.com which is opened.

(iv)   All applicants for Russian Postgraduate Scholarship must have acquired their 1st   Degree in Russia; 

(v)  All documents to be uploaded on the Russian  Application portal and must be properly scanned in PDF format.

For more details, visit FSBN website