Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship Program

Our postgraduate scholarship is specifically designed to pay for tuition fees, and help with living costs. The grant may cover all your expenses or just make a small but useful contribution.

• Table of Content
• About Ruth Titilayo Foundation
• Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Ruth Titilayo Foundation

Ruth Titilayo (Iya Taiwo) was born in 1952, attended Abeokuta Girls Grammar School and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She was very passionate about education. She was even more passionate about helping the less privileged. On the 20th anniversary of her death at 50, it is only natural that these two passions birth the Ruth Titilayo Foundation. Whilst this is a new venture for us all, the core tenets have always been there, helping others is in our DNA.... continue reading

Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship

The grant consists of:

• Tuition allowance up to #100,000
• Maintenance allowance up to #20,000

Further allowances – for example internal travel costs associated with the course of study or research and fieldwork expenses – are paid at the discretion of the Committee

Requirements for Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

Applicants must:

• Hold an undergraduate degree with 2:1 or higher.
• Hold a degree from a Nigerian institution (this may be either the undergraduate degree or a further degree held by the applicant).
• Either be a student at the time of application or have been registered as a student within the last five years.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Ruth Titilayo Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship

Candidates will be assessed:

• On academic merit.
• Based on the information provided in your scholarship application.

Documents Required for Application

You will also need to submit a personal statement, current school result, and two written references from the tutors listed in your application form

Check also:
Commonwealth Master's Scholarship to Study in UK 2027/2028
Mandela Washington Fellowship for Africans 2027 (Fully Funded to USA)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• You will be shortlisted based on providing the above and any other relevant information.
• If you are shortlisted, you will be invited for an online interview where you will be asked a series of competency based questions related to your current year group.
• *Email all supporting documents to [email protected] with your Full Name as the subject of the email.
• The application window will run from 1st October 2024 to 31st October 2024. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted from the 11th November 2024. This will be followed by an interview in December 2024 and scholarship awards to successful candidates.

For more details, visit RTF website