MTN Foundation Scholarship Scheme - 2017

This is to announce that the application for 2017 MTN Foundation Scholarship Scheme has begun.


The MTN Foundation Science & Technology Scholarship scheme seeks to attract high performing full time second year students studying in public tertiary institutions (universities, polytechnics and colleges of education) in Nigeria.

The scholarship provides financial assistance to students who might otherwise be unable to pay for their tertiary education and aims to recognize and reward academic excellence.

A maximum of 500 qualified and successful full-time Nigerian students studying science and technology related courses are awarded the scholarship which covers tuition, book allowance and stipends.

The scholarship is renewed every year until graduation for existing awardees provided they have maintained a minimum CGPA of 3.5 or its equivalent (second class upper/upper credit) while new applications, when advertised, are welcome from full time students in their second year of study.
Since 2010, over 5,000 scholarships have been awarded.

The scholarships, awarded on an annual basis, is worth N200,000.00 (Two hundred thousand Naira). This covers tuition, book allowances and living allowances for one academic year.

MTN Nigeria Foundation Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme (8th Phase)
Project Description
Since inception of the Scheme, MTNF has invested N1,690,800,000 in the scholarships to date.

The scholarship award is worth N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira only) per student for the duration of one academic year and covers tuition, textbook allowance and stipend.

Application for the 2017/2018 session is now open and the scholarship had connected +2700 people by vision and excellence. In addition, scholarships Will also be renewed for the existing students who have maintained a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 or its equivalent (second class upper/upper credit).



Candidates Eligible for the MTN Foundation Scholarship Scheme

- 3rd year Student from Public Tertiary Institutions with 3.5 CPGA or its equivalent Second Class Upper
HND Students with a minimum of 3.0 GPA (Upper Credit) at their OND Programme


* Courses of Study

Only applications from students studying any of the following courses will be considered:

- 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
- Industrial Mathematics
- Industrial Physics
- Information Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Petroleum and Gas Engineering
- Physics Electronics
- Geophysics
- Physics/ Computational Modeling
- Pure/ Applied Physics
- Statistics
- Statistics and Computer Science
- System Engineering


MTN Nigeria Foundation Scholarship Scheme for Blind Students (6th Phase)
Project Description

- The MTNF Scholarship Scheme for Blind Students (SSBS) is aimed at recognizing and rewarding academic excellence while providing financial assistance to blind students who might otherwise be unable to pay for their tertiary education.

- Since inception of the Scheme in 2012, MTNF has invested N150,000,000 in the scholarships to date.

- The scholarship award is worth N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira only) per student for the duration of one academic year and covers tuition, textbook allowance and stipend.


Application for the 2017/2018 session is now open and the scholarship had connected +370 people by vision and excellence. In addition, scholarships Will also be renewed for the existing students who have maintained a minimum of 2.5 for universities and colleges of education and 2.0 for polytechnic students.


Eligibility

> Students of a public tertiary institutions, who are dependent on Braille
> 2nd or 3rd year full-time undergraduates in public universities and colleges of education studying other disciplines beside Law with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.5.
> 3rd year full time Law under-graduates in public University with CGPA of 2.5.
> Full time Polytechnic under-graduates in ND 2, HND 2, with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.0 and with one of the following:

- ND 1 result (for applicants currently in ND 2)
- HND 1 result (for applicants currently in HND 2)
- Admission letter into HND 1 with ND 2 result (for applicants currently in HND 1)


How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should visit:
http://foundation.mtnonline.com/scholarship-scheme/register


Important Note

> Candidates are required to upload a copy of their recent passport photograph (maximum file size of 600kb)
> Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and MTNF bears sole responsibility for final selection of successful beneficiaries.

Application Deadline: 9th October, 2017.