APPLY: NDDC announces foreign postgraduate scholarship for Niger Delta indigenes

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the opening of the 2025/26 foreign postgraduate scholarship programme for interested applicants from eligible states.

Interested applicants are expected to “have achieved a first class, second class upper, or lower division bachelor’s degree”.

Applicants are expected to have relevant bachelor’s degrees from recognised universities in the following professional disciplines: Agricultural Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geosciences, Information Technology, Medical Sciences and Law, and must not be older than 40.

Qualified candidates must submit an online application on NDDC’s website.

Preliminary shortlisting of the registered candidates will be done based on the following criteria: WASSCE/NECO results, LGA identification and undergraduate degree classification.

Shortlisted candidates will be examined through computer-based tests (CBTs) which will be held in Rivers state.

Application for NDDC foreign postgraduate scholarship will close by April 21.

The portal for the application was not yet live when this report was drafted.