MTN SCHOLARSHIP
The MTN Scholarship Scheme is an annual scholarship award that seeks to recognize and reward qualified high performing students. It is made up of the MTN Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme (MTN STSS) and the MTN Scholarship Scheme for Blind Students (MTN SSBS). Both Scholarships under the Youth Empowerment Cause, are currently in their 9th and 7th phase respectively.
Aim and Benefits of MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
- The Scholarship covers tuition, book allowance and stipends.
- Successful applicant’s Scholarship award is renewed every year until graduation provided a CGPA of 3.5 or its equivalent is maintained (second class upper/upper credit).
- The Scholarship awarded for an Academic year is worth #200,000.00 till graduation
Eligibility
Eligible 300 level students studying Science & Technology related courses and blind students studying in Public Tertiary Institutions (Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education) across Nigeria are awarded scholarships
MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Courses
- Accountancy/Accounting
- Agric. Extension and Rural Development
- Agricultural Science
- Agronomy
- Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Animal Nutrition
- Animal Production and Health
- Applied Physics
- Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
- Architecture
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Computer and Electronics
- Computer and Information Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical/Electronics Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Electronics Computer Technology
- Engineering Physics
- Geophysics
- Industrial Mathematics
- Industrial Physics
- Information Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Petroleum and Gas Engineering
- Physics Electronics
- Physics/Computational Modeling
- Pure/Applied Physics
- Statistics
- Statistics and Computer Science
- System Engineering
Requirements for MTN Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification
The student must be in their third year at the time of application, ie they must be in 300L
Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education in Nigeria must be full-time undergraduates in 300 level/3rd year.
Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent (2:1)
Applicants from public Polytechnics must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) programme and must have secured admission into the Higher National Diploma programme (HND).
Direct entry level students must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the OND programme and must have secured admission into 300 level/3rd year in a public University
Entry closes on 21st July 2020
How to Apply
Application form will be filled online and submitted
Links to the application form for the two categories of the scholarship can be gotten below
MTN SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR BLIND STUDENTS
MTN Science & Technology Scholarship Scheme Form
Names of successful candidates will be published in national newspapers and mtn website