The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) In Country Scholarship Scheme

Opportunity: The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) In Country Scholarship Scheme

Type: Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate

Value: Educational fund

Location: Nigeria

Who Can Apply: Nigeria students

 

 

About The Scholarship

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is the Federal Government agency with the mandate of developing indigenous human capacity and petroleum technology to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry. The Fund hereby invites applications from qualified Nigerians to apply for the 2021/22 Undergraduate, Masters and PhD scholarships for students in Nigerian Federal Universities.

 

 

Requirements

• Academic merit as evidenced by quality of degrees, full academic transcripts, other professional qualifications acquired and relevant publications to be referenced by applicants.
• Membership of professional bodies.
• The viability of the study/research plan (PhD applicants only)
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate (MSC) applicants are required to make a case for their scholarship by submitting a statement of purpose stating the reason(s) they wish to undertake the study, the relevance of the proposed study to the industry and its expected impact on national development.
• While PhD applicants are required to submit a research proposal of not more than 6 pages to include topic, introduction, literature review, research question(s), novelty, methodology, mode of data collection(s), expected outcome(s), relevance to the industry and appropriate references.
• Applicants must be full time students in any of the Federal Universities listed.
• Applicants must be in their second year of study.
• Course of study should be related to oil and gas industry as advertised.
• Students must have been admitted into the University in 2018/19 academic year only.
• Possess 5 credits in WAEC/SSCE/NECO including English Language and Mathematics
• Possess a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 on scale of 5 or 3.0 on a scale of 4 which is equivalent to 2.1 in the first year for the 2018/19 batch of students
• Applicants should provide their transcripts for the first year of study (transcripts must be signed and stamped by HOD/Exams Officer or any authorized staff).
• Evidence of statement of WAEC/SSCE/NECO results with at least 5 credits, including English Language and Mathematics (not more than 2 sittings and the first sitting result must be uploaded).
• Letter of admission into the University
• First year academic transcript(s) duly signed and stamped by HOD/Exams Officer or any authorized staff.
• Certificate of indigeneship (evidence of state of origin and local government)
• Personal statement of a minimum of 1000 words stating reasons for undertaking the course of study.

 

 

How To Apply

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Deadline

13th August 2021

 

 

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