Info For You Lot Governor's Particular (Rssda) Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Programme For Nigerian Students

Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for Nigerian students

Course(s) Offered: Several fields
Course Level: Postgraduate (masters, phd)
Provider: Rivers State Government
Country to Study in: UK, Netherlands, China, India, USA, Canada

Scholarship Description
The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for pick into the Governor’s Special Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for 2013/2014 session.

Eligibility (Who Should Apply)
These employ to all applicants:

• Must live of Rivers State rootage (should submit a re-create of LGA identification)
• Must live a Graduate of a recognised academy amongst non less than minute marker upper honours marker (2:1) at the undergraduate level
• Must non live below 21 years or inwards a higher house 35 years quondam (Confirmation of historic menses required, preferably yesteryear nascence certificate)
• Must direct hold completed NYSC
• Must direct hold gained admission into whatever of the listed universities inwards the relevant fields of specialization for the masters programmes.
• PhD candidates must direct hold a Masters marker (not below merit) too a skilful bachelors marker (not below minute marker upper)

Eligible groups

Citizens of Nigeria

Participating Institutions / Fields of study
Available Courses:

1. Agricultural Engineering
2. Spatial Sciences
   
   • Town, Urban & Regional Planning
3. Medical Sciences
   
   • Biomedical Engineering/Technology
   • Medical Statistics
   • Plaster Technology
   • Dental Technology
   • Dental Therapy
   • Renal Technology
   • Medical Imaging Technology
   • Anaesthetic Technology
4. Nursing
   
   • Paediatric Nursing
   • ENT Nursing
   • Pre-operative Nursing
   • Ophthalmic Nursing
   • Accident/Emergency Nursing

Selected countries amongst fields of report too universities
SN	COUNTRY	FIELD OF STUDY	UNIVERSITY
1	UNITED KINGDOM	Medical Sciences	1. Cambridge University 2. Kings College, London 3. University of Nottingham 4. University of Edinburgh 5. University of Birmingham
		Town, Urban & Regional Planning	1. University of Birmingham 2. University College, London 3. Loughborough University 4. Oxford Brookes University 5. University of Liverpool
2	NETHERLANDS	Agricultural Engineering	1. Wageningen University
3	CHINA	Agricultural Engineering	1. PRC Agricultural University 2. Nanjing University
4	INDIA	Medical Sciences	1. Jawaharial Nehru University 2. University College Medical School, Delhi 3. St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 4. Medical College, Pune Maharastra
5	USA	Medical Sciences	1. Harvard University 2. John Hopkins University 3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4. Stanford University 5. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
		Town, Urban & Regional Planning	1. Harvard University 2. University of South Carolina 3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4. Cornell University 5. Rutgers University
6	CANADA	Medical Sciences	1. University of Alberta 2. University of British Columbia 3. University of Toronto 4. University of Manitoba 5. McGill University
		Town, Urban & Regional Planning	1. Concordia University 2. McGill University 3. Queen’s University 4. Simon Fraser University 5. University of Toronto

Scholarship benefits
Amount Spent on Each Student covers the following:

• Air Fare
• Tuition (School, Lab, Books, etc)
• Accommodation (Halls of Residence inside the school; Private apartments exterior the School)
• Feeding
• Monthly Upkeep

Method of Application (How To Apply)
A). Online Applications:
Applicants tin forcefulness out employ online at www.rssda.org

B). Manual Applications:
Application forms tin forcefulness out live downloaded from the official website (see link below).
Application forms tin forcefulness out likewise live collected too submitted at the RSSDA operate at No. i Igbodo Street, Old G.R.A, Port Harcourt.

APTITUDE TEST AND INTERVIEW:

• Shortlisted candidates volition live contacted for online aptitude exam through SMS, emails too detect posted on RSSDA website.
• Original copies of credentials volition live sighted during the interview of shortlisted candidates.

DEADLINES:
Entries Open: Apr 7TH, 2013
Entries Close: May 24TH, 2013

PLEASE IMPORTANT NOTE:
Photocopies are acceptable.
Please banking company complaint that the forms are non for sale!!!

Contact
For farther enquiries contact:

The Media too Communications Department,
RSSDA,
i Igbodo Street, Old G.R.A.,
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Nigeria.
E-mail: info@rssda.org

Or, attain amount inwards the RSSDA official online contact page.

Application Deadline: 24 May 2013
Open to International students: No (ONLY Nigerians)

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