Info For Yous National Universities Committee (Nuc) Presidential Exceptional Scholarship System For Nigerian Students

Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation together with Development (PRESSID)

Course(s) Offered: Several fields
Course Level: Graduate (masters)
Provider: Fed Govt of Nigeria
Country to Study in: Any country

Scholarship Description
As business office of efforts to gain the goals of Vision 20:2020 together with the Transformation Agenda, the Federal Government of Nigeria is developing a critical majority of professionals who would serve equally catalysts of alter together with agents of scientific together with technological advancement, too equally sustainable economical development.

This is beingness achieved through the sponsorship of outstanding students for postgraduate studies at the altitude 25 the world universities through the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation together with Development (PRESSID).

The PRESSID Implementation Committee instantly invites applications from qualified candidates for the third edition of the PRESSID system (2014/2015 academic session).

Eligibility criteria
Interested candidates should:

• be graduates from the 2011/2012 together with 2012/2013 academic sessions, who would accept completed their National Youth Service past times Oct 2014;
• have obtained First Class Honours score from whatever recognized together with approved University inwards the next disciplines together with aim at postgraduate degrees inwards the specified together with allied disciplines:
  • Sciences: Nuclear Physics, Operations Research, Industrial Chemistry, Quantitative Genetics, Biometrics, Molecular Biology, etc 
  • Medicine: Clinical Sciences, Dentistry, Oncology, Human Genetics, Forensic Medicine, Physiotherapy, Hepatology, Nuclear Medicine, Geriatrics, ophthalmology. etc.; 
  • Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary Parasitology, Theriogenology, Public Health, etc; 
  • Basic Medical Sciences: Biochemistry, Physiology, Dentistry, Anatomy, Medical Biochemistry, Human Nutrition, Nursing Science, Anatomic together with Molecular Pathology, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Microbiology, Physiotherapy Pharmacology, etc; 
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences: Drug formulations, Natural products, Drug design, Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, etc; 
  • Accounting/Actuarial Science: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Petroleum Accounting, Management Accounting, Environmental Accounting, etc; 
  • Economics: Econometrics, Development Economics, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Applied Economics, Labour Economics, etc; 
  • Engineering: Aeronautical Engineering, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Material Science together with Production Engineering, Nanotechnology, Process Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Refinery Design arid Operations, Subsea Engineering, Thermal Power (Gas Turbine Option), Reservoir Analysis, Drilling Optimization, Chemical Process Dynamics & Control, Process Modelling together with Simulations, etc; 
  • Computing together with Information Technology: Intelligent Robotic Systems, Computer Systems together with Software Engineering Computer Information Systems, data Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-Security, etc. 

***In the illustration of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and. Pharmaceutical Sciences, candidates must accept a minimum of ii Distinctions inwards their Part iii together with Part iv MBBS examinations or inwards their in conclusion results.

In all cases, candidates must:

• be below thirty years of historic menstruum past times Oct 2014;
• be figurer literate; and
• be cook to hold out bonded together with to work, preferably, equally academic staff inwards whatever populace academy or question flora for a minimum menstruum of v (5) years.

Please banknote that universities inwards the the States of America, USA, demand candidates to sit down for the Graduate Record Exams (GRE) earlier they tin sack secure admission.

Eligible groups
Citizens of Nigeria (graduating from recognised/approved universities inwards Nigeria)

Participating Institutions
The altitude 25 universities inwards the the world -- catch the official website via link below for a listing of the electrical flow schools OR run into the listing below.

You may sentiment the listing of universities below:

1. University of Cambridge, UK
2. Harvard University , USA
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4. Yale University, USA
5. University of Oxford, UK
6. Imperial College, London
7. University College, London
8. University of Chicago, USA
9. University of Pennsylvania, USA
10. Columbia University, USA
11. Stanford University, USA
12. California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), USA
13. Princeton University, USA
14. University of Michigan, USA
15. Cornell University, USA
16. Johns Hopkins University, USA
17. McGill University, USA
18. ETH Zurich (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
19. Duke University, USA
20. University of Edinburgh, UK
21. University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
22. University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG
23. University of Toronto, USA
24. NorthWestern University, USA
25. University of Tokyo

Fields of study
Postgraduate bird report inwards all fields related to scientific together with technological advancement, too equally sustainable economical development.

These volition include, simply non express to, the Sciences, Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Special aspects of Biology, Nuclear Physics, Quantitative Genetics, Medical Biochemistry, Aeronautical engineering, together with many others.

Number of awards
At to the lowest degree 1 hundred (100) scholarships volition hold out awarded every year

Sponsorship duration
This would in conclusion the whole duration of the program

Method of Application
Interested candidates should catch the official website (link to it is below) to apply online. You are advised to cross banking enterprise tally amongst the courses offered past times your preferred establishment earlier completing your application.

It is real of import to banknote that you lot are required to apply exclusively once. You volition hold out DISQUALIFIED if you lot apply twice.

DEADLINES:
All applications must accept been received on or earlier the closing engagement of 18th October, 2014.

PLEASE NOTE:
You NEED to cross banking enterprise tally the courses offered past times your preferred establishment earlier completing your application.

Only shortlisted candidates volition hold out invited for farther screening.

For farther enquiries, delight contact the Scholarship Committee through pressid@nuc.edu.ng or presidentialscholarshipscheme@gmail.com.

Application Deadline: xviii Oct 2014
Open to International students: No (ONLY Nigerians)

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