FSBN BEA Scholarship 2023 Application Form

The Honourable Minister of Education (H.M.E.), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2023/2024 Federal Government Scholarship Awards for:  

Bilateral Education Agreement (B.E.A.)

• i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Hungary, Egypt and Venezuela;
• ii) Postgraduate (P.G.) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania.

B.E.A. Application

All qualified candidates are advised to:

• Visit the Federal Ministry of Education’s website www.education.gov.ng and click on Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page:
• Read the Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online.
• Print the completed Application Form

Fields of Study

Undergraduate Level

• Engineering
• Geology
• Agriculture, Sciences
• Mathematics
• Environmental Sciences
• Sports
• Law
• Social Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Architecture
• Medicine (very limited
• Pilot Engineering
• Neurologist

Postgraduate Level

Postgraduate level (Masters’s Degree and PhD) in all fields.

B.E.A. Scholarship Requirements

Undergraduate

• All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Seven (7) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the Senior Secondary School Certificates, WASSCE/WAEC (May/June) only in the subjects relevant to their fields of study, including English Language and Mathematics.
• Certificates should not be more than two (2) years old (2021 & 2022) for Non-African Countries, and for African countries, the age of the certificate is one year (2022) only. 
• The age limit is from 17 to 20 years.

Postgraduate

All applicants for Postgraduate degree courses must hold a  First  Degree with 1st Class or at least 2^nd  Class Upper Division.

All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Programme, and the age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40 years for PhD.

• N.Y.S.C. discharge or exemption certificates only are  accepted; and
• Evidence of readiness to be released by an employer.

General Information

GENERAL NOTE FOR ALL APPLICANTS:

1. Since the B.E.A. countries are non-English speaking, applicants should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one-year foreign Language course of the Country of choice, which will be the standard medium of instruction;
2. All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship can apply for up to two fields of study in order of preference and must visit the website: www.stipendiumhungaricum.hu, which was opened Middle of November to close on 16^th January 2023.
   • Complete the application form online,
3. All applicants for Russia should visit the website http://education-in-russia.com which will open in November.
4. All applicants for Russian Postgraduate Scholarship must have acquired their 1st   Degree in Russia;
5. All Applicants to upload the following certificates online;
   • UNDERGRADUATE (U.G.): WAEC/WASSCE
   • POSTGRADUATE (P.G.): 1st Degree Certificate, Masters Degree, WAEC/WASSCE result, Indigene letter & N.Y.S.C. discharge Certificate.

NB:    Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:

1. Authenticated copies of academic certificates;
2. Data page of the current International passport;
3. Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals;
4. Birth Certificate & Indigene letter

v)      Police Clearance Certificate where necessary.

OFFICIAL PHONE NUMBERS/E-MAIL:

i)    08077884417/08035996213

ii)   fsb@education.gov.ng

ANY INFORMATION GIVEN BY AN APPLICANT CONTRARY TO THE ABOVE CRITERIA WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AT ANY STAGE OF APPLICATION.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION DOES NOT ATTRACT ANY PROCESSING FEE.  THEREFORE, BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS

SIGNED:

A.N.D.R.E.W., DAVID ADEJO

PERMANENT SECRETARY

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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