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:
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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 2nd 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:
- 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;
- 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 16th January 2023.
- Complete the application form online,
- All applicants for Russia should visit the website http://education-in-russia.com which will open in November.
- All applicants for Russian Postgraduate Scholarship must have acquired their 1st Degree in Russia;
- 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:
- Authenticated copies of academic certificates;
- Data page of the current International passport;
- Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals;
- Birth Certificate & Indigene letter
v) Police Clearance Certificate where necessary.
OFFICIAL PHONE NUMBERS/E-MAIL:
i) 08077884417/08035996213
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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when will the BEA application for 2023 commence please?I still want to try my luck again
Hello Nana,
There is no date for now. I will update this page when the application is available.
2016 i wrote the exam and i was shortlisted.Did all the necessary documentation,even submitted my passport data page.They gave me all the necessary document i needed.After that,i was ghosted.I did not hear from them since then,tried to follow up but everything went crashing down,and up till date,my name is still on the list when i check their official website.Any idea what might have happened?
I’m sorry to hear that you were ghosted by the FSBN BEA after being shortlisted. It’s unclear what might have happened, but here are a few possibilities
I met all cretarials for the application. Dont know why am not shortlisted.
Hello Lola,
Sorry about not being shortlisted.
There is no way to know why you were not shortlisted.
Please, how will one know that he has been shortlisted or otherwise.
Hayatu,
You will receive a text message or email.
Please is bea shortlisted out for 2023
Yes
How can I know my Venue, Date, and time for my exam in this 2023??
Michael,
You will get that information here when the dates are out.
When are we going to be called upon for the Bea exam or there’s no reason exam these year
Covenant,
Were you shortlisted for the BEA scholarship?
Hi, please I applied for Fsbn bea awards however I haven’t been able to print my slip. I’ve tried multiple times it just keep loading without showing me anything.
I decided to try it again today and I noticed I could not login to my account, It says wrong password or username. Then I tried to do forget password and it says my email address is invalid.
Please what do you think is the issue?
Sekeenah,
The scholarship is no longer available.
I mean, you can no longer have access to the scholarship portal.
You can create another account for the next application.
The samething here, but i learned that another federal scholarship registration otherthan that of BEA is ongoing, i guess it is not unrelated to our inability to login bea application.
The BEA scholarship has ended.
That is why you are unable to log in to the scholarship portal.