SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NIGERIAN STUDENTS

 RUSSIAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR NIGERIAN STUDENTS
Russian Government Scholarship

General information

The Government of Russia renders an opportunity for Nigerian students to start or continue their education in the Russian institutions of the higher education. 70 state scholarships are available for applicants every year, including 65 scholarships for undergraduate studies and 5 scholarships for postgraduate studies:

    Undergraduate Education Programs:

Bachelor’s degree program (4-year term);
Certificated specialists program (5-year term), which is similar to Bachelor’s degree programs and Master’s degree programs taken together .

    Postgraduate Education Programs:

Master’s degree program (2-year term);
Ph.D. (3-year term);
Doctoral studies — Dr.(2-year term)
Training courses (6 months courses for foreign students or teachers who are graduated from Russian institutes or universities).

Nigerian applicants should speak Russian or English fluently. Those students who can not speak Russian will study the Russian language during the first year before they start studying their main courses.

The list of specialties available for Nigerian students is very wide and consists of more than 100 different alternatives in science and humanities. Number of scholarships for some professions is limited: "Medicine" — 10 persons. Culture & Art professions and International Relations are taught only on a private contract basis. Number of scholarships for other professions is not limited.

    Requirements for Nigerian candidates

— high level of knowledge (i.e. the applicants should have advanced level of secondary education certificate (GCE) with “excellent”, “very good” or “good” marks in basic subjects, but not lower than 80% of the total marks);
— an interval between completion of secondary or college education and admission into a Russian institute should not exceed three years;
— eligible for admission to post-graduate studies at Russian Higher educational and research institutions are holders of a Master of Science (Arts) degree with normally at least two years of practical experience in the corresponding field following their graduation; preference would be given to graduates from Soviet and Russian Universities;
— the age limit for the applicants to higher educational establishments is 25 years, for post-graduate candidates — 35 years; doctoral candidates — 45 years.
— an applicant should be of sound health and have no contraindications for living in the climatic conditions of Russia, should undergo a thorough medical check-up and test HIV and AIDS negative (any student who upon arrival in Russia is found unfit for studying for health reasons will be sent back to Nigeria at the expense of the sending side).

    Required documents:

   - Application form specifying the chosen specialty in accordance with the Classifier of professional specialties and their code numbers.
   - Authenticated copy of an education certificate (GCE-O-Level for undergraduates; copy of a higher education certificate (M.Sc./M.A.) for applicants to postgraduate courses, stating the subjects studied and the marks received during exams.
    -Health certificate to the effect that its bearer can study in the Russian climate; International vaccination certificate (should be certified by an official Nigerian medical establishment). Please, see also recommended list of medical contradictions for admission of foreigners to Russian Higher Education Institutes.
   - HIV test certificate.
  -  Authenticated certified copy of a registered birth certificate.
   - Clean record certificate from the place of residence local police station.
    -Copies of national passport’s pages containing the relevant data to fill in the documents for invitation (the date of expiry of the passport should cover the period of the planning arrival to the Russian Federation not less than 1,5 year).
   - 8 photos, size 4 x 6 cm.
    -Every student should obtain a student visa in the visa section of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lagos or Abuja. Visa fee is N 12 000 for 10 working days processing.
    -Applicants to post-graduate courses should also submit a list of published works (if there are any) stating the place of publication and a summary of future research work (not more than 2 pages). All Soviet/Russian graduates should submit in their application forms, curricula vitae, summaries of future research work and other documents only in Russian.

-For specified information on requirements for Nigerian scholarship candidates, please, find the following documents:

    “Requirements for Nigerian applicants”,
    “List of required documents and procedure of their submission”
    “Application form for Nigerian applicants”.
   

    Selection process

The scholarship recipients are selected by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Nigeria through the recommendation of the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) of the Nigerian Ministry of Education. The final decision on applications recommended by the FSB as well on host universities is made by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Entry visas for students will be provided in accordance with the official list compiled by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

Important! All required documents initially should be submitted to the main office of the Federal Scholarship Board (Plot 245 Samuel Ademulegun Street, Central Business District, Abuja)!

For more information please visit the official website of the Federal Scholarship Board.