The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC announces the third annual SPDC Niger Delta Post-graduate Scholarship Scheme for applicants from Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa States.
This scholarship scheme is aimed at providing an opportunity for qualifying students from the three Niger Delta States to further their education in courses that are relevant to the oil and gas industry. In the first two years of the programme, twenty [20] students have profited from the opportunity to study at world-renowned institutions.
For the academic year commencing in September 2012, SPDC, in partnership with three prestigious and internationally recognized universities, will award up to ten [10] scholarships for one-year post-graduate studies in the qualifying courses, as listed below:
Imperial College London
- M. Sc. Petroleum Engineering
- M. Sc. Petroleum Geo-science
- M. Sc. Engineering Geology
- M. Sc. Petroleum Geophysics
- M. Sc. Chemical Process Engineering
- M. Sc. Civil Engineering
- M. Sc. Mechanical Engineering
- M. Sc. Exploration Geophysics
- M. Sc. Electronic/Electrical Engineering
To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must:
- have obtained a university degree of at least an equivalent standard to a UK Second Class Upper (Honors Degree);
- display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
- intend to return and take up permanent residence in Nigeria after completion of the proposed programme of study;
- meet the university’s language requirement (usually at least 6.5 in IELTS);
- be between 21-30 years;
- be an indigene of Rivers, Delta or Bayelsa States (documentary proof of this will be required);
- currently reside in Nigeria;
- be neither a current nor former employee (having left employment within the last five years) of SPDC, the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies or Wider Perspectives Limited, or be related to current employees of any of these companies;
- not have studied previously in the UK or any other developed country.
- Candidates must have gained admission to study at any of the participating universities in one of the qualifying courses;
- Application forms will be available ONLY through the participating universities, following admission;
- Nominated applicants will attend an interview before being considered for final selection;
The scholarship will cover tuition fees, one return flight from Nigeria to the UK and a contribution towards living expenses only.
For more information: info@nigerdeltascholar.org
Application Deadline
Application forms must reach participating universities no later than March 19, 2012.
Please note that the stipends are based on the British Council Annual Rates and are limited to this.
