MTN Foundation Scholarship scheme has commenced for a maximum of 500 qualified and successful full-time Nigerian students studying science and technology related courses are awarded the scholarship which covers tuition, book allowance and stipends.

The MTN scholarship is worth N200,000 per year and going to be renewed every year until graduation for existing awardees provided they have maintained at least CGPA of 3.5 or its equal (second class upper/upper credit) while new applications, when advertised, are welcome from full-time students in their second year of study.
Eligibility for MTN Scholarship Scheme

– The students must be in their second year when applying for this application.

– Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education in Nigeria must be full time undergraduates in 200 level/2nd year.

– Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education must have at least Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equal (2:1)

– Applicants from public Polytechnics must have at least Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) programme and must have secured admission into the Higher National Diploma programme (HND).

– Direct entry-level students must have at least Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the OND programme and must have secured admission into 200 level/2nd year in a public University
Field /Area Of Study for MTN Scholarship Scheme

Only applications from students studying one of the under listed courses will be considered:

• Accountancy/Accounting
• Agriculture Extension and Rural Development
• Agricultural Science
• Agronomy
• Animal Breeding and Genetics
• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Production and Health
• Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
• Applied Physics
• Architecture
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer and Electronics
• Computer and Information Science
• Computer and Mathematics
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical/Electronic Engineering • Electronics and Computer Technology
• Electronics Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Industrial Mathematics
• Industrial Physics
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Petroleum and Gas Engineering
• Physics Electronics
• Geophysics
• Physics/ Computational Modeling
• Pure/ Applied Physics
• Statistics
• Statistics and Computer Science
• System Engineering

Applicants details will be verified and shortlisted candidates will be invited for an assessment test. They will be required to come with 2 recent passport photographs as well as the original and photocopy of the following documents:

– Valid Student ID card
– Any other means of identification (National ID card,
– International passport or Driver’s license)
– Admission letter from JAMB and institution of study
– Admission letter for the HND programmes (For Polytechnic students only)

Deadline: Application Closes on Sunday, September 6 2015: Please note that Incomplete applications will be disregarded. Apply: http://24newspage.com/apply-online-2015-mtn-foundation-scholarship-scheme/

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