RSSDA Scholarship Scheme:
The Scholarship Program of the Agency is designed to address the manpower needs of the State within the shortest time frame by providing a window of opportunity for potential and bonafide youths to acquire education both locally and overseas as a means of building capacities. The Agency has the following Schemes and Programs in place to meet this directive:

a) Overseas Scholarship Program:
• Undergraduate
• Post Graduate Schemes

RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2012/2013

The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) invites application from suitable qualified candidates for selection in the Governor’s Special Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for 2012/2013 session.

Available Courses:
• Engineering
• Medical Sciences
• Natural Sciences
• Oil & Gas
• ICT related Courses

Who should Apply:

For Rivers Indigenes
• Must be of Rivers State Origin(Should submit a copy of LGA identification)
• Graduate of recognised University with not less than second class upper honour’s degree at the undergraduate level
• Not below 21 years or above 35 years old.(Confirmation of age required preferably by birth certificate)
• Must have completed NYSC
• Must have gained admission into any of the listed Universities in the relevant field of specialization for Masters or PhD Programmes
• PhD candidate must have a Masters degree(not below merit)and a good first degree (Not below 2.1)
For Non Indigenes:
• Proof of residence in Rivers State in the last 10 years
• Applicants must be resident/work in Rivers State
• 3 years tax clearance certificate alongside the application

How to Apply:
Online applications at www.rssda.org
Manual Applications:
• Application Forms can be downloaded from our website.
• Application Forms can also be collected and submitted
at our office at No.1 Igbodo Street, Old G.R.A Port-Harcourt.

Interviews :
• Shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted through SMS, emails and notice posted on RSSDA website and in all Local Government Councils Secretariats of the applicants LGA (if Rivers indigene)
• Original copies of credentials will be sighted during the interview of shortlisted candidates.
SELECTED COUNTRIES WITH FIELD OF STUDY AND UNIVERSITIES
S/N COUNTRY FIELD OF STUDY UNIVERSITY
1 UNITED KINGDOM • Medicine
• Engineering
• Natural Sciences
• Oil and Gas 1 Cambridge University
2 Imperial College London
3 Oxford University
4 University of Edinburgh
5 Cranfield University
6 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
7 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
8 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
2 CANADA • Engineering
• Natural Sciences
• Geology 1 University of Toronto
2 McGill University of Technology
3 University of British Columbia
4 University of Alberta
5 University of Waterloo
6 Calgary University
3 USA • Engineering
• Natural Sciences
• Geology 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)
2 University of California Barkley
3 Stanford University
4 Princeton University
5 Harvard University
6 Purdue University
4 China • Agriculture
• Agricultural Engineering
• Power and Steel
1 Tsingua University
2 Perking University

Hope you find this useful especially for those who live in Rivers State and are from Rivers State

Please send application forms for Robert Gordon University to us for processing

JMA International Agency Services currently work with Robert Gordon University (NAVITAS) which qualifies for this scholarship
Visit our website and talk to any of our representatives in London and Nigeria and as we offer aspiring students guidance in choice of School, Courses and in obtaining their Admission and Visa.

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