Brief Description
PTDF scholarships are highly competitive and only applicants who are outstanding across the board are selected. A selection committee will be constituted to assess applications using the following criteria;
• Academic merit as evidenced by quality of degrees, full academic transcripts, other professional qualifications acquired, and relevant publications to be referenced by applicants
• Membership of professional bodies
• The viability of the study/research plan (PhD Applicants only).
• Applicants are required to make a case for their scholarship by submitting a statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) stating the reason(s) they want to undertake the study, the relevance of the proposed study to the oil & gas industry and its expected impact on national development (MSc Applicants only).
Eligibility
MSc
1 A minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) qualification in their first degree or a Second Class Lower (2.2) with relevant industry experience
2 Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)
3 Must be computer literate
4 Possession of 5 O/level credits including English Language.
PhD
1 Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)
2 Must be computer literate
3 A minimum of Second Class Lower (2.2) in their first degree and a good second-degree certificate;
4 Must submit a research proposal relevant to the oil and gas industry (of not more than 5 pages) to include: Topic, introduction, objective, methodology and mode of data collection (sample template of the proposal is available on the scholarship portal (scholarship.ptdf.gov.ng);
5 Applicants must also include their master’s degree project
6 Admission letter.
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