NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship 2021 to Study in UK

NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship 2021: The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) is pleased to announce the annual NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship for students from the Niger Delta states. The scholarship seeks to provide postgraduate study opportunity in courses that are relevant to the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.

For the academic year starting in September 2021, SPDC in partnership with universities in the UK; Imperial College London, University of Leeds and the University of Aberdeen will award scholarships for one-year postgraduate M.Sc. studies.

Scholarship Sponsor(s): Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)

Scholarship to be taken in: UK

Scholarship Level: Postgraduate (Masters)

Scholarship Worth: See Scholarship benefits (below)

Subject Eligibility: See Eligible subjects (below)

Country/Region Eligibility: Nigerians (Bayelsa, Delta, Imo, Rivers State)

Recommended: World Bank Scholarships Program 2021, Fully-Funded for Developing Countries

NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship | ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be eligible for the NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship, applicants must:

• display intellectual ability and leadership potential
• have an adequate standard of English (at least 6.5 in IELTS) and meet the College’s language requirement
• have been offered admission to study on one of the Eligible Courses at the College having applied through the normal application process
• already hold (or expect to hold by the time of taking up the Scholarship) a degree of an equivalent standard to a UK Upper Second Class Honours degree
• must have completed the National Youth Service by September 2021
• be ordinarily resident in Rivers, Imo, Delta or Bayelsa State of Nigeria, and intend to return to Nigeria at the end of the period of study
• have not already had the chance of studying in the UK or other developed country
• be aged between 21-28 years by 30/09/2021
• currently reside in Nigeria
• plan to return to Nigeria on completion of the proposed programme of study
• have a Nigerian international passport valid till December 2021
• Employees, employees’ relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than 5 years) of SPDC, Royal Dutch SHELL Group of Companies or the College will not be eligible to apply for the scholarships

Eligible Subjects/ Universities

Imperial College

• MSc Petroleum Engineering
• MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering

University of Aberdeen

• MSc Geophysics
• MSc Safety & Reliability Engineering for Oil & Gas
• MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering

University of Leeds

• MSc Exploration Geophysics
• MSc Electronic/Electrical Engineering

Application Procedures

How-to-Apply: Interested and qualified applicants for NNPC/SPDC_JV Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship the are to:

• Submit an application for admission to any of the participating universities for any of the qualifying courses.
• Application forms for the scholarship will ONLY be available through the websites of the Imperial College London, the University of Leeds and University of Aberdeen, following a formal offer of admission by the university.
• The universities will process applications and select candidates who will attend interviews with SPDC before being considered for final selection.
• Completed scholarship application forms must reach participating universities before the application deadline.

Application Deadline: March 22, 2021

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