Passed with Minor Corrections
Today, I successfully defended my PhD thesis examined by Dr Adrienne LeBas
@amlebas
(American University, Washington DC) & Dr Jessica Di Salvatore
@jessdisal
(Warwick).
Exhilarating, thorough & nerve-racking in equal measures...I cried
Dr Agboga🙌🏾
York University in Canada is offering up to $180,000 ($45,000 x 4 yrs) and other "assorted" funding opportunities for BSc, MSc and PhD to international applicants. English test is waived for those who previously studied in English.
Watch how to apply:
The next time you see me, give me a hug 🫂
4 international conferences, 2 international graduate summer schools, 2 revise and resubmit papers, full draft of 80,000 words PhD dissertation, and 5 job applications; all due between April & June.
The last lap is a sprint 🏃🏃♂️
A UK uni contacted me recently about an upcoming fully-funded scholarship for int'l students including stipend, visa & travel costs.
Well, the scholarship opened this week for those in int'l development (broadly defined).
My YouTube video will drop tomorrow on how to apply ✌🏾
From hawking plantain on Lagos streets & hiding from being spotted by classmates, to teaching & researching at one of the best social science universities in the world...
Today, I take up the position of an LSE Fellow
@LSEGovernment
Tear down barriers to accessible education.✊🏾
University of Canberra in Australia is offering fully-funded scholarships for BSc & MSc (coursework) with $10,000 stipend, travel/visa costs and university accommodation.
English test waiver is also available!
Get in here👉Watch how to apply:
University of Saskatchewan in Canada 🇨🇦 is offering MSc ($18,000) & PhD ($22,000) funding to international students. You also need to find a supervisor.
Watch guidance on how to apply & find supervisors:
The University of Miami in the US is offering generous BSc scholarships covering tuition, housing, meals, laptop and $12,000 spare funds.
There are equally MSc and PhD funding options of about $30,000 per annum opening soon.
Watch how to apply:
Fully-funded Mastercard Baobab Scholarship for Africans at the Arizona State University 🇺🇸
Covers:
Full tuition for 2yrs MSc
Stipend
Housing
Visa/Travel costs
TOEFL/IELTS fee
GRE/GMAT fee
Deadline: 7 October, 2022
Resumption: July, 2023
Apply here:
Western University in Canada is offering MSc and PhD scholarships worth about $40,000 CAD per year.
In some cases, the scholarship application is different from application for admissions.
English test waiver is available!
Watch how to apply:
4 days to Christmas, the University of Melbourne 🇦🇺 sends you an offer letter with a scholarship covering your full PhD tuition, an annual stipend worth $37,000, insurance & $3,000 for relocation.
It's 'a December to remember' for this Ghanaian applicant from my YouTube channel.
Dalhousie University in Canada is offering MSc & PhD opportunities worth over $30,000 CAD. International students also qualify for relocation allowance. In some cases, application for admission differs from funding application.
Watch how to apply here:
Why UK scholarships are among the best
- stipend amended yearly to meet inflation
- dependent can work full time
- stipend not taxed
- double stipend with extra 20hrs work
- GRE not needed
- no application fee in most schools
- many scholarships cover travel costs
Team UK 🇬🇧
Finally moved to London... Counting down to starting a new job...
Nigerians (who can cook 😅) living around Southwark, Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, Canada Water & Bermondsey, let's connect.
Cannot wait for the wonderful experiences and challenges ahead 💫
MSc & PhD scholarships at Wageningen University in the Netherlands cover 'EVERYTHING'
✅Full tuition
✅Visa/Travel costs
✅Living stipend
12 of my subscribers got this award recently & they'll assist you with the interview preparations. Watch how to apply:
One of the biggest scholarships in the world is (about to) open!
The Erasmus Mundus scholarship covers fully-funded MSc in different disciplines. It also covers full tuition & generous travel + living stipend.
See how to get materials to apply:
Aarhus University in Denmark is offering fully-funded MSc and PhD scholarships in different disciplines with living expenses covered.
For the Jan/Feb 2023 intake, look out for the Sept 15th deadline.
Watch how to apply here:
As Chevening Scholarship opens (on August 2nd), we are once again sharing our FREE essay tutorials.
This year, 11 Chevening awardees emerged from our channel, and we will be reading excerpts from their essays to guide new applicants.
Watch this 👉
Flinders University in Australia is offering MSc & PhD scholarships with a stipend of $28,854, relocation allowance of $1,485 & health insurance for overseas students.
Deadline: August 5th
No English test
Watch how to contact professors and apply:
University of Notre Dame in the US is offering:
✅Application fee waivers
✅GRE optional/waived for some courses
✅English test waived
✅Full funding (about $30,000 + health insurance)
Watch application process here:
Cornell University is offering assistantships covering tuition, $30,000+ stipend & health insurance, to international students both from Africa & beyond!
Application fee waive is available & GRE is optional for some courses.
Watch how to apply:
He got an incredibly generous offer to study for a PhD in Biological Sciences at Notre Dame University in the US.
He got a living stipdend of $23,560 + a GTA stipend worth $31,834 😎
He asked me to extend his thanks to Naija academic twitter for inspiring applicants. 🙌
Mastercard Foundation is offering fully-funded masters for African applicants at UC Berkeley covering "everything" including travel costs & housing. Several programs are funded in the practical sciences, social sciences & humanities.
Watch how to apply:
University of Notre Dame in the US is offering the following benefits to MSc and PhD applicants:
✅Application Fee Waiver
✅GRE Waiver
✅IELTS Waiver
✅Full Tuition Cover
✅Living Stipend ($30,000)
✅Health Insurance
Watch how to apply:
No agent is needed to apply for MSc & PhD scholarships at Deakin University in Australia, confirmed by last year's recipient of the scholarship.
The funding covers:
✅Full tuition
✅$30,000
✅$1,500 relocation grant
🚫No agent
Watch video on how to apply:
University of Groningen in the Netherlands is offering fully-funded MSc to high achieving international students. The scholarship also covers travel costs & health insurance. The are also PhD positions advertised as job opportunities.
See how to apply:
University of Manitoba in Canada is offering MSc and PhD funding of at least $14,000 and $18,000 respectively, with other smaller fellowships of up to $6,000 to augment students' stipend.
English tests exemptions are also available.
Watch how to apply:
This scholarship doesn't need SOP, reference letter nor English test.
You can add these documents in the additional doc tab if you want.
If you don't have an int'l passport, you can use any govt ID for now. I know 15 last year awardees
150 spots now open
No Agent Needed❌
Fully-funded MSc and PhD scholarships at the University of Queensland, Australia for outstanding international students covering:
✅Full tuition
✅$32,000 stipend
✅Overseas health insurance
Watch break down of the application process▶️
University of Notre Dame in the US is offering the following benefits to MSc and PhD applicants:
* Application Fee Waivers
* GRE Waiver
* Full Tuition Cover
* Living Stipend ($30,000+)
* Health Insurance
Watch how to apply:
I can't relate though, presently sitting on 3 fully-funded awards worth £350,000
Search the right places:
For PhD funding check
For masters check Chevening, Commonwealth, Allan Nesta, Cambridge Trust..
I know 68 people resuming this Sept with full funding
Do you want to study for free in the UK?
The Standard Bank Africa Chairman's Scholarship at Oxford, Cambridge & LSE covers:
✅Full tuition
✅Stipend £21,000
✅Visa/travel costs
✅Health Insurance
I was awarded this scholarship in 2017. Watch how to apply:
University of Luxembourg is offering MSc, PhD and Postdoc opportunities for international students/applicants. Most of these scholarships cover full tuition, living allowance, and free accommodation in the students' residence.
Watch how to apply:
I'm delighted to announce that I got into the Summer Institute on Migration Research Methods (SIMRM) at UC Berkeley 🇺🇲, after submitting an abstract on my side project on Nigerian diasporic trauma.
The institute is generously covering accommodation, meals & travel expenses. ✌🏾
There are full scholarships in the UK, shout it for those at the back to hear. 🔊
I compiled a list of UK 🇬🇧 fully-funded scholarships presently accepting applications for MSc and PhD (including fully-funded MBA) programmes like the ones below.
Dive in:
I attended an academic job interview on May 23rd, my mom's birthday. I received a rejection mail some weeks later. But last week, I was informed that unexpectedly a new spot had opened for the same position.
Today, I had a meeting with one of the panelists... I got the job. 🥹
I have found a perfect academic job which fits like a glove. However, there are probably 200 other applicants looking at the same position. 😅
My boxing gloves are out 😠
In this social darwinism simulation called the job market, the strong shall choke the weak. 😅
My PhD project won another research grant ✌🏾
Another wonderful opportunity found on the streets of Twitter.
On New Year's Day, I vowed to "leak" one of my "very very very" rare dancing videos if I got any personal good news in January.
So here you go to my utter embarrassment.
No Masters Needed 🚫
BSc to direct PhD in the UK (Part 2)
Do you know that there are bodies in the UK offering full scholarships in over 35 universities?
Covering:
🎯 Full tuition
🎯 £20,000 Stipend
🎯 Travel/research grants
➡️ Watch how to apply:
Interested in MSc or PhD funding in the US for Spring 2023?
Northern Illinois University is offering funding for some courses for March/April intake.
🚧Watch out for Sept/Oct deadline
✅English test waived
✅GRE waived for some courses
Get more info here:
University of Ottawa in Canada has generous funding opportunities for intl. students for MSc & PhD courses still accepting applications.
Scholarship worth:
✅PhD: $72,000 for 4 years
✅MSc: $30,000 for 2 years
Watch detailed video on how to apply:
My videos containing step by step guidance on how to write the Chevening scholarship essays have been very effective - "6" awardees in 2021 & "12" awardees in 2022.
Check out this playlist for the FREE tutorials:
#Chevening
#Scholarships
I submitted chapter 5, my last empirical chapter, last week. In the meeting that followed with my supervisors, they said it was coming together nicely & I could move to the conclusion.
This PhD is actually coming to an end. 🥹
I spent the weekend in London visiting family.
University of Exeter is offering fully-funded masters scholarships to international students in different fields. It covers the following:
Full tuition
Stipend £15,000
Various fields (humanities, social & practical sciences)
No application fee!
Dive in:
The day this account asks you for money in exchange for scholarship assistance, know that I have been hacked!
You mean that with all these financial aid I've received, it is the income of graduates who are barely employed that I also want to devour in form of bogus bootcamps.
Bursary Assistance for Grad School Applications
We are offering financial assistance to those preparing to take standardised tests such as GRE, IELTS, TOEFL, etc., for their grad school application.
If interested, provide the following documents:
Fully Funded Masters at McGill University in Canada
The McCall MacBain Scholarship is offering up to 30 MSc scholarships in different fields at McGill with a monthly stipend of $2,000 CAD to competitive applications around the world.
Watch how to apply:
University of Tasmania in Australia is accepting applications from international students with scholarships covering:
✅Full tuition
✅Annual stipend $31,500
✅Relocation allowance $2,000
✅Apply directly
Watch video on the application process:
Do you have an offer from a UK university or getting one soon?
The Scottish Power MSc scholarship is able to fully fund your course at participating universities. It covers:
✅Full tuition
✅£1,200 per month
✅Job placement
Watch how to apply here:
Fully funded scholarships in the UK aren't scarce, you just need to know where to find them. 🤷♂️
Here are 'everything covered' UK scholarships still accepting applications:
✅Full tuition
✅£20,000 stipend
✅Relocation grant
Watch here:
Good news!
We have raised about £400 so far for our bursary award with some outstanding pledges to assist those preparing for standardised tests (IELTS, TOEFL & GRE). Though the target is £1,000, we will disburse what we have for now.
More info on how to apply by next Monday.
The DAAD EPOS scholarship is open once again covering fully-funded MSc & PhD in Germany. The scholarship also covers:
✅Visa/flights
✅Stipend €1,200
✅Insurance
✅Family allowance
As a DAAD alumnus, I have made a video on how to apply. Watch here:
King's College London 🇬🇧 offering fully funded PhD to African applicants worth:
Full tuition
£17,609 Stipend
£5,000 Research Grant
Areas: Digital Tech, conflict and peace, global health, and development.
Years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, this young graduate was wondering what he was going to do with his philosophy degree in Nigeria. Today, having climbed 7 mountains & crossed 7 rivers, he realises that every worry has an expiry date.
Does his face look familiar?🧐🤔
In 2022, I:
💫 Bagged research & conference grants in the US, UK, Rwanda & Sweden.
💫 Emerged the sole UK awardee of the Routledge Roundtable grant
💫 Published a side project with no corrections
💫 Got headhunted to speak at an international event
💫 Found love? ❤
Osemudiahme
Fully-funded MPhil/PhD at King's College, London 🇬🇧 for international students
Covers: Full tuition + £17,609 per annum (tax free) + £5,000 research grant
Deadline: 1st October, 2021
To Resume: June, 2022
Virginia Tech University is offering graduate funding to international students for different MSc & PhD courses. Applicants can also get application fee and English test waivers for those who studied their undergrad in English.
Watch how to apply:
New Zealand full MSc & PhD scholarship is back!
Covering:
✅ Visa & travel costs
✅ Settlement allowance
✅ Monthly stipend
✅ Full tuition
✅ Health insurance
✅ Reintegration allowance
✅ Research grant
Watch how to apply:
My paper has been accepted for the International Society of Political Psychology conference in Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦, where I seek to examine the nexus between trauma & activism in Nigerian diasporic communities.
There is some funding, but Canadian visa waiting period is 200+ days.😅
Australia is opening!!!
As the Australian govt. announces plans to open its borders to international students, check out these universities in the country offering fully-funded masters & PhD opportunities in different disciplines.
Watch how to apply:
Opening soon with limited application fee waivers!
Northwestern University, USA has funding for intl. students with other benefits including:
✅ Application fee waiver
✅IELTS waiver
✅GRE waiver (for most courses)
✅$37k stipend
Watch how to apply:
Out of the job market before I actually entered. 150+ applications for 3 spots. Managed to squeeze in at the last minute. I'll be swapping my Tier 4 for Tier 2.
My unfinished PhD made a dent on my starting salary though. 😅
Let's hurry and finish this PhD once and for all.
Mood👇🏾
Do you have a BSc/BA in any field & looking for FULL direct PhD scholarships in the UK?
Swansea University 🇬🇧 has full scholarships for direct PhD covering:
✅Full tuition
✅£17,668 stipend
✅No IELTS
I did a detailed video on how to apply, watch here:
✅ MSc at Debrecen, Hungary 🇭🇺
✅ MSc at Saskatchewan, Canada 🇨🇦
Dear applicants, I didn't have prior contact with them. They used materials already provided and did it themselves.
Google, academic twitter, YouTube - use these resources and help yourself.
DIY Express ✌🏾
Mastercard Foundation scholarship at Arizona State University covers "everything": full tuition, visa, flights, housing, stipend, etc.
To apply, you first need to answer the scholarship essay questions. Check out our clinical analysis of each question:
The Commonwealth shared scholarship, one of the most popular fully-funded scholarships in the UK is expected to open today.
In the past 2 years, subscribers from our YouTube channel have accounted for about 40% of the entire intake.
Scholarship website:
No Agent Needed!
RMIT University in Australia is accepting applications from international students for fully funded MSc (by research) & PhD.
Value:
✅Full tuition
✅$34k to $45k Stipend
✅Relocation grant $1,500
✅No IELTS
Watch video on how to apply:
The University of Verona in Italy 🇮🇹 is offering 121 PhD scholarships with an annual stipend of €16,243 in different fields.
Deadline: June 8th, 2022
Apply here:
Loyola University in Chicago 🇺🇸 is offering graduate assistantships for different courses with:
➡️Full tuition
➡️$24,000 Stipend
➡️Health insurance
English tests are waived & most courses don't require GRE.
Dive in:
University of Calgary in Canada is offering MSc & PhD scholarships between $20k to $26k CAD in practical sciences, social sciences, humanities & other disciplines. No GRE requirements for most courses & TOEFL waivers are available.
Watch how to apply here:
Clarendon Scholarship in the UK covers 200 fully-funded MSc & PhD plus a living stipend of at least £15,609. Application fee waivers exist for applicants from low income countries. You can also apply for English test exemption.
Watch how to apply:
Cornell University is offering need-based application fee waivers to both domestic & international students. It also has:
✅GRE waived for most courses
✅TOEFL waiver (but free internal English test for GTAs/GRAs)
✅$32k stipend
Get more info here:
I presented a paper on how African voters respond to party switching (a chapter from my ongoing PhD research) at the Elections Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) conference held in Newcastle University.
Beautiful city, great conference 👍🏾
Are you interested in a fully-funded MSc in Global Health?
St. George, University of London 🇬🇧 is offering international students in this field:
✅Full Tuition
✅£17,000 living stipend
Appy here:
Fun fact:
I used to hawk plantain after school while strategically hiding from my classmates. One of them eventually found out & announced it to the class, but nobody believed her. 😅
Education remains a viable tool for social mobility. My untold stories...
Interested in a UK fully funded MSc?
Check out the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Scholarship at Uni Sheffield. 2 years in a row, my subscribers have won the award covering:
✅Full tuition
✅£12,000 stipend
✅No IELTS
Watch detailed video on how to apply:
Coventry University has updated its database on direct BSc to PhD fully-funded scholarships covering:
✅Full tuition
✅£18,000 stipend
✅Exchange visit to Deakin University Australia
✅IELTS not required
✅May deadline
Watch detailed video on how to apply:
Someone directed me to a US 🇺🇲 university charging only $10 for application fees for international students. GRE & TOEFL are also waived for most courses.
Full gist landing tomorrow morning after my investigations.🔍
I will be dropping it here tomorrow👇🏾
Deakin University in Australia has generous research scholarships (MSc & PhD) covering:
✅Full tuition
✅$30,000 stipend
✅$1,500 relocation allowance
An Expression of Interest (EOI) form is required for most departments.
🎯Watch how to apply:
Scholarship-essay-writing has become our forte & we have recorded staggering success with scholarships such as Commonwealth, Chevening, Allan Nesta, etc.
Tomorrow, I will be releasing a video on how to write the 250 word essay for the fully-funded Mastercard award at Cambridge
Maastricht University is the Netherlands is offering full MSc scholarships worth €30,000 to 24 international students. The award covers full tuition, visa & stipend for various academic disciplines: sciences, arts & humanities.
Watch how to apply:
1) A Sudanese lady from my YouTube channel got both the Chevening & OKP scholarships on her first try. She chose OKP.
2) Another lady got the Ireland Fellows scholarship.
3) We also have another Commonwealth scholar.
They watched my videos and did it on their own. Team DIY ✌🏾
Macquarie University invites applications from international students for fully funded MSc and PhD courses. The scholarship covers:
✅Full tuition
✅$34,500 Stipend
✅Apply directly
Watch detailed video on the application process:
Full BSc, MSc and PhD scholarships at the University of Miami 🇺🇸
The scholarships cover:
✅Tuition & Stipend ($22,000 to $30,000)
✅Books (undergrad)
✅Housing (undergrad)
✅Health insurance
✅Move from BSc directly to PhD
Watch video on how to apply:
At Michigan Tech University, grad application is free, but intl students are expected to pay a $10 processing fee. Other benefits include:
✅TOEFL waiver
✅GRE not required for most courses
✅Direct BSc to PhD
✅Spring & Fall intakes
Get more details here:
University of Victoria in Canada is still accepting applications for many departments, with masters and PhD scholarships. The benefits include:
✅$30,000 stipend
✅English test waivers
✅Assistantships
✅Departmental funding
Watch how to apply:
Deep mind scholarship in the UK is yet another hidden gem sponsoring fully-funded MSc and PhD for int'l students at 7 different UK universities, with full tuition, relocation cost and £16,000+ in stipend.
See programmes still accepting application:
BSc, MSc & PhD funding at Simon Fraser University, Canada
Undergrad scholarship worth $120,000 + $7,000 additional stipend for int'l students
There are also assistantships for graduate applicants.
No English test required!
Watch how to apply here:
Full scholarships in the UK are still accepting applications!
Move from a BSc to a direct PhD at the University of Portsmouth. The funding covers:
✅Full tuition
✅£18,000 stipend
✅Conference & research grants
✅English test waived
Watch how to apply:
We're going places 🙌🏾
Got headhunted for an international speaking gig; the same boy who hawked plantain in Ikeja for over a decade, and hid from his classmates so they wouldn't find out. 🥹🤲🏾
Coming your way tomorrow...
I'm compiling a list of fully-funded scholarships in the UK presently accepting applications for MSc & PhD, worth over £50,000. Most of them cover EVERYTHING like the one you see below.
Subscribe here to get the list of free: