How To Apply For 2014 MTN Nigeria Foundation Scholarship

Applications for the 2014 MTN Scholarship has
Commenced – Full detail on How to Apply Below:
Information reaching us has it that the application
for the 2014 MTN Scholarship has commenced. The
MTN Foundation Science & Technology Scholarship
Scheme is for full time second year students
studying in public tertiary institutions (universities,
polytechnics and colleges of education) in Nigeria.
The scholarship provides financial assistance to
students who may be unable to pay for their tertiary
education and aims to recognize and reward
academic excellence.
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 scholarship is renewed every
year until graduation for existing awardees provided
they have maintained a minimum CGPA of 3.5 or its
equivalent (second class upper/upper credit) while
new applications, when advertised, are welcome
from full time students in their second year of
study.
TERMS AND CONDITION:
Please read carefully before completing this form.
Be sure that the information you provide is
accurate.
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 a minimum Cumulative Grade
Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent
(2:1)
Applicants from public Polytechnics must have a
minimum 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 a minimum
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
Current Beneficiaries of the MTN Foundation
Science & Technology Scholarship award are not
eligible to apply
The MTN Foundation reserves the right to cancel or
suspend a scholarship award if it is discovered that
an applicant/awardee provided false information.
Names of successful candidates will be published in
National Dailies
Closing date for receipt of application is Tuesday
May 4th 2014
Warning: Please note that all information provided
will be verified and persons with fraudulent
information will be held accountable.
Only applications from students studying one of the
under listed courses will be considered:
• Accountancy/Accounting
• Agric. 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