PTDF Scholarship 2024/2025 For Postgraduate Studies Abroad : Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is now accepting applications from suitably qualified Nigerians for its 2024/2025 Overseas MSc and PhD Scholarships. The deadline for the submission of applications for PTDF Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship application is 17th February, 2024.
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the Federal Government agency with the mandate of developing indigenous human capacity and petroleum technology to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for Overseas MSc and PhD Scholarships to institutions under its strategic partnership initiative. Successful candidates will be awarded scholarships to study in France/UK/Germany/China/Malaysia commencing in the 2024/2025 academic session.
PTDF Scholarship 2024/2025 For Postgraduate Studies Abroad.
Under this scheme, applicants are invited to apply through PTDF to specific programmes at the partner institutions in any of the countries (full list of sponsored courses is available on the scholarship portal scholarship.ptdf.gov.ng). The award includes the provision of flight tickets, payment of health insurance, payment of tuition and bench fees (where applicable) as well as the provision of allowances to meet the costs of accommodation and living expenses. The programmes will also include language classes to aid scholars settle into their new environments (where applicable).
PTDF Overseas Scholarship Eligibility.
For Ph.D Applicants.
- Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)
- Must be computer literate
- A minimum of Second Class Lower (2.2) in their first degree and a good second-degree certificate;
- 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);
- Applicants must also include their master’s degree project.
For M.Sc Applicants.
- A minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) qualification in their first degree or a Second Class Lower (2.2) with relevant industry experience
- Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)
- Must be computer literate
- Possession of 5 O/level credits including English Language.
Required Documents:
Applicants are advised to scan copies of the following documents and attach to their online application forms:
- First Degree Certificate or Statement of Result
- NYSC discharge certificate
- WAEC/GCE/SSCE/NECO results as well as the PIN numbers on the application forms to enable PTDF view the O’level results on the relevant website).
- Recent Passport Photograph
- Local Government Identification Letter
- Master’s Degree Certificate
- Evidence of membership of professional associations.
PTDF Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Selection Criteria.
PTDF scholarships are highly competitive and only applicants who are outstanding across 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).
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How to Apply PTDF Scholarship 2024.
Follow the links below to apply and learn more about the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Overseas Postgraduate (M.Sc & Ph.D) Scholarship.
APPLY HERE: https://scholarship.ptdf.gov.ng/
Important Information/Notice
- Applicants must have a National Identity Number (NIN) before applying for the scholarship. Applicants are also expected to upload a NIN Verification Report before completing the application. The report can be obtained from www.verifyme.ng (charges may apply).
- Applicants who have benefited from any of the PTDF scholarships in the past cannot apply for the same category of degree, except a higher degree;
- Applicants who are in possession of a higher degree cannot apply for the same type of degree;
- Applicants interested in German Institutions should choose Abuja as their preferred interview location;
- Applicants who are beneficiaries of any other scholarship need not apply;
- Applicants who successfully scale through the first round of screening will be requested to submit their transcripts; all applicants are therefore advised to prepare their transcripts for submission in anticipation of such a request.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 17th February, 2024.
List of Approved Courses for PTDF Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Sponsorship 2024.
France, Germany, China & Malaysia:
FRANCE
| S/N | University | Masters Programme | PhD Programme |
| 1 | IFP School (Petroleum Engineering) | Specialized Master in Petroleum Geosciences Geology | |
| Specialized Master in Petroleum Geosciences Geophysics | |||
| Specialized Master in Reservoir Geosciences and Engineering | |||
| Specialized Master in Processes and Polymers | |||
| Specialized Master in Petroleum Economics and Management | |||
| Specialized Master in Petroleum Data Management | |||
| 2 | Ecole des Mines Albi | Master Biomass and Waste for Energy and Materials | |
| 3 | Ecole des Mines d’Ales IMT | Disaster Management, environment, human and social sciences, Information et Communication Technologies | |
| 4 | Ecole des Mines de Nantes IMT Atlantique (Engineering and environment) | Master in Project Management for Environmental and Energy Engineering (PM3E) | |
| Master in Process and Bioprocess Engineering – Project Management for Environmental & Energy Engineering (PM3E) | |||
| MSc Management and Optimization of Supply Chains & Transport | |||
| 5 | Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Engineering) | Master in Applied Mechanics on Computational Structural Mechanics | |
| Master in Applied Mechanics on Design of Production and Systems | |||
| Master in Applied Mechanics on Metallic and Composites Complex Assemblies | |||
| Master in Control Engineering and Production Systems on Automatic control, Robotics, Signal and Image | |||
| 6 | Institut Supérieur d’Électronique de Paris (ISEP) (Electronics) | ISEP Engineering Master Degree in computer Science | |
| 7 | INSA Toulouse (Engineering) | Master in Fluids Engineering for Industrial Processes | |
| Advanced Master in Safety Engineering and Management | |||
| Advanced Master on Innovative and secure IoT systems | |||
| 8 | ICSI Toulouse (HSE) | Master in Safety Engineering and Management (HSE) | |
| 9 | Arts et Metiers ParisTech | Petroleum Geosciences & Engineering/ forage et Production | |
| MSc Knowledge Integration in Mechanical Production | |||
| Master Degree in Materials and Engineering Sciences | |||
| 10 | ENSG Lorraine | Master Subterranean Reservoirs of Energy : Hydrodynamics – Geophysics – Modeling | |
| 11 | ENSGTI Pau | Chemistry International Studies (Chem.I.St.) | |
| International Master “SIMOS“ : SIMulation and Optimization of energy Systems | |||
| 12 | ENSIC Nancy | Chemistry International Studies | |
| Sciences Po Paris (Political Science, Law and Business) | Master in International Energy | ||
| Master in Environmental Policy | |||
| Master of Science in Telecommunications and Networks | |||
| 17 | Université de Cergy-Pontoise | ||
| MSc Internet of Things: Innovation and Management | |||
| 18 | CNAM | MSc Ecotechnologies for Sustainability and Environment Management | |
| MSc Energy Environment: Science Technology and Management – STEEM | |||
| 19 | Polytechnique Palaiseau | MSc in Energy Management (MEM) | |
| MSc Synthesis, catalysis and sustainable chemistry | |||
| Quantitative Finance | |||
| 20 | ESCP Europe (Energy Management) | MSc Mechanical Engineering – 2nd year track : Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFM) | |
| 21 | University of Lyon 1 | Mechanical Engineering – 2nd year track Fluid Mechanics and Energetics – FME | Materials Chemistry; Environment; Processes. Computer Science and Mathematics Physics and Astrophysics Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Automation Mechanical Engineering, Energetics, Civil Engineering and Acoustics Materials and process engineering |
| 22 | EM LYON Business School | Master in Sciences and Materials Engineering Electrochemistry and Processes | |
| 23 | Université de Grenoble Alpes Grenoble INP | Master in Sustainable Industrial Engineering | |
| Master MSE – Program Biorefinery and Biomaterials | |||
| Master CyberSecurity (CySec) | |||
| Electrical Engineering MISTRE MSc in Integration, Security and TRust in Embedded systems | |||
| Master of Science in Industrial and Applied Mathematics (MSIAM) | |||
| Master in Hydraulic and Civil Engineering | |||
| Geomechanics, Civil Engineering and Risks (GCER) | |||
| Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling for Electrical Engineering (3MEE) | |||
| MSc in Chemistry – five specialties | |||
| Erasmus + MSc in Engineering and Engineering Sismology | |||
| M2 Industry 4.0 | |||
| Master European and International Business Studies | |||
| 24 | Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour | M2 Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation (MMS) | |
| M2 Mechanics and Physics in Porous Media (MPPM) | |||
GERMANY
Candidates for scholarships in Germany are at liberty to apply to any University in Germany
They are also required to register with the German Academic Exchange (DAAD) through the following link: https://portal.daad.de/irj/portal
Follow the link to view guidelines on applications to Germany: Call for Scholarship Applications for 2024 in Germany
GERMANY
MSC (2 years)
- Experimental Geosciences
- Marine Geosciences
- Process Engineering and Energy Technology
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Geophysics
- Geospatial Technologies
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Sciences
- Process, Energy, and Environmental Systems Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Research in Computer & Systems Engineering
- Applied & Environmental Geosciences
- Power Engineering
- Energy Science and Technology
PHD (3 years)
- Geology and Petroleum Geology
- Civil and Marine Engineering (Marine Geosciences)
- Renewable Energy
- Reservoir Engineering/Production Technology
CHINA
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA
| S/N | COURSE | DURATION | TYPE OF DEGREE |
| 1. | Geospatial Engineering with Building Information Modelling (BIM) | 1 year | MSc |
| 2. | Composites | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 3. | Power Electronics, Machines and Control | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 4. | Geospatial and Geohazards | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 5. | Advanced and Intelligent Manufacturing | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 6. | Natural Resources and Environment | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 7. | Artificial Intelligence and Optimisation | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 8. | Advanced Energy and Environmental Materials & Technologies | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 9. | Fluids and Thermal Engineering | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 10. | Partial Differential Equations | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 11. | Sensor Networks, Instrumentation, Data Analytics | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 12. | Sustainability and Innovation for Integrated Built Environment | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 13. | Information System | 3-4 years | PhD |
| 14. | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3-4 years | PhD |
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
| s/n | Course | Duration | Type of degree |
| 1. | Applied Informatics | 18 months | MSc |
| 2. | Civil engineering | 18 months | MSc |
| 3. | Operations & Supply Chain Management | 18 months | MSc |
| 4. | Advanced Chemical Sciences | 18 months | MRes |
| 5. | Computer Science | 18 months | MRes |
| 6. | Low Carbon Electric Power & Energy Technology | 18 months | MRes |
| 7. | Molecular Biosciences | 18 months | MRes |
| 8. | Management | 18 months | MRes |
| 9. | Biological Sciences | 3-4 years | PHD |
| 10. | Chemistry | 3-4 years | PHD |
| 11. | Civil Engineering | 3-4 years | PHD |
| 12. | Computer Science & Software Engineering | 3-4 years | PHD |
| 13. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 3-4 years | PHD |
| 14. | Environmental Sciences | 3-4 years | PHD |
MALAYSIA:
- Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Courses
- Masters by Coursework and Dissertation (12 Months)
- MSc in Drilling Engineering MBA in Energy Management
- MSc in Offshore Engineering MSc in Petroleum Geosciences
- MSc in Asset Management and Maintenance MSc in Electronic Systems Engineering
- MSc in Petroleum Engineering MSc in Process Integration
- MSc in Process Safety
- Masters by Research (12 Months)
- MSc in Chemical Engineering MSc in Civil Engineering
- MSc in Electrical Engineering MSc in Information Technology
- MSc in Information Systems MSc of Science
- MPhil in Management MSc in Chemical Engineering
PHD (36 Months)
- PhD in Chemical Engineering PhD in Civil Engineering
- PhD in EE Engineering PhD in Information Technology
- PhD in Information Systems PhD in Mechanical Engineering
- PhD in Petroleum Engineering PhD in Petroleum Geosciences
- PhD in Science PhD in Management
- PhD in Chemical Engineering
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Mechanical
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Civil
| Chemical
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Petroleum Geosciences
| Fundamental & Applied Sciences / Science
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Computer and Information Sciences
| Petroleum Engineering
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Candidates may select up to 3 different courses (1st, 2nd and 3rd choice) in any University within France, Germany, China & Malaysia.
UK:
| S/No | University | M.Sc. | Ph.D. Research Fields/Groups/Clusters |
| 1 | Robert Gordon University |
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| 2 | Heriot Watt University |
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| 3 | Dundee University |
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| 4 | Newcastle University |
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| 5 | University of Manchester |
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| 6 | University of Salford |
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| 7 | University of Birmingham |
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| 8 | University of Portsmouth |
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| 9 | University of Southampton |
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| 10 | Cranfield University |
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| 11 | University of Liverpool |
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| 12 | Imperial College London |
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| 13 | King’s College London |
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| 14 | University College London |
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| 15 | University of Nottingham |
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| 16 | University of Glasgow |
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| 17 | University of Strathclyde |
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| 18 | University of Aberdeen |
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