MTN Foundation invites applications from suitably qualified Nigerian students for the 2012 MTN scholarship for Nigerians. The scholarship is part of MTN Nigeria’s corporate social responsibility efforts aimed at enhancing access to quality education by Nigerian students studying in Nigeria.
Eligible Fields
• 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/Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Computer Technology
• Electronics Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Geophysics
• Industrial Mathematics
• Industrial Physics
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Petroleum and Gas Engineering
• Physics Electronics
• Physics/ Computational Modeling
• Pure/ Applied Physics
• Statistics
• Statistics and Computer Science
• System Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
Scholarship Conditions/Eligibility
• 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
How to Apply
• If you meet the criteria above, you can complete the MTN scholarship application form online
• It advisable to take a look at the online form through the link below and prepare your responses to the question in Microsoft Word or handwrite it before going online to complete it
• You are expected to answer a question as part of the application; the instruction states that “In not more than 200 words explain how the Telecommunications industry has impacted positively on National development and Globalisation (Mention at least 3 areas of impact)”. Carefully compose your answer and have someone review it before submitting it online to increase your chances of success
• Once you are ready, proceed through the link below to the website and scroll down to the bottom of the page to apply
Note
• 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
• All information provided will be verified and persons with fraudulent information will be held accountable
• Application is free
Deadline: October 29, 2012
For more information, and to apply online, click here
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