How to Apply for 2015 MTN Foundation Scholarship

The 2015 edition of MTN Foundation Scholarship
application has commenced. The scholarship is
for full time second year students studying in
public tertiary institutions (universities,
polytechnics and colleges of education) in
Nigeria. 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.
MTN Foundation Scholarship Terms and
Conditions.
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 Sunday,
September 6 2015
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
To access and complete the form follow this link
MTN scholarship application portal at http://
foundation.mtnonline.com/scholarship-scheme/
login .