How To Apply, Details, & Deadline For The Ongoing 2023/2024 Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship

The ongoing BEA scholarship is available to all Nigerians within the specified age limit and academic standing/qualification to apply.

While you may want to know if the application portal has closed, I want to make bold to notify you that as at the time of writing this post, the portal is still open, though quite slow due to heavy traffic on the server resources.

The deadline for the application is on the 6th of January, 2023 (06-01-2023).

Find below, details and procedure to apply for the ongoing Federal Government Bilateral Education Agreement for studies in Russia, China, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Morocco, Egypt, and Venezuela, as contained in the circular on the Nigerian BEA official website:

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD

PLOT 245 SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN STREET

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA

2023/2024 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD



The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2023/2024 Federal Government Scholarship Awards for:



BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA)



i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Hungary, Egypt and Venezuela;



ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Romania.



2.0 All qualified candidates are advised to:

a. Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website www.education.gov.ng and click on Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page:

b. Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online

c. Print the completed Application Form



3.0 FIELDS OF STUDY

a. Undergraduate level - Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), Pilot Engineering, Neurologist and

b. Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and PhD) in all fields.



4.0 CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY

A. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS: All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Seven (7) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the Senior Secondary School Certificates, WASSCE/WAEC (May/June) only in the subjects relevant to their fields of study including English Language and Mathematics. Certificates should not be more than two (2) years old (2021 & 2022) for Non-African Countries and for African countries the age of certificate is one year (2022) only. Age limit is from 17 to 20 years.

B. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS: All applicants for Postgraduate degree courses must hold a First Degree with 1st Class or at least 2nd Class Upper Division.

All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Programme and the age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40 years for Ph.D.

i) N.Y.S.C discharge or exemption certificates only are accepted; and

ii) Evidence of readiness to be released by an employer.



GENERAL NOTE FOR ALL APPLICANTS:

i) Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one-year foreign Language course of the Country of choice which will be the standard medium of instruction;

iii) All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship can apply for up to two fields of study in order of preference, and must visit the website: www.stipendiumhungaricum.hu which was opened Middle November to close 16th January, 2023.Complete the application form online,

vi) All applicants for Russia should visit the website http://education-in-russia.com which will open in November.

v) All applicants for Russian Postgraduate Scholarship must have acquired their 1st Degree in Russia;

vi) All Applicants to upload the following certificates online;

a. UNDERGRADUATE (UG): WAEC/WASSCE

b. POSTGRADUATE (PG): 1st Degree Certificate, Masters Degree WAEC/WASSCE

Indigine letter & NYSC discharge Certificate.



NB: Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:Authenticated copies of academic certificates;
Data page of the current International passport;
Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals;
Birth Certificate & Indigene letter

v) Police Clearance Certificate where necessary.



OFFICIAL PHONE NUMBERS/E-MAIL:

i) 08077884417/08035996213

ii) fsb@education.gov.ng



ANY INFORMATION GIVEN BY AN APPLICANT CONTRARY TO THE ABOVE CRITERIA WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION AT ANY STAGE OF APPLICATION.



PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION DOES NOT ATTRACT ANY PROCESSING FEE. THEREFORE, BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS

How to Apply 

To apply for this scholarship, follow the following link, sign up an account, fill and upload the required documents and submit the application before the deadline.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY