MTN Nigeria Foundation Scholarship

The MTN Nigeria Foundation will provide financial

support to 500 eligible Science & Technology students

in accredited education public universities, polytechnics

and colleges of education across the six geo-political

zones in Nigeria which will cover tuition, book allo-

wance and stipend (pocket allowance). The scholarship

award is N200,000.00 (Two hundred Thousand Naira

only per student per academic session and will be paid

at the beginning of the 2009/2010 academic session.

The scholarships will be awarded to 200 level/2nd year

full time students in universities, polytechnics and coll-

eges of education.

The scholarships may be renewable provided recipients

maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.5 or its equivalent

(second class upper/upper credit.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The MTN Foundation seeks to attract high calibre full

time students into the science and technology sector.

The scholarship is intended to provide assistance to

those students who might otherwise be unable to fulfill

their educational financial obligations and to reward

and recognize superior academic performance.

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE

Scholarship will be made available to qualified and

successful candidates from every state of the Feder-

ation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

DISCIPLINES

Applications in the following list of approved discip-

lines will be considered:

1. Agricultural Science

2. Communication Technology

3. Computer and Electronics

4. Computer and Information Science

5. Computer and Mathematics

6. Computer Engineering

7. Computer Science

8. Electrical Engineering

9. Electronics and Computer Technology

10. Electronic Engineering

11. Engineering Physics

12. Industrial Mathematics

13. Industrial Physics

14. Information Technology

15. Mathematics

16. Mechanical Engineering

17. Medicine

18. Physics Electronics

19. Physics Engineering

20. Physics/Computational Modeling

21. Pure / Applied Physics

22. Statistics and Computer Science

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates must be full time undergraduates in

200 level / 2nd year in public universities, colleges

of education as well as polytechnics in Nigeria.

Applicants from universities and colleges of

education must have a minimum Cumulative Grade

Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent

(2.1), while applicants from polytechnics must have

a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper

credit) and currently undergoing industrial training.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

If you are qualified and interested, please visit the

MTN Foundation Scholarship website at:

(www.mtnonline.com/mtnfscholarship)

Shortlisted candidates will be required to come with

the original and photocopy of the following documents

for screening prior to taking the assessment Test:

2 passport photographs

Valid student identity card

Duly signed transcript from head of department

Admission letter from JAMB and Institution

A letter of recommendation, duly signed and stamped

from Faculty Head/Director of School/Dean of School.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Interested eligible students are required to visit the

MTN Foundation Scholarship website at:

(www.mtnonline.com/mtnfscholarship) and register

online.

Incomplete applications will be disregarded and

cancelled

Upon receipt of applications from interested students,

MTNF shall evaluate and shortlist qualifying students

who will be subsequently invited for an assessment

exercise.

Names of successful candidates will be published in

National dailies and on the MTN Foundation Schol-

arship website

Bursaries will be allocated on a yet to be announced

date to successful candidates, students are however

advised to visit the MTN Foundation Scholarship

website for more information.

APPLICATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY BENEF-

ICIARIES OF SIMILAR SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED, ONLY SHORT-

LISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED

AND MTNF SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE

FOR FINAL SELECTION OF SUCCESSFUL

AWARDEES