The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and the University College
London, are delighted to announce the start of the SPDC Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
for the 2011/2012 academic session for applicants from Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States.
The objective of the scheme is to further educate talented students from the three Niger Delta States, in fields
of study that are relevant to the Oil and Gas industry.
The scholarships will cover tuition fees, one return flight from Nigeria to the UK and a contribution
towards living expenses (based on annual British Council rates). Under the scheme, up to 3
scholarships will be awarded for one-year post-graduate studies in any of the following courses:
(
i) MSC CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING
(ii) MSC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
(iii) MSC CIVIL ENGINEERING
Eligibility Criteria
The competition for scholarships will be intense and applicants must:
- Display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
- Display high proficiency in English language, i.e. at least 6.5 in the International English Language
Testing Scheme and meet the university’s language requirements;
and
- Be aged between 21-30 years;
- Be indigenes of Bayelsa, Delta or Rivers States, provide documentary evidence thereof and currently reside in Nigeria;
- Intend to return and take up permanent residence in Nigeria after completion of the proposed programme of study
- Have obtained a degree of at least an equivalent standard to a UK Upper Second class (Honours Degree)
- Have confirmed admission into any of the specified courses at University College, London.
- Be neither a current nor former employee (who have left employment less than 5 years before) of SPDC or the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies
- Not already have had the chance of studying in the UK or another developed country.
Scholarship application forms will be available ONLY through the University following admission and
submission deadline for scholarship applications for the 2011/2012 academic year will be 28 March
2011.
Nominated applicants will be interviewed to be considered for final selection. Persons meeting the
criteria may enquire at
info@nigerdeltascholar.org
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