Apply for Federal Ministry of Education Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship 2018

Many candidate keep asking us; when Federal Government BEA Scholarship for 2018/2019 will begin?. The answer to this question is here. Stay calm.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the Bilateral Educational Agreements (BEA) Scholarship Awards. The scholarship offers Nigerians an opportunity to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies in one of the countries with which Nigeria has BEA in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

The Federal Scholarship Board of the Federal Ministry of Education Nigeria, processes and implements scholarship Awards received from and granted to countries with which Nigeria has Bilateral Educational Agreements (BEA).

How to Apply for Federal Government (FG) BEA Scholarship for 2018

All the eligible programmes for the scholarship awards are below:

i)   Undergraduate  (UG)  studies  tenable  in  Russia,  Morocco,   Algeria, Serbia, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Cuba, Ukraine, Japan, and

ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, e.t.c.

NOTE: BEA PROCESSING DOES NOT ATTRACT ANY PROCESSING FEE. THEREFORE, BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS!’

All qualified candidates are advised to:

1. Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website education.gov.ng and click on READ MORE on Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page:
2. Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online
3. Print the completed Application Form
4. Submit two sets of the Printed Application Forms at the venue of the interview as scheduled

NOTE/Warning: Double Entries will be disqualified!

FIELDS OF STUDY:

1. Undergraduate level – Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very  limited), etc; and
2. Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and Ph.D) in all fields.

CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY:

1. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP: All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of  Five (5) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the Senior Secoundary School Certificate, 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 (2016 & 2017). Age limit is from 18 to 20 years.
2. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP: All applicants must hold a First Degree with at least 2nd Class Upper Division. The applicants who are previous recipients of Foreign Awards must have completed at least two (2) years post qualification or employment practice in All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40 years for Ph.D.

NOTE (For all Applicants):

1. Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one year foreign language of the country of choice which will be the standard medium of instruction; and
2. All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship must visit the website: stipenumhungaricum.hu when the dates are out to complete their application.
3. Print the completed form and bring to the venue in addition to 2.0 above.

VENUE OF INTERVIEW: All eligible applicants are to report for interview at the venues scheduled for their respective Zones of origin for proper identification. Two sets of completed application forms should be submitted at the various interview centres with the following attachments:

1. Two sets of Photocopies of Educational Certificates and Testimonials of previous schools attended with the originals for sighting;
2. Only one certificate is accepted i.e WAEC of May/June;
3. Two copies of Birth certificate from National Population Commission;
4. State of Origin/LGA certificate duly signed, stamped and dated;
5. Four (4) colourede passport sized photographs on white background; and
6.    Postgraduate applicants will be required to submit Academic transcripts and NYSC certificates.

2018 BEA INTERVIEW VENUES AND DATES 

The table showing the complete dates and venue with be added here in due time…

NB:  Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to submit the following:

1. Authenticated copies of academic certificates;
2. Data page of current International passport,;
3. Specified Medical Reports from Government Hospitals; and
4. Police clearance certificate where.

Deadline: 15th February, 2018.