PTDF Scholarship 2025: Requirements, How to Apply & Deadline

PTDF Scholarship 2025: The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is the Federal Government agency with the mandate of developing indigenous human capacity and petroleum technology to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry.

The PTDF Scholarship 2025 applications from suitably qualified candidates for the Overseas MSc and PhD scholarships to specific programmes at selected institutions under its Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme for the new academic session.

The PTDF Scholarship scheme was developed to offer candidates the opportunity to benefit from a diversified pool of knowledge and the facilities offered by world-class institutions across the globe.

Under the scheme, candidates are invited to apply through PTDF to specific programmes at partner institutions. The PTDF Scholarship 2025 award includes the provision of flight tickets, payment of health insurance, payment of tuition and bench fees (where applicable), and the provision of allowances to meet the costs of accommodation and living expenses.

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PTDF Scholarship 2025: Selection Process, Criteria & Requirements

PTDF scholarships are highly competitive, and only candidates who are outstanding across the board are selected.

Campus 360 reports that based on the submitted qualifications, the top applicants for each category from each state will be invited for an interview where a selection committee will be constituted to assess applications using the following criteria:

Academic merit as evidenced by the quality of degrees, full academic transcripts and other professional qualifications acquired
Relevant publications to be referenced by applicant (PhD applicants only)
Membership of professional bodies
The viability and relevance of the study/research plan.
Relevance of previous studies to the oil and gas industry and the proposed course/research

PTDF Scholarship 2025 – MSc Requirements

A minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) qualification in their first degree or a Second Class Lower (2.2) with relevant industry experience
Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)
Must be computer literate
Possession of 5 O/level credits, including English Language and Mathematics.
Statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) stating the reason(s) for the proposed study, its relevance to the industry and its expected impact on national development.
Applicants must have a National Identity Number (NIN) and will be required to have verified it (NIMC verification charges apply)before applying for the scholarship.

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PTDF Scholarship 2025 – PhD Requirements

Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC)
Must be computer literate
Possession of 5 O/level credits, including English Language and Mathematics.
A minimum of Second Class Lower (2.2) in their first degree and a good post-graduate degree
A research proposal relevant to the oil and gas industry (of not more than five pages) to include: Topic, introduction, objective, methodology and mode of data collection.
For the approved PhD Research Areas click on this link
All lecturers must produce a letter from their Vice Chancellors confirming that they are not in receipt of any other scholarships
Applicants must have a National Identity Number (NIN) and will be required to have verified it (NIMC verification charges apply) before applying for the scholarship.

Required Documents for PTDF Scholarship 2025

Applicants are advised to scan copies of the following documents and attach them to their online application forms:

First Degree Certificate or Statement of Result
NYSC discharge certificate
WAEC/GCE/SSCE/NECO results and the PINs on the application forms to enable PTDF to view the O’level results on the relevant website.
Recent Passport Photograph
Local Government Identification Letter
Master’s Degree Certificate (PhD Applicants only)
Evidence of membership in professional associations

Important things to note about the PTDF Scholarship 2025

The scholarship is limited to PTDF approved courses in PTDF partner institutions.
Scholarships will only be awarded for studies relevant to PTDF’S mandate; candidates may be disqualified for applying for programmes not relevant to the oil and gas industry.
For the approved PhD Research Areas, Check the Website.
The proposed course of study must also be related to previous studies.
Candidates with multiple applications will lead to disqualification.
Candidates who have been sponsored by the Fund for a scholarship category (MSc/PhD) are ineligible to make another application for the same category.

Candidates who successfully scale through the first round of screening will be requested to attend the interviews round with their transcripts; all applicants are therefore advised to prepare their transcripts in anticipation.

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PTDF Scholarship 2025 Deadline:

The closing date for the application is six (6) weeks after the announcement of commencement of registrations.

How to Apply for PTDF Scholarship 2025

Visit PDTF Scholarship Application Portal to create application account and fill in your details.An email with instructions on how to login and set your password will be sent to the email address you entered.

Login with your email as username and the password you created following the instructions sent to your email address.
Click Verify NIN button before you start a new application.

For those that are just verifying their NIN, fill the fields and agree the terms (charges may apply).If you have tried to verify your NIN and it was not successful do not try the second time as you will be charged twice. Click on the red button with text Click here for all failed NIN verification then enter you payment transaction reference and NIN to complete the verification.For any NIN related issues contact iss.applications@ptdf.gov.ng

You will be required to accept or decline the disclaimer. You are required to read and accept the terms and conditions to continue with the application or if you do not agree simply decline and end your application.

You will be required to fill all fields here. Please take note of all file formats and uploads, if the file uploaded does not meet the requirement you will experience error.

Course InformationYou will be required to accept or decline the terms and conditions stating that PTDF has the right to award another University that is different from the ones you select in this application. Then also you will be required to choose your first second or third choice University and courses.Please note: If your first choice is a German University, you must choose Abuja as your choice for interview. You are also required to upload your statement of purpose (for MSc applicants)/Research Proposal (For PhD applicants)

Additional UploadsAdditional Uploads, you are required to upload additional documents; birth certificate, LGA certificate,Please note that PDF sizes should be less than 300KB
Professional Membership and PublicationsYou will be required to upload journal/publication (maximum of 5), academic membership of any professional body (maximum of 5).

Preview ApplicationPreview application and ensure that there are no mistakes before submission. Once application is submitted, you can no longer edit.