How to Apply for Covenant University Scholarship

Do you know you can study in Covenant University on fully funded or partially funded scholarships? Here, we’ll be discussing on how to apply for Covenant University Scholarships. Covenant offer scholarships to international students and local citizens every year and we have listed here some Scholarships in Covenant University.

Covenant University International Excellence Scholarship

Covenant University International Excellence Scholarship is for non-Nigerian (or holders of citizenship other than Nigeria) Master’s applicants seeking on-campus admission to Covenant University. The scholarship is only open to non-Nigerian candidates admitted into any of Covenant’s Masters Programs and shall be for a period of 18-months.

Kindly note the scholarship value below, being a waiver of tuition fee only:A. First Class: 100% tuition waiver B. Second Class Upper (≥ 4.0): 75% tuition waiver C. Second Class Upper (< 4.0): 50% tuition waiver

How to Apply for this Covenant University Scholarship

Step 1: Visit the Application page

Step 2: Click on Become an Applicant to register

Step 3: To login in, check your email for the unique code sent

Step 4: Browse for the available Post Graduate programs and apply for your preferred program.

Step 5: Complete the App form for your program, attach your first-degree Certificate, Transcript, Personal Statement and Indicate you applied for the Covenant University International Excellence Scholarship in your application form.

A post-graduate education at Covenant offers you 21st-century industry-relevant skillsets in Data, Technology, Engineering, Leadership, Business, and Social Sciences. Your choice of study notwithstanding, at Covenant, you are sure to graduate with skillsets in these areas: Data, Technology, Business, Leadership, and Human skills.

The scholarship offer is subject to acceptance into the Master’s degree program at Covenant University.

Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication Africa Centre of Excellence (CApIC-ACE) Scholarship

The newly established Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication Africa Centre of Excellence (CApIC-ACE) domiciled at Covenant University under the World Bank-funded African Centre of Excellence IMPACT project (ACE-IMPACT) invites suitably qualified and highly motivated applicants from Nigeria and West & Central Africa into its Masters and Ph.D. degree programs in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Biochemistry and Information & Communication Engineering (ICE).

Sponsorship and intense 3 months English Language Training (for French-speaking applicants) will be available for successful applicants.

CApIC-ACE was established based on the urgent need to build a critical mass of indigenous African scientists with the necessary bioinformatics, molecular biology, and information & communications engineering knowledge and skills to drive and sustain impactful researches in the areas of malaria, prostate and breast cancer as well as cloud & high-performance computing as related to personalized medicine, in collaboration with academic, clinical and industrial institutions in Nigeria, West Africa, Africa, Germany, France, US, and UK. Our collaborators have a track record of successful research, training, innovation and technology transfer.

CApIC-ACE is built on the existing infrastructure and personnel as well as externally-funded research projects for malaria and FEDGEN (NIH H3ABioNet, NIH WASLITBRe and German Science Foundation (aka DFG) being run by CUBRe) and cancer (CaPTC) at Covenant University. It hopes to evolve a Federated Genomic (FEDGEN) cloud infrastructure (with in-memory computing and cloud AI capabilities) customized to process and analyze indigenous genomic data to address African health issues including health education, medication efficiency, and early disease diagnosis.

Minimum requirement for application:

Master’s degree: Second Class Upper (3.5 CGPA or it’s equivalent) in the relevant fields of study from any recognized University in Nigeria, West or Central Africa.

Ph.D.: Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from any recognized University in Nigeria, West or Central Africa. Direct entry candidates must have a minimum CGPA of 4.0 on a 5.0 scale or its equivalent in M.Sc./M.Eng/M.Tech and a minimum CGPA of 3.5 (second class upper) in the Bachelor’s degree.

Applications should be sent to the CApIC-ACE email: ace@covenantuniversity.edu.ng Also, applicants can attach copies of their academic transcripts (Student copy) including their curriculum vitae among other credentials.

Available programs in the various colleges include the following:

College of Science and Technology

1. Program: Bioinformatics 
   Specializations: Functional Genomics; Genome Bioinformatics; Network Biology; Population Genetics; Programming; Statistical Genetics; Systems Biology
   
2. Program: Computer Science 
   Specializations: Artificial Intelligence; Cybercrime Security/ Digital Forensic; Data Mining; Machine Learning; Mobile Computing; Networking; Software Engineering
   
3. Programme: BioChemistry 
   Specializations: Molecular Biology; Molecular Oncology and Cancer Research; Pharmacology and Medicinal Plant Research

College of Engineering

1. Program: Information and Communication Engineering
   Specializations: AI in Communication Systems; Cloud and High-Performance Computing; Internet of Things (IoT) & Big Data Analytics

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