NNPC scholarship for All Undergraduate Students is Out 2025 [Apply Now]

To all undergraduate students who have interest in applying for scholarship, this is to make it known that NNPC Scholarship for this year have been made open for all undergraduate students studying in any accredited Nigerian universities.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) scholarship is a program given and headed by the (NNPC) in conjunction with other petroleum or gas companies in Nigeria like Total energies, Oando Energies, SNEPCo, Chevron and Seplat Energies etcetera.

So, in this article i will be providing all the necessary information you need to know about NNPC Scholarship, its requirement and some other key insights relating to this article.

What is a scholarship?

Let`s now begin this article properly by quickly defining what is scholarship.

A scholarship is a financial award given to a student to help pay for their education. It is typically based on merit, need or there criteria unlike loans, it does not need to be repaid.

Scholarship can be awarded to anyone ranging from primary, secondary till tertiary level.

About NNPC Scholarship

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) scholarship is in different tiers which entails NNPC collaborating with each different other petroleum and gas across Nigeria. NNPC Scholarship collaboration include;

• Total energies National Merit Scholarship.
• Oando Energies.
• Seplat JV National Scholarship.
• Chevron group of companies.
• Shell Nigeria Exploration.

The table below are for you to know the students who are eligible to apply for NNPC Scholarship.

We shall now proceed by giving an explanation regarding each of the above collaborating companies in relation to NNPC Scholarship.

NNPC in collaboration with Total Energies National Merit Scholarship

This NNPC scholarship is only available for first year and second year student in any field of study in a Nigerian university both Federal and state universities excluding private university. The NNPC scholarship award in collaboration with Total Energies is in monetary form which is amounted to One hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000) per student, per academic session.

Criteria for this NNPC scholarship

Below are the requirement for NNPC Scholarship in collaboration with Total Energies;

• Applicant must be a full time undergraduate in any university in Nigeria either Federal or state university.
• Applicant must be a first year or second year student at the time of application.
• Applicant must have a minimum UTME score of 200 as a first year student or minimum of 2.50 Cumulative Grade Point Average(CGPA) as a second year students.

The NNPC Scholarship in collaboration with Oando Energies

This scholarship is awarded to only first year students (most especially a full-time students) in any university across Nigeria. This scholarship is comprises of  two types and its include;

• Host or transit scholarship.
• The national merit scholarship.

The students who are fortunate to benefit from this NNPC scholarship are paid two hundred thousand naira annually into their bank account.  

Criteria for this NNPC Scholarship

Below are the basic requirements for NNPC Scholarship in collaboration with Oando Energies;

• Applicant must be a full time undergraduate student in any tertiary institution in Nigeria.
• Applicants must be in their first year of study at the time of application
• Applicants aspiring for the the National merit award should be in these field of studying such as Engineering, Geosciences, Geology, Agricultural Science and their related courses which be pure or industrial chemistry.
• Indigene status should be provided by applicants aspiring for Host/transit communities merit award.

NNPC/Seplat JV National University Scholarship

In collaboration with Seplat JV National Scholarship this NNPC scholarship is granted to student studying this specific courses such Accountancy, Agriculture, Engineering and Architecture. The sum of Two hundred thousand is paid to the benefitted student per annum.

Criteria for this NNPC/Seplat JV National University Scholarship

Below are the requirement for NNPC/Seplat JV National University Scholarship;

• Applicants must be in their second year of studies or higher.
• Applicant should have at least 5 O’ level credit passes including Mathematics and English.
• Applicants must have not less than 3.5 CGPA on 5.0 scale.
• Applicant studying the following courses are also eligible to apply such Accountancy, Agriculture, Architecture, Business administration, Economic, Mass communication, Medicine and surgery are very much eligible.

NNPC/Chevron JV National University Scholarship

In collaboration with Chevron group of companies, it is unique in the sense that it is readily available for blind or vision impaired students and undergraduates in their second year (a full-time student) across any universities in Nigeria.

Criteria for this NNPC/Chevron JV National University Scholarship

Below are the requirement for NNPC/Chevron JV National University Scholarship;

Non blind or visually impaired applicants:

• A 3.5 CGPA and above is required on a 5.0 scale and at least six (6) O’Level credit pass in a sitting.

For blind or visually impaired applicants:

•   2.5 CGPA and above is required on a 5.0 scale.
• At least five O’Level credit pass in a sitting.

NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship

It’s a collaboration with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) that is extended to student in their second year of study (a full-time student) across universities in Nigeria. It is provided yearly and it continues till the completion of the undergraduate degree of the benefitted student.

Criteria for this NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship

Below are the basic requirement for NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship;

• Every applicants must be a citizen of Nigeria.
• Applicants must be  in their second year of study in a university accredited by the National Universities Commission.
• Every applicants must have a minimum CGPA of 3.5 on a 5.0 scale.
• Applicants who are already benefiting from scholarship by other oil and gas company are not qualified.
• Female applicants are highly recommended.

How to Apply for NNPC Scholarship?

Follow these step by step procedures to apply for NNPC Scholarship.

• You are required to visit NNPC official website or any of the above collaboration such as Total Energies, Chevron or shell main website.
• Prepared all these documents namely; a passport photograph, school admission letter, Local Govt Indigene certificate, birth certificate, JAMB admission letter, WAEC or NECO result and your school ID card.
• Fill the space with your academic details and personal information.
• Upload the giving (required) documents on the correct space.
• Click on submit.
• Await for response as shortlist students will be giving a date for interview and also to write an aptitude test.

In Conclusion

From this article, you can see that NNPC Scholarship is very competitive and there is need for you to apply as soon as possible when the application portal is made accessible by the management.

It is very important i share with you that before applying for NNPC Scholarship, there is need for you to verify the information from there website and also make sure you apply for this scholarship through the correct official accredited NNPC website.

All successful students who merit this NNPC Scholarship will be notified through their registered email or through NNPC Scholarship Portal. Don`t forget to also upload your bank details and your school verification forms.

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