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No fewer than 19,323 candidates have applied for the 2019/2020 overseas MSc and PhD programmes of Petroleum Technology Development Fund, the agency has said.
In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, Head, Media and External Affairs of the fund, Mr. Kalu Otisi, said: “The total number of applications received for the 2019/2020 academic year for overseas Masters’ and PhD programmes is 19,323.
“For MSc Overseas Scholarship Scheme, we received 15,822, while for PhD Overseas Scholarship Scheme, we received 3, 501 applications.”
He said that the physical and oral interviews for the candidates would start on Monday, April 29 and end on May 10, 2019.
Otisi said PTDF had arranged different venues for the selection interview in the six geo-political zones.
He said the interview for candidates in the South-South zone would be at the University of Port-Harcourt, while candidates in the South-West zone would be interviewed at the University of Ibadan.
Candidates from North-Central zone will be interviewed at PTDF Tower, Opposite Yar’Adua Centre, Central Business District, Abuja; and those from South-East zone will be interviewed at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he added.
Candidates from North-East zone will be interviewed at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; while those from the North-West will be interviewed at Kaduna State University.
The fund, on November 28, 2018, opened its portal for application by qualified candidates for the overseas MSc and PhD programmes and closed it after six weeks.
The PTDF overseas scholarship scheme has, over the years, trained professionals in engineering, geology, environmental studies, and renewable energy, among others, to service the oil and gas sector of the economy.
A total of 4,816 Nigerians have benefited from the programmes with 1,449 scholars undertaking PhD programmes and 3,367 scholars benefiting from the MSc programmse.
