The NNPC, Shell Nigeria are jointly inviting applications for the NNPC/SNEPCo Scholarship 2026 Award to promote academic excellence and improving the skills of young Nigerians.
The NNPC/Shell Scholarship provides a ₦250,000 yearly grant to the successful applicants from their second year to the completion of their undergraduate degree programme.
Requirements:
The NNPC/SNEPCo Scholarship is open to full-time undergraduates studying in Universities within Nigeria.
To apply for the NNPC/Shell Scholarship 2025, applicants must:
- Be a Nigerian citizen.
- Currently be in their second year of full-time study in a Nigerian University accredited by the NUC.
- Have a minimum CGPA of 3.5 in a 5-grade system or the equivalent in other grade systems; and
- Not be a beneficiary of any other scholarship from an entity in the Oil and Gas industry, National or International.
*Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
Benefits
- The NNPC/SNEPCo Scholarship offers 250,000 Naira Annually to winners of the award.
- The scholarship runs throughout the period of awardee’s undergraduate studies
Required Documents
Applicants should upload scanned copies of the following as part of the application:
- Recent passport-sized photograph of the applicant in JPEG format, not more than 200kilobytes;
- University or JAMB Admission Letter;
- Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) Result;
- O’ Level Result(s); and ‘A’ Level /OND /NCE Result(s) as applicable;
- Letter of Identification from State of Origin indicating applicant’s local government of origin;
- Cumulative Grade Point Average after the first year i.e. candidate must have completed and have results of 2 academic semesters at the minimum
- All candidates are required to fill and sign the Government Official declaration form. To download the Government Official declaration form, click https://dragnetnigeria.com/download/SNEPCO.pdf