The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commenced the Academic Staff Training and Development (AST&D) sponsorship programme for academic staff in selected Nigerian universities to pursue higher degrees at Masters and Doctoral levels. Potential beneficiaries include those in academic, technical, and technological fields.
Academic staff of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) without Masters and PhDs in their area of focus are enjoined to take advantage of this opportunity by submitting the application for sponsorship and the following documents:
- Letter of admission for a higher degree programme
- Details of Supervisors and Projects to be undertaken
- Complete schedule of fees (covering tuition, accommodation, feeding, laboratory costs, etc.)
- Letter of appointment as a staff in the University of Lagos
- Two (2) copies of duly completed Bond Forms
- Duly completed TETFund AST&D Nomination Form
- Recent Curriculum Vitae (CV) including email address and telephone number(s)
- Photocopies of all academic credentials
- Report of medical fitness obtained from a government hospital
Click HERE to download the TETFund AST&D Nomination Form.
Below, is a list of approved Tenable Institutions of Study for the Local Component of the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff Intervention:
| Geo-Political Zone | S/N | Name of Institution |
| 1 | University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State | |
| NORTH – EAST | 2 | Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State |
| 3 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Bauchi State | |
| 4 | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State | |
| NORTH – WEST | 5 | Bayero University, Kano, Kano State |
| 6 | Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sokoto State | |
| 7 | University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State | |
| NORTH – CENTRAL | 8 | University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State |
| 9 | Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State | |
| 10 | University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State | |
| SOUTH – EAST | 11 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State |
| 12 | Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State | |
| 13 | University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State | |
| SOUTH – SOUTH | 14 | University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State |
| 15 | University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State | |
| 16 | University of Lagos, Akika, Lagos State | |
| SOUTH – WEST | 17 | University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State |
| 18 | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State | |
| 19 | Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State | |
| SPECIALISEDUNIVERSITIES OFAGRICULTURE | 20 | Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State |
| 21 | Nile University, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory | |
| 22 | American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State | |
| 23 | Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State | |
| PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES | 24 | Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State |
| 25 | Base University, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory | |
| 26 | Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State | |
| 27 | Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State | |
| 28 | Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State |
The list of available courses in the tenable institutions can be accessed HERE.
All applications should be addressed to the Vice-Chancellor through the Director, Academic Planning, UNILAG.
Please note that:
- The fund cannot be used for a second Master or PhD.
- The fund/grant is tenable for staff of the University of Lagos in other institutions in Nigeria and cannot be used in the University of Lagos.
For further information, kindly contact the Academic Planning Unit of the University via: acadplanning@unilag.edu.ng
