Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation Scholarship 2024/2025

This is to inform the interested candidate that the Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation Scholarship form for the 2024/2025 school year is open for application. The scholarship is offered to 650 students to Study Medicine in the following 12 Nigeria Universities.

Table of Contents

About the Scholarship:

List of Universities Approved for Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation Scholarship 2024/2025

Scholarship Value/Worth:

Eligibility Criteria

Documents Required for Application:

How to Apply:

Application Deadline:

About the Scholarship:

The scholarship is offered to 650 students to Study Medicine in the following 12 Nigeria Universities.

The Foundation has a strong interest in education and health, in collaboration with Venezuela Embassy in Abuja, and had earlier announced a scholarship for 50 undergraduate students to study medicine in Latino American Medicine School, Venezuela.

The Foundation unlike the Venezuela scholarship program 9takes care of all funds including tuition fees, accommodation, feeding and monthly stipends, the foundation’s national scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation, and stipends only for the entire seven years of study

The scholarship fund will be deposited in a designated bank.

List of Universities Approved for Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation Scholarship 2024/2025

The Foundation has strictly chosen 12 universities for the scholarship.

University of Nigeria Nsukka- 50 Students
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – 50 Students
University of Ibadan – 50 Students
University of Calabar – 50 Students
University of Maiduguri – 50 Students
University of Jos – 50 students
Abia State University – 100 Students
Enugu State University – 50 students
Anambra State University -50 Students
Ebonyi State University – 50 Students
Imo State University – 50 Students
Rivers State University – 50 Students

Scholarship Value/Worth:

The Foundation pays the JAMB Registration fees and Post-UME fees of all selected applicants
Upon gaining admission into any of the preferred universities, the Foundation also deposit the tuition fees and accommodation fees directly to the universities up to seven years of study and pay stipends directly to the students

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants:

Applicants must be an undergraduate who is willing to gain admission into the University in the 2024/2025 academic year
Applicants must have good grades in the West African Examination Council (WAEC) or National Examinations Council (NECO) in not more than two(2) sittings. ‘A’ grades in Biology, physics, and Chemistry is added advantage
Applicants must be a Nigerian citizen
Applicants Should be able to take responsibility for gaining admission to any of the selected universities. The Foundation pays for the JAMB and POST -UME (if applicable) and expects the student to send his admission letter to the Foundation when shortlisted by any of the universities. The Foundation shall not influence any of the admission processes.
The Foundation stands to promotes academic excellence and believes that students with ‘A’ grades in the three major science subjects will perform excellently in JAMB and finish up the entire seven years in the school of medicine.