Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), the fastest growing university in Africa, hereby gives notice that the following scholarships designed to promote quality, equity and relevance in education are available in 2014/2015 academic session.

(a)               Prospective Indigent Students

·         An indigent applicant who has at least six (6) A1 in WAEC or NECO and who qualifies in his chosen course may apply for ABUAD scholarship.

·         He shall be entitled to scholarship for free tuition and free accommodation.

·         He shall provide evidence of financial incapacity.

·         He must be industrious and disciplined.

·         He must abstain completely from drugs and alcohol

·         He must not be a cultist and must not belong to any group or club of cultists.

(b)                Undergraduates in ABUAD

The following scholarships are available for undergraduate students in the university:

·         Students with 5.0 CGPA and above – N500,000 each

·         Students with 4.75 – 4.99 CGPA – N200,000 each

·         Students with 4.75 CGPA – N100,000 each

·         Merit awards – N100,000 each

-          Most disciplined student

-          Best dressed student

-          Outstanding student leader

-          Sports man of the year

-          Sports woman of the year

-          Cleanest hostel user (Male and Female)

(c)               ABUAD Undergraduates who lose parents or guardians while studying in the university

·         Such student shall enjoy full scholarship (as the university has done in the past) 

(d)               Prospective students who choose to study Agriculture in ABUAD

·         50% reduction in tuition fee

·         Work and study opportunity to earn extra money for services rendered on the farm, in the cafeteria, factory, library and hostel.

·    Provision for financial assistance to graduates to facilitate self employment

(e)                Parents who have 2 or more students in ABUAD

Parents who have more than one child shall be entitled to 25% discount on tuition fee.

(f)                Staff who have biological children studying in ABAUD

Staff who have biological children studying in ABUAD shall be entitled to 25% discount on tuition fee.

(g)                ABUAD Lecturers and potential Lecturers

·       Full payment of salary to lecturers with permission to attend post-graduate courses in Nigerian universities.

·       Financial assistance to lecturers who want to study abroad

·       Financial support to lecturers to attend conferences

·       Financial assistance to support and undertake research

Merit Awards

·         For best dressed lecturer, 2014

·         Most disciplined lecturer, 2014

·         Lecturer of the year, 2014

·         Most engaged lecturer, 2014

·         Most punctual lecturer, 2014

·         Most persevering lecturer, 2014

·         Most outstanding non-teaching staff, 2014

·         Most dutiful non-teaching staff, 2014.