DOF Scholarship 2024/2025: Eligibility & Application

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The DOF Scholarship for the academic year 2024/2025 offers a valuable opportunity for eligible candidates to pursue their educational aspirations.

David Oyedepo Foundation scholarship is awarded to not only citizens of Nigeria but also to citizens of other African Countries.

Therefore, the scholarship program awards full rights scholarships to suitably qualified individuals who are indigenes and residents of African Countries.

The David Oyedepo foundation scholarship grants students the opportunity to study at covenant and Landmark University in Nigeria.

Moreover, the scholarship has been a major platform for promoting the foundation’s visions and goals over the years.

Likewise, the scholarship seeks to develop youths into leaders who are ready to put their learned skills to work in leading Organizations, communities and their local countries.

The Brain Behind The David Oyedepo Foundation scholarship

The Brain behind the David Oyedepo foundation scholarship is the man himself “David Olaniyi Oyedepo”.

Also, what you should know is that this global ICON is different things to Many People.

He is a;

Nigerian Christian Author
Preacher
Founder and Presiding Bishop Of the Mega Church Faith Tabernacle
Architect as he studied architecture at the kwara state polytechnic, Ilorin.
Teacher

Trust me, the list is endless.

Furthermore, his church auditorium which has been credited to be the Largest Church auditorium in the world contains 50,000 seats.

Likewise, his church has branches all over the world including all 36 state of the country Nigeria, 45 African nations, United States, United Kingdom and Dubai.

In 2011, he was named as the richest pastor in Nigeria by Forbes Magazine with a net worth of over $150 Million.

“Papa” as he is fondly called has published over 70 books with the most popular one being Pillars of Destiny.

He is the chancellor of Covenant University, Landmark University as well as Crown University which is still under construction.

Criteria/Eligibility For The David Oyedepo Foundation Scholarship

The following are the eligibility and criteria young scholars must meet before being considered for the scholarship.

Therefore, the applicant must;

be a citizen of Nigeria or have a permanent residence in any African Nation.
be eligible to receive a Nigerian Visa
posses a record of exceptional and outstanding performance at the secondary school level which is calculated by;

having at least 20 mars above JAMB cut off mark for Nigerian Citizens.
already have begun applications to covenant or Landmark university
have recorded at least 80% average or 4.0 CGPA/5.0 in secondary or High school Transcript.

be between the ages of 18 and 25 at the time of applying for the scholarship.
be absolutely good at reading, speaking English and Writing.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:- It is worthy of note that the application for the scholarship is not a guarantee for admission into the specified Universities.

Therefore, all admission to the university is boe gotten independently by going through the normal University’s admission Process.

This means that the award of the scholarship is conditional on University Admission.

Therefore, if you do not meet the above eligibility/criteria, your name will not be forwarded to the technical committee.

David Oyedepo Foundation Scholarship Selection Process

The selection process for the David Oyedepo Foundation scholarship is 100% Unique and Outstanding.

It is a merit-based open competition and needs dependent selection process.

Therefore, after the deadline has been reached, all eligible applications will be will be reviewed by a selection panel.

After the review, all the chosen finalists will then be interviewed by the David Oyedepo Foundation Team which is usually through an online Video Conferencing platform.

Once you are successful to the final round, then you will need to provide some official documents which has been listed below.

must provide a proof of Citizenship of eiher Nigeria ir any other African Country.
original copies of documents which were uploaded during application
proven record of superior scholastic ability
proof of being in financial need
proof of application to covenant or Landmark University
well behaved and outstanding character
proven record of leadership and community involvement with a commitment to infuence home community with learned skills

NOTE:- The submission of the documents doesn’t need to follow the order explained above but the selection panel will definitely use this criterion to evaluate all applications.

Financial Provisions Of David Oyedepo Foundation Scholarship

The financial provision for the scholarship is that full academic fees for a maximum of 5 years will be taken care of in accordance with the university stipulated time for a duration of the chosen course.

However, the scholarship does not cover;

Feeding allowances
Travel expenses and allowances
Medical and Health Insurance or allowance
any other fees outside university generated academic fees for a course at any level.