Emmanuel Nworie, a 27-year-old First-Class Mathematics graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) who resorted to manual subsistence farming in Ebonyi State due to unemployment and financial hardship, has won a fully funded PhD scholarship in the United States.
From 4.92/5.00 CGPA at UNN to Three US PhD Offers
- Nworie's story went viral in 2020 after it emerged that despite graduating as the best student in the Department of Mathematics at UNN with a 4.92 out of 5.00 CGPA, he could not afford graduate school application and testing fees.
- He subsequently applied for the Michael Taiwo (MT) Scholarship, emerging as one of 23 winners selected from 1,509 applicants to receive full sponsorship for his GRE examination and US university application fees.
- Following his applications, Nworie received three fully funded PhD offers (including Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas) to pursue his doctoral research in Mathematics in the United States.
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