We list 5 agriculture Scholarships for Nigerian Students, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 4 of them are fully funded. Most are held in China (3), Australia (1) and Romania (1). 3 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
These awards do not restrict the field of study, so agriculture applicants can apply too.
Written from the 5 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page collects 5 agriculture scholarships open to Nigerian students. Every award here is tagged to the field of Agriculture, and each one is listed with its provider, host country, study level, funding label and deadline where the award states one.
The providers are a mixed group: Shanghai Universities, Beijing Universities, the Hubei Government, Romanian Universities and Marcus Oldham College. Three of the five sit in China, one in Australia and one in Romania. If you have been searching for funding that keeps you inside an agricultural faculty rather than a general scholarship pool, this is the shortlist to work through.
Four of the five awards are labelled Fully Funded. One is labelled Partially Funded. That is the split as the awards themselves describe it, and it is the first thing to check before you spend money on a courier.
When you read the individual award pages, look at what each one names in writing. Across this set, 2 awards name tuition, 1 names accommodation, and 1 names research or training costs. Those are the benefits the award text actually states, not a promise that every cost you will face is covered. A fully funded label can still leave you paying for flights, visa fees, health checks, and the transcript and courier costs you are already carrying.
Where an award does not spell out its benefits, the listing will not pretend otherwise. Read the award page itself and confirm the details with the provider before you commit.
The levels on this page overlap, so the same award often appears under more than one heading.
In practice that means an undergraduate applicant has the widest choice here, but master’s and PhD candidates are not shut out. The Romania Government Scholarships award, for instance, is listed for undergraduate, master’s and PhD study. The Shanghai Government Scholarship and the Beijing Government Scholarship are both listed across undergraduate, master’s and PhD. The Hubei Government Scholarship is listed the same way. Only the Marcus Oldham College Scholarship is listed at undergraduate level alone.
If you are finishing a B.Sc or HND and weighing up a master’s, or you already hold an M.Sc and are looking at doctoral funding, check each award page for the level it actually admits.
China dominates this list with 3 awards, spread across Shanghai Universities, Beijing Universities and the Hubei Government. Australia accounts for 1 award, through Marcus Oldham College. Romania accounts for 1 award, delivered through Romanian Universities.
Agriculture is the only field tagged on all five awards, but the listings also carry related subject tags. 4 awards each appear under Arts & Humanities, Education, Engineering, and Medicine & Health Sciences. 3 awards each appear under Business & Management, Economics & Finance, and Law. 1 award appears under Energy & Environment, and 1 under Social Sciences.
That spread matters if your interest sits at the edge of agriculture — agricultural economics, rural education, food engineering, environmental policy. A programme in one of those areas may still sit inside an award on this page.
Of the 5 awards listed, 3 are open to Nigerian applicants. None of those three names Nigeria or the West African region as a condition — they are open because they carry no nationality restriction at all. For the remaining 2, the award page does not state eligibility either way, so you will need to read the provider’s own rules before assuming you qualify.
This is the part of the process where Nigerian applicants lose time. If an award is silent on nationality, that is not the same as being open. Email the admissions or scholarships office, quote the award name, and ask directly whether Nigerian nationals may apply. Keep the reply. It is worth more than a forum post.
Where an award asks for an English test, check whether a waiver applies to your case. Many providers accept a prior degree taught in English in place of a test, but that is a provider decision, not a general rule, and it is not stated on this page.
Across this set, the requirements that appear in the award text are specific and countable. 2 awards ask for letters of recommendation. 1 asks for a research proposal. 1 requires an admission offer first.
That last one changes your order of work. If an award requires an admission offer before you can apply for the money, the scholarship clock starts after the university clock, not before it. You will be chasing a department offer letter, then a scholarship form, then a visa — in that sequence.
The recommendation letters are the item most Nigerian applicants underestimate. Two referees who can speak to your academic work, contacted early, with your CV and your proposed area of study in front of them, will produce a stronger letter than a rushed request in the week of the deadline. If a research proposal is required, it needs to be written before you ask anyone to sign anything.
Two awards on this page carry a stated date. Two are still open. Three are undated, and two are recurring. The busiest months are March and August, with one award closing in each.
The two closest deadlines are:
The other three do not carry a fixed date on this page. The Shanghai Government Scholarship (SGS) Fully Funded 2026 - 2027 runs between January and June of each year. The Beijing Government Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded) and the Hubei Government Scholarship 2026 (Fully Funded) both direct you to their details for the deadline.
Where an award is recurring, treat the window as annual and plan around it rather than waiting for an announcement. Where a date is given, work backwards: transcripts, referees, English test if needed, and courier time all sit between you and the submission.
Start with the two dated awards, because they are the ones you can plan against. Open the Romania page and the Marcus Oldham page, note the level each one admits, and check whether your qualification fits before you read anything else.
Then work through the three China awards. Confirm two things on each: whether Nigerian nationals may apply, and what the current deadline is. The Shanghai award follows a January to June window each year; the Beijing and Hubei pages carry their own instructions.
Order your documents early. Transcripts from a Nigerian institution take time to produce and longer to courier, and a recommendation letter requested late rarely reads well. If an award needs an admission offer first, begin the university application before you begin the scholarship application.
Read each award page in full before you submit anything. The counts on this page tell you what the awards state in writing. They do not replace the provider’s own rules, and those rules are what decide your application.
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