We list 2 undergraduate Scholarships for Nigerian Students in Qatar, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 1 of them are fully funded. 1 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
Written from the 2 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 6 min read.
This page collects undergraduate scholarships in Qatar that are open to Nigerian students. There are 2 awards on the list. Both are at Bachelors level, and both are in Qatar. One of the two is labelled Fully Funded; the other does not state its funding position in its own text, so this page does not describe what it covers.
The two awards come from different providers. One is offered by Qatar University. The other sits under Various Universities, which means the award is not tied to a single institution. That distinction matters when you are deciding where to send your application and how early you need to start.
If you are working from WAEC, NECO, NABTEB or another SSCE result and you have not yet started a degree, this is the level you are applying into. The awards here are for a first degree abroad.
The first is the Qatar Airways National Scholarship Program 2027. It is listed at Undergraduate, Masters and PhD level, and it is the award on this page that carries the Fully Funded label. Its deadline is given as Closes 31 December. That is the nearest deadline on the page.
The second is Qatar University Scholarships (QU) 2026-2027, offered by Qatar University and listed at Undergraduate level. Its deadline is not given as a fixed date on the listing; the page directs you to the award details for the closing date. Treat that as a prompt to open the award page rather than as an open-ended window.
One award on this page states a duration. Where a duration is given, it reads as 4 years for undergraduate, 2 years for masters and three — the entry is cut off at that point, so read the full text on the award page itself before you plan around it.
Funding labels on this page are taken from what each award says about itself. One award is marked Fully Funded. The other does not label its funding either way, and this page says nothing about what it covers.
Among the awards on this list, the benefits named in their own text break down like this:
Read those as what the award documents state, not as a promise. Costs that are not named — flights, visa fees, your transcript and courier bills, settling-in money for your first weeks — are the ones you should plan to carry yourself unless the award page says otherwise. Nigerian applicants routinely underestimate the document side: WAEC or NECO result verification, transcript requests from your school, and courier charges add up before you ever submit.
Of the awards on this page, 1 is open to Nigerian applicants. Within that group, 0 name Nigeria or the West African region in their eligibility text, and 1 carries no nationality restriction at all. A further 1 award does not state its eligibility on the award itself.
In practice that means the strongest opening for a Nigerian applicant is the award with no nationality restriction — nothing in its text rules you out on the basis of where you are from. For the award that does not state eligibility, the position is simply unknown from the listing. Do not assume either way. Open the award page and read the entry requirements in full before you spend money on documents.
Where an award names no nationality restriction, that is not the same as saying Nigerians are specifically welcomed. It means the text does not exclude you. The rest of the criteria — your results, your admission status, your English test — still apply.
The requirements stated by the awards on this page are as follows:
The English test requirement is the one to plan around. If you are applying from Nigeria, you will need to book IELTS or TOEFL, pay the fee, and wait for the result to be issued before you can submit. Test slots in Nigeria fill up, and results take time to reach you. Start this before you start the scholarship form, not after.
The admission offer requirement is the second thing that sets your order of work. Where an award asks for an admission offer first, you cannot apply to the scholarship until a university has offered you a place. That means your university application comes first, and the scholarship application follows it. Build the timeline in that order.
The minimum degree class requirement is listed here as it appears. If you are applying as an undergraduate from secondary school, check the award page for how that requirement is worded for your entry route — the listing does not spell it out.
Of the awards on this page, 1 has a fixed date, 1 is still open, 1 is undated, and 1 recurs. The busiest month on this list is December, with 1 award closing then.
The award closing soonest is the Qatar Airways National Scholarship Program 2027, which closes on 31 December. The listing shows 84 days left from the date this page was compiled. That is enough time to sit an English test and gather documents if you begin now, and not enough if you wait until the Christmas period to start.
December is a difficult month for Nigerian applicants. Schools and exam bodies slow down, courier services run on holiday schedules, and staff who sign transcripts may be away. If your target is the December closing date, treat November as your real deadline for every document that depends on another person.
Qatar is a small destination for Nigerian students. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 63 Nigerian students were studying in Qatar in 2024. That places Nigeria at rank 63 among sending countries for that year.
A small number cuts both ways. You are unlikely to find a large Nigerian community on campus, and you should expect to build your own support network from scratch. On the other hand, a cohort that size means admissions and scholarship offices are not processing hundreds of Nigerian applications, and correspondence with them tends to be direct.
Both awards on this page are in Qatar, so the country is fixed. What varies is the institution — one award is tied to Qatar University, the other is not tied to a single university.
Work in this order.
Two awards is a short list. Treat each one as a specific application with its own requirements rather than as a general category, and give yourself the full 84 days rather than the last fortnight.
Qatar has rapidly emerged as a regional education hub, offering world-class academic programs, modern campuses, and generous fully funded scholarships for Nigerian students. for Nigerian students, Qatar presents an excellent opportunity to pursue undergraduate, master's, or PhD studies at top-tier universities like Qatar University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and institutions within Education City (including branches of U.S. universities). These scholarships are highly competitive and cover tuition fees, accommodation, monthly stipends, travel expenses, and more.
Below is a detailed guide to some of the best fully funded scholarships in Qatar for international students for the academic year 2026–2027:
*UNESCO Institute for Statistics, inbound internationally mobile students from Nigeria, 2024.
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