We list 6 fully Funded Undergraduate Scholarships Open to Nigerian Students in China, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
Written from the 6 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page collects 6 fully funded undergraduate scholarships in China that are open to Nigerian students. Every award on the list is a bachelor's-level opportunity, and every one of the six is fully funded. The list draws on six different providers: Shanghai universities, Beijing universities, Yangzhou University, Nankai University, Zhejiang Normal University and the Hubei Government.
All six awards also appear at master's and PhD level, so the same schemes you see here run across all three study levels. If you are applying for a first degree, the undergraduate route is the one to read carefully, because the entry requirements and the documents differ from the postgraduate route even where the scholarship name is identical.
The eligibility picture on this list is straightforward. Of the 6 awards, none names Nigeria or a specific region as a requirement, and none carries a nationality restriction at all. In other words, all 6 are open on nationality grounds, and no award on this page states eligibility conditions that shut Nigerian applicants out.
That does not mean the applications are identical. It means the barrier is not your passport. What decides your case is your secondary school record, your documents and whether you meet the academic entry requirement each university sets for its own programme.
These are first-degree scholarships, so the qualification that leads in is your senior secondary school result. The relevant certificates are WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and SSCE. You do not need a university degree to apply at this level.
Most undergraduate scholarships of this kind ask for your senior secondary results and, in some cases, an admission offer before the scholarship application can be completed. Each award page quotes its own entry requirement, and those requirements are not identical across the six. Read the individual page rather than assuming the rules carry over from one university to the next.
Funding is described in the text of each award, and the benefits named across this list are as follows:
These are the benefits the awards state in writing. They are not a promise about what you will receive, and they are not a guarantee that every cost of living in China is met. Treat each line as something to confirm on the award page before you build a budget around it.
The requirements stated across these six awards are practical and document-heavy. The counts below show how many of the six name each item:
Two things are worth noting for a Nigerian applicant. First, recommendation letters are the single most common requirement here, and they take time to obtain from a school that may be slow to issue them. Ask early, and ask for more than you need. Second, only 2 of the 6 state an English test requirement, which means the majority do not name IELTS or TOEFL in their own text — but that is what the award says, not a waiver you can assume. Confirm with the university before you decide to skip a test.
The research proposal requirement appears at undergraduate level too, on 2 of the 6 awards. If you are applying straight from secondary school, that is a document you will need to prepare rather than a formality.
Of the 6 awards, 3 carry a stated date and 3 are still open. Three are undated, and 3 recur annually. The busiest months on this list are May, with 2 deadlines, and July, with 1.
The three closing soonest are:
The remaining three awards sit on different timetables. The Shanghai Government Scholarship (SGS) Fully Funded 2026 - 2027 runs between January and June of each year, so it is a recurring window rather than a single date. 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. Check those pages directly rather than working from an old date.
The awards on this list describe bachelor's degree programmes running 4 to 5 years in one case, and 4 to 6 years in another, with master's programmes at 2 to 3 years and doctorates at 3 years. The duration matters for planning: a four- to six-year commitment in China is a long stretch, and funding arrangements can be reviewed year by year even where the award is described as fully funded. Confirm the renewal conditions on the award page.
The six awards span a wide range of disciplines, and each of the following fields is represented by 3 of the 6:
Engineering and Medicine & Health Sciences are the two most competitive routes in practice, and both appear here. Law and Education are also covered. If your intended course falls outside this list, check the individual award pages, because the field counts above describe what is named across the six and not the full catalogue of every university.
Start with the three dated awards, because they are the ones with a fixed clock. Yangzhou closes 15 May, Tianjin closes 31 May and Zhejiang Normal closes 30 July. Work backwards from those dates and give yourself several weeks for transcripts, certified copies and courier delivery — the paperwork is usually the slowest part, not the writing.
Then read each award page in full. Check the entry requirement against your WAEC or NECO results, confirm whether an English test is genuinely required or whether the university accepts an alternative, and check whether you need an admission offer before the scholarship application can be submitted. Where a deadline is undated or recurring, go to the award page and confirm the current window rather than relying on a previous cycle.
Finally, prepare your recommendation letters first. Four of the six awards ask for them, they take the longest to arrange, and a strong letter from a teacher or principal who knows your work is worth more than a rushed one obtained the week before the deadline.
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