We list 13 fully Funded Engineering Scholarships for Nigerian Students, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. Most are held in Australia (3), China (3) and Canada (1). 10 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 engineering applicants can apply too.
Written from the 13 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page collects 13 fully funded engineering scholarships open to Nigerian students. Every award here is labelled fully funded by the provider, and every one sits in the engineering field. They are not all the same kind of award, and they are not all at the same level, so the first useful thing to do is work out which level you are applying at.
Eleven of the 13 are open at Masters level and 11 at PhD level. Five accept Bachelors applicants, and one is a fellowship. That overlap matters: a single award can appear at more than one level, so the numbers add up to more than 13. If you are finishing a B.Sc or HND and looking for a taught Masters, you are looking at the largest group on this page. If you already hold a Masters and want a funded PhD place, the second group is just as large.
The 13 awards are spread across nine countries. Australia and China each account for three. Canada, the Netherlands, Romania, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States each account for one.
That spread is worth reading carefully. Australia and China together hold six of the 13, so if you are only searching in the United Kingdom or the United States, you are looking at a small part of what is actually available. Providers named in the brief include Stanford University, the University of Tasmania, Monash University, the University of Groningen, participating Australian institutions, and a Canadian institution with a quota to host Vanier scholars. Shanghai universities and Beijing universities also appear as providers, with the specific institutions listed on the individual award pages.
For 10 of the 13 awards, the brief confirms that Nigerians may apply. Of those 10, one names Nigeria or the region in its eligibility text, and nine carry no nationality restriction at all. For the remaining three, eligibility is not stated on the award itself, which means you would need to confirm directly with the provider before spending money on a transcript or a courier.
That distinction is practical, not academic. An award with no nationality restriction is one where your Nigerian passport is not the obstacle. An award that names Nigeria or the region is one where the provider has already decided to consider applicants from here. Either way, the thing that decides the outcome is your academic record and your documents, not your nationality.
These are fully funded awards, but "fully funded" does not mean the same thing at every institution. The brief records what each award says in its own text:
Read those as what the award documents state, not as a promise that every cost you will meet is covered. Tuition and living costs are the two most commonly named benefits, and they are the two that matter most when you are converting naira and working out whether you can actually take up a place. Travel, accommodation and research costs appear less often, so check the individual page before you assume a flight or a bench fee is included. Only one award names health insurance, and only one names a settling-in grant, so budget for your first weeks abroad unless your award says otherwise.
The requirements recorded in the brief give a fair picture of the work involved:
Letters of recommendation are the single most common requirement, and they are the one Nigerian applicants most often leave late. Approach your referees early, give them your CV and your statement, and give them a date. If your referee is a lecturer who taught you in your final year, tell them exactly which award you are applying for and what it funds.
Four awards ask for an English test score. If you studied your degree in English, check the individual award page before you pay for IELTS or TOEFL, because some providers waive the test and some do not. Four awards ask for a research proposal, which is a writing task in its own right and not something to start the week of the deadline. Two awards state a minimum degree class, so read the wording on the award page and match it against your transcript before you apply. One award requires an admission offer before you can be considered, which means the university application comes first and the funding application follows.
Seven of the 13 awards carry a stated date, and seven are recurring, meaning the cycle repeats and a missed deadline is not necessarily the end of the road. Six are undated in the brief, so you would need to check the provider's own page for the current cycle.
October is the busiest month, with three deadlines falling in it. April and June each carry one. The awards closing soonest are:
One more award with a June deadline sits on the list: the Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) 2026-2027, a PhD award, closes 1 June. If you are applying for a PhD and want a second option alongside the October and December deadlines, that is the one to note.
Start with your level. If you are applying for a Masters, the 11 Masters awards are your pool. If you are applying for a PhD, the 11 PhD awards are yours, and the research proposal requirement applies to four of the awards on this page, so begin drafting it before you begin filling forms.
Then work backwards from the deadline. Transcripts from Nigerian universities take time, and courier costs are real money, so request documents only for awards where you actually qualify. Confirm the English test position on the award page before you book a test date. Confirm the degree class wording before you assume your result meets it. Where the brief says eligibility is not stated, write to the provider and ask before you commit any money.
Seven of these awards recur, which means a cycle you miss this year comes round again. That is worth remembering if a deadline is close and your documents are not ready. A complete application to a recurring award next cycle is worth more than a rushed one now.
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