We list 10 fully Funded Engineering Scholarships Open to Nigerian Students, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. Most are held in China (3), Australia (2) and Canada (1). 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 10 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page collects 10 fully funded engineering scholarships that Nigerian students can apply for. Every award here is labelled fully funded by the body offering it, and every one of the 10 is open to Nigerian applicants. Nine of the 10 place no nationality restriction on who may apply; one names Nigeria or the wider region in its own eligibility text. None of the 10 leaves eligibility unstated, so you are not guessing about whether you qualify to enter.
The awards are not all at the same level. Nine are open at PhD level, eight at Masters level, and four at Bachelors level. Several appear at more than one level, which is why those numbers add up past 10. If you are finishing a B.Sc or HND and looking for a taught Masters, or finishing an M.Sc and looking for a funded doctorate, there is something on this list for you.
China hosts three of the 10, the largest single group. Australia follows with two. The remaining five are spread one each across Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
That spread matters when you cost out your application. A Chinese or Australian application may need a different set of documents from a Dutch or Canadian one, and the courier and transcript bills differ. Read each award page before you commit money to any single application.
These are the benefits named in the awards' own text. They are what the award states, not a promise of what you will receive.
Read that list carefully. "Fully funded" does not mean the same thing at every institution. Some awards cover tuition and a stipend; others add travel, insurance or a one-off arrival payment. Where an award does not name a benefit, treat it as something you still have to budget for until the award page tells you otherwise.
These are the requirements the awards state in writing:
Two things stand out for a Nigerian applicant. First, letters of recommendation are the single most common requirement. Six of the 10 want them, and referees at Nigerian universities are often asked at short notice by several students at once. Approach your referees early, give them your CV, your transcript and a short note on what you are applying for, and give them a deadline that is earlier than the real one.
Second, only three awards state an English test requirement. That is not a waiver you can assume. It means the other awards either handle English proficiency differently, ask for it at admission stage, or do not state it in the award text. Check the individual award page and the university's own admission rules before you pay for an IELTS or TOEFL slot.
Where an award names a minimum degree class, that is a hard filter, not a preference. Confirm your class of degree as it appears on your transcript before you spend on an application.
Five of the 10 awards carry a stated date. Five are recurring, which means they open again on a cycle rather than closing for good. Five are undated on this page.
The busiest months across the dated awards are October, with two, then April and June with one each. That is a light spread, so no single month buries you, but it also means deadlines are scattered through the year and easy to miss if you are not tracking them.
The awards closing soonest are listed below. Dates are as given on each award page.
One further award, the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) 2027, is expected to close before November 2026, on the anticipated 2026-2027 competition cycle. Treat that as a planning date, not a confirmed one, and check the award page.
The providers on this list are a mix of national schemes and single universities. Participating Australian institutions run one, a Canadian institution with a quota to host Vanier scholars runs one, and the University of Tasmania runs one. Stanford University runs one. Shanghai universities, listed on the award page, run one, and Beijing universities run one.
That mix tells you something useful about how to prepare. National schemes tend to move through a single central application. University-run awards often sit on top of a separate admission application, and one award on this list states plainly that you need an admission offer first. If you are targeting that one, the admission timeline, not the scholarship deadline, is the real constraint.
Start with the award whose deadline is nearest and whose level matches yours. If you are applying at PhD level, you have nine awards to choose from. If you are applying at Masters level, you have eight. If you are applying straight from secondary school or with WAEC and NECO results, four awards on this list are open at Bachelors level.
Then work backwards from the deadline. Order your transcripts now, because Nigerian institutions take time and the courier fee is yours to pay. Line up your referees before you need them. Draft a research proposal if you are going for a PhD, since three awards ask for one. And check the English test position on each award page before you book a test date.
Read each award page in full before you apply. The counts on this page tell you what the awards state collectively; the award page tells you what that particular award asks of you, and that is the document your application will be judged against.
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