We list 11 fully Funded Masters 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 the Netherlands (1). 8 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 11 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page lists 11 fully funded masters scholarships in engineering that are open to Nigerian students. Every award here is labelled fully funded by the body offering it, and every one of the 11 is at masters level. That combination is deliberate: it means you are not filtering through part-funded awards or doctoral-only programmes to find something you can actually use.
Engineering is the field for all 11. The same set of providers also runs awards in other subjects, but nothing outside engineering appears on this list.
The 11 awards are spread across seven countries. Australia and China each account for 3, the Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States account for 1 each.
That spread matters when you are weighing cost and distance. Australia and China together hold the majority of what is listed here, so if you are applying from Lagos or Abuja and want the widest choice, those two countries are where most of your applications will go. The single awards in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States are not necessarily harder to win, but you have fewer alternatives in those countries if one application does not work out.
Read the funding section of each award carefully rather than assuming "fully funded" means the same thing everywhere. Of the 11 awards, these are the benefits named in the awards' own text:
Those are counts of what the awards state in writing, not a promise that every fully funded award covers all of it. An award that names tuition and living costs but not travel leaves you to fund the flight yourself. Budget for that before you accept anything.
For 8 of the 11 awards, a Nigerian applicant can apply. Of those 8, 1 names Nigeria or the region in its eligibility text, and 7 state no nationality restriction at all. For the remaining 3, eligibility is not stated on the award itself, so you would need to check the provider's own page before spending money on an application.
The qualification that leads into this level is a first degree or HND. In practice that means a B.Sc, B.A, B.Eng, LLB, MBBS or HND. These are taught and research masters, and awards usually state a minimum class of degree. Where an award asks for an "upper second", that corresponds to Second Class Upper (2:1) on a Nigerian transcript. Whether an HND is accepted in place of a degree is decided by each university, not by this page, so confirm it with the institution before you apply.
The requirements below are counted from what the awards themselves state. They are the documents that will decide whether your file is complete:
The recommendation letters are the item most likely to delay you. Nigerian referees are often senior academics or managers who travel, and a letter requested two weeks before a deadline frequently arrives late. Ask early, and ask more people than you need.
Where an English test is required, it is named as IELTS or TOEFL. Some universities waive the test if your previous degree was taught in English, but that is a decision each institution makes. Do not assume a waiver until the university confirms it in writing.
The research proposal requirement narrows your options if you are applying for a taught masters. Three of the awards ask for one, which usually signals a research-track programme rather than a coursework degree.
Six of the 11 awards carry a stated date, and 6 are still open at the time of writing. Five are undated, and 6 recur annually, which means a missed cycle is not necessarily a lost cause.
The busiest month is October, with 3 deadlines. April and December each carry 1.
These are the awards closing soonest:
The gap between the earliest and latest of those dates is wide, which gives you room to sequence applications rather than rush all of them at once.
The providers behind this list include Participating Australian Institutions, the University of Tasmania, Stanford University, Shanghai Universities, Beijing Universities and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Some awards are run by a single university, others by a group of institutions or a government scheme.
That distinction affects how you apply. A government scholarship such as Australia Awards or the Romania Government Scholarships usually runs its own portal and its own selection process, separate from university admission. A university award such as the University of Tasmania Scholarship is tied to admission at that institution, so you may need an offer before the funding is confirmed.
Start with the awards that are still open and whose eligibility text is clear about Nigerian applicants. Read the funding section on each one and write down exactly what it covers, because the difference between tuition only and tuition plus living costs decides how much you need to raise yourself.
Then work backwards from the deadline. Transcripts, courier fees and referee letters take time, and October is the month with the most deadlines on this list. If you are targeting an October closing date, your documents should be in motion well before then.
Where an award does not state eligibility, contact the provider before you pay for anything. Three of the 11 fall into that group, and a short email can save you a transcript fee and a courier charge.
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