We list 10 fully Funded Masters Medicine & Health Sciences 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). 7 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 medicine & health sciences 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 collection brings together 10 fully funded masters scholarships in medicine and health sciences that are open to Nigerian students. Every award on the page is tagged Fully Funded and Masters, so you are not filtering through partial tuition waivers or undergraduate-only schemes to find them.
The awards are spread across six countries. Australia and China each account for 3, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia and the United States for 1 apiece. The list is deliberately narrow: it is a working shortlist for a Nigerian graduate who wants a taught or research masters in medicine, public health, nursing, pharmacy, biomedical science or a related health field, and who needs the money question settled before anything else.
Nine of the ten also appear at PhD level, and 5 of the ten are open at bachelors level as well. If you are still deciding whether to apply for a masters or go straight into a doctorate, the same providers often run both, and the application window is frequently the same one.
Of the 10 awards here, 7 are open to Nigerian applicants. That figure breaks down in two ways: 1 names Nigeria or the wider region explicitly in its eligibility text, and 6 carry no nationality restriction at all. For the remaining 3, the award page does not state eligibility either way, so you will need to confirm directly with the provider before you spend money on a transcript or a courier.
The qualification that leads into this level is straightforward. You hold a first degree or HND — B.Sc, B.A, B.Eng, LLB, MBBS or HND. These are taught and research masters, and awards that state a class of degree usually ask for a minimum. Where an award says "upper second", that corresponds to Second Class Upper (2:1) on a Nigerian transcript. Whether an HND is accepted is decided by each university, not by us, so read the individual award page rather than assuming.
One practical point on English tests. Only 2 of the 10 awards state an English test score — IELTS or TOEFL — as a requirement in their own text. That does not mean the rest waive it; it means the requirement is not written on the award itself, and the university's admissions office may still ask. Where you studied your degree in English, ask about a waiver in writing before you book a test date.
All 10 are labelled fully funded, but "fully funded" is a phrase each provider defines for itself. The counts below show how many awards name each benefit in their own text, so you can see what is actually written down rather than what the label implies.
Read that list as what the award documents say, not as a promise. An award that names living costs and tuition but not travel still leaves you paying for the flight. An award that names accommodation may cover it on campus only. Before you accept anything, get the breakdown in writing and match it against what you will actually spend in the first month — visa fees, documents, settling-in costs and the gap between the first stipend payment and your arrival.
The requirements stated across these awards are worth planning around, because several of them take weeks to obtain from Nigeria.
Two of these deserve emphasis. Where an award requires an admission offer first, you cannot apply for the funding until the university has already accepted you — which means the university deadline, not the scholarship deadline, is the one that governs your calendar. And where a research proposal is required, it is a piece of academic writing, not a personal statement. Give it the time it needs.
For the recommendation letters, approach your referees early and give them your CV, your transcript and a short note on what you are applying for. Nigerian academics are asked for these constantly and a two-week notice is a courtesy, not a guarantee.
The spread is broad enough that you are not betting on one system. Australia carries 3 awards, China 3, and the Netherlands, Romania, Russia and the United States 1 each. Providers named on the page include participating Australian institutions, the University of Tasmania, Stanford University, leading Russian medical universities (Sechenov, Pirogov, RUDN, Kazan, Kursk and others), Shanghai universities and Beijing universities.
Country choice matters beyond the classroom. Language of instruction, the cost of living, whether dependants are allowed, and how long the visa process takes all differ. If you have a preference for a system where your degree is recognised quickly back home, or where a Nigerian community already exists, weigh that alongside the funding.
Six of the ten awards carry a stated date, and 6 are recurring — meaning the same scheme opens again on a similar cycle each year, so missing one round is not the end of the road. Four are undated on the page.
The busiest month is October, with 3 deadlines falling in it. April and December each carry 1. The awards closing soonest are:
Also on the list is the University of Tasmania Scholarship 2027 (Fully Funded), which closes 1 October and is open at masters and PhD level.
Work backwards from the deadline, not forwards from today. If an award closes in October and needs two recommendation letters, a research proposal and an English test, you are already behind if you start in September. The document chain in Nigeria — transcript request, departmental signing, courier — is the part applicants underestimate most, and it is the part you control least.
Start with the awards whose requirements you already meet. If you have a 2:1 and no test score, prioritise the ones that do not state a test in their own text, and confirm the waiver question with the university in writing. If you need an admission offer before you can apply for funding, treat the university application as your real deadline.
Shortlist three or four from this page rather than all ten. Read each award page in full, note what it names as covered and what it does not, and keep a single spreadsheet of deadlines, documents and referee names. Then apply to the ones you can actually complete on time.
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