We list 7 fully Funded Masters Medicine & Health Sciences 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 the Netherlands (1). 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 7 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page collects 7 fully funded masters scholarships in medicine and health sciences that are open to Nigerian students. Every award here is labelled fully funded by the body offering it, and every one of the seven is open at masters level. Some of them also take PhD and undergraduate applicants, but the masters route is the one this list is built around.
The awards sit in four countries. China accounts for 3, Australia for 2, and the Netherlands and the United States for 1 each. The providers named in the list are Stanford University, the University of Groningen, the University of Tasmania, participating Australian institutions, Shanghai universities and Beijing universities.
If you are weighing a research career against a clinical one, note that six of the seven also appear at PhD level, so a masters here can sit inside a longer plan rather than at the end of one.
All 7 awards are open to Nigerian students. For 1 of them, Nigeria or the wider region is named directly in the eligibility text. For the other 6, no nationality restriction is stated on the award at all. That is the whole of the seven, not two separate pools on top of each other.
What that means in practice: on most of these awards you are not competing in a Nigeria-only lane, and you are not excluded by a regional quota either. You are assessed against everyone who applies. Where an award names Nigeria or the region, the wording is there for you to read before you spend money on a courier.
The qualification that leads in is a first degree or HND. The list recognises B.Sc, B.A, B.Eng, LLB, MBBS and HND. For masters entry, awards usually state a minimum class of degree, and where they say "upper second" that corresponds to Second Class Upper (2:1) on a Nigerian transcript. Whether an HND is accepted is decided by each university, so check that before you commit to a transcript order.
Fully funded does not mean the same thing on every award. These are the benefits that awards on this page name in their own text:
Read those as what each award says in writing, not as a promise of what lands in your account. Where an award names a stipend rate, it is stated on the individual award page, and rates can be indexed or revised. One award on this list states its rate per annum and notes that the rate is indexed annually on 1 January.
Because the benefit lists differ, compare the awards on the items that actually cost you money: tuition, a monthly stipend, flights, and whether research or training costs are covered. Accommodation and health insurance appear on fewer awards, so if either matters to your budget, treat it as a question to ask rather than an assumption.
The requirements stated across these awards are:
Letters of recommendation are the single most common ask, appearing on 4 of the 7. That is the item to start on first, because it depends on other people. Approach your referees early, give them your CV, your transcript and a short note on what you intend to study, and give them a date that is earlier than the real deadline.
Only 1 award states an English test requirement in its own text. That does not mean the others waive it. Where a university teaches in English and your degree was taught in English, a waiver may be possible, but that decision belongs to the university, not to this page. Ask the admissions office directly and keep the reply.
The award that asks for an admission offer first runs in a different order from the rest: you secure a place before you are considered for funding. Plan that sequence backwards from the funding deadline.
Four awards on this page carry a stated date. Four are still open at the time of writing. Three are undated, which usually means the date sits in the award's own text rather than in the listing. Four run on a recurring cycle.
The busiest months are October with 2 deadlines, then April and December with 1 each.
The awards closing soonest are:
Two of those four are Australian and their deadlines sit far apart, so Australia is not a single decision point on this list. The Chinese awards run on their own rhythm: the Shanghai Government Scholarship sits between January and June of each year, and the Beijing Government Scholarship directs you to its details for the date.
Beyond the four above, the page carries:
Both Chinese awards are open at undergraduate, masters and PhD level, so masters applicants are considered alongside other levels rather than in a separate round. Both are city-level schemes rather than single-university ones, which means the university you name on your application matters as much as the scheme itself.
Start with the deadline you can still meet. If October is close, decide now whether you can assemble references and transcripts in time; if not, the December and April deadlines are the realistic ones.
Then match the award to your documents. If you have a research proposal ready, the awards that ask for one are worth your effort. If your degree class is the strongest part of your file, lead with it.
Budget for the paperwork. Transcripts, courier fees and any English test cost money before you know the outcome, so order documents only for awards you genuinely intend to submit. Confirm the English test position with each university in writing rather than assuming a waiver.
Finally, check each award page for the benefit list and the current deadline. Dates shift, rates are indexed, and the wording on the award itself is what governs your application.
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