Fully Funded PhD Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2026-2027

We list 90 fully Funded PhD 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 China (10), the United Kingdom (10) and Australia (9). 53 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.

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B.Sc / HND → Masters 130 M.Sc / MBA → PhD WAEC / NECO → Undergraduate 57 Fellowship 23 Ph.D → Postdoctoral 16 High School 7 Short Course 6

Funding

Fully Funded Partially Funded 4

Eligibility

Open to Nigerian Students 53

Subject

Engineering 11 Medicine & Health Sciences 11 Arts & Humanities 9 Business & Management 8 Law 7 Education 6

Host country

United Kingdom 10

United Arab Emirates 6

United States 6

Germany 4

Scholarship lists

Filtered by: PhD Fully Funded

Central South University Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

Central South University (CSU)
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 31 May
Study in: China
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Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) 2026-2027

A*STAR (in collaboration with NTU, NUS, SUTD)
PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 1 June
Study in: Singapore
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Italian Government Scholarship 2026 (Application Process)

Italian Higher Education Institutes
Masters/PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 14 June
Study in: Italy
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Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Zhejiang Normal University Scholarship 2027

Zhejiang Normal University
Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 30 July
Study in: China
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Harvard University Scholarships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Harvard University
Postdoctoral / PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 20 September
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

University of Tasmania Scholarship 2027 (Fully Funded)

University of Tasmania
Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 1 October
Study in: Australia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Stanford University Scholarships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Stanford University
Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 8 October
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Government of Ireland Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

Government of Ireland
Master’s and Doctoral
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 10 October
Study in: Ireland
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

NUS Research Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

National University of Singapore (NUS Graduate School)
Master's (Research), PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: August intake and January intake — deadlines are...
Study in: Singapore
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Hubei Government Scholarship 2026 (Fully Funded)

Hubei Government
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: China
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Yale University Scholarships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Yale University
Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

University of Melbourne Scholarship 2027 (Fully Funded)

University of Melbourne
Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: If you have applied for a graduate research cour...
Study in: Australia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Program 2027

Participating academic institutions
Masters / PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: Japan
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Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Griffith University Scholarships 2027 Fully Funded

Griffith University
Undergraduate / Master’s / PhD /Postdoctoral
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: Australia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Muhammad Bin Zaid University Scholarships 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

Muhammad Bin Zaid University
Masters / Doctoral
Fully funded

Deadline: 15th January 2027 (Regular deadline) /31st May 2...
Study in: United Arab Emirates
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

ICFO Fellowship 2026-2027 Fully Funded

ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: Spain
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Commonwealth Scholarship 2026-2027 Fully Funded

UK Universities. See the List here.
Masters / Ph.D.
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: United Kingdom
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Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

University of Otago Scholarships 2026-2027

University of Otago
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: New Zealand
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

King Fahd University Scholarship 2026-2027 Fully Funded

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
Master’s / PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: Saudi Arabia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Turkey Government Scholarship 2026-2027 - Fully Funded

Various Universities
Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: January 10 – February 20, 2026
Study in: Turkey
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›