We list 4 masters Scholarships Open to Nigerian Students in Sweden, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
Written from the 4 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page lists 4 masters scholarships in Sweden that are open to Nigerian students. Every award here is at masters level, every one is hosted in Sweden, and every one sits in the "open to Nigerian students" group — meaning either Nigeria or the wider region is named in the eligibility text, or the award carries no nationality restriction at all.
Four universities appear: Chalmers University of Technology, Mid Sweden University, Linköping University and Dalarna University. Each provider contributes one award to the list. That is a small, focused set rather than a long directory, so the sensible approach is to read all four properly and decide which two or three fit your background before you spend money on transcripts and courier fees.
All 4 awards on this page are open to Nigerian applicants. Of those, 1 names Nigeria or the region in its eligibility wording, and 3 carry no nationality restriction. Those two figures describe the same group of four, not separate groups stacked on top of each other.
The qualification that leads into this level is a first degree or an HND. In practice that means a B.Sc, B.A, B.Eng, LLB, MBBS or HND. Both taught and research masters are covered by the awards in this collection.
Where an award states a minimum class of degree, read it against your Nigerian transcript. A requirement written as "upper second" corresponds to Second Class Upper (2:1). Whether an HND is accepted for a particular programme is decided by each university, not by this page, so check the individual award and the university's own admission rules before you apply.
Swedish masters funding is often partial, and this list reflects that. 2 of the 4 awards are labelled Partially Funded. The remaining awards do not label their funding either way on the listing, so nothing can be said here about what they cover.
Where the awards do state benefits in their own text, the pattern is:
These counts describe what the awards say in writing, not what they guarantee. A tuition waiver is the most common form of support in this set, which matters for a Nigerian applicant because tuition is the largest single line in a Swedish masters budget. If an award covers tuition only, you are still responsible for rent, food, insurance, course literature and the cost of getting there. Plan that side of the budget before you accept anything.
The requirements stated across this set are modest in number but real. Of the 4 awards:
Two points are worth flagging for Nigerian applicants. First, an English test is not automatic — check whether the award or the university grants a waiver, because some Swedish institutions accept a degree taught in English in place of IELTS or TOEFL. Second, letters of recommendation take time. Approach your lecturers or your line manager early, give them your CV and a short note on what you are applying for, and follow up rather than assuming the letter has been sent.
Only one award in this set states a minimum degree class, so a 2:2 does not automatically close the door on the whole list. Read each award's own eligibility text before ruling yourself out.
The timing across these four awards is uneven. 1 award carries a specific date, 1 is still open, 3 are undated on the listing, and 1 recurs each cycle. January is the busiest month in this set.
The award closing soonest is the Adlerbert Study Scholarships 2026-2027 at Chalmers University of Technology, which closes on 15 January. If you are working to that date, treat it as the anchor for your whole application season.
The other three sit at different points in the cycle. Mid Sweden University's scholarship is tied to the university admission round, with a January date for admission and a February window for the scholarship itself. Linköping University's international scholarship has an application period that opens in March, and Dalarna University runs an autumn intake deadline in February with an October date for the other intake. Because several of these dates repeat annually, a missed cycle is not a lost cause — but the admission round and the funding round are separate steps, and you must clear both.
Sweden is not a large destination for Nigerian students, but it is an established one. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 412 Nigerian students were studying in Sweden in 2024, placing Nigeria 29th among sending countries.
That number is small enough that you are unlikely to find a large Nigerian community on campus, and large enough that the universities in this list already process Nigerian transcripts and credentials. Expect to be asked for certified copies, and budget for the cost of obtaining and couriering them from your institution in Nigeria.
The four awards spread across five subject areas, with one award each in:
Because the set is small, the field spread is broad relative to the number of awards. If your subject is not in that list, this particular collection is unlikely to have a match, and you should look at the wider Sweden listings rather than forcing an application.
Two durations are stated across the set: one award runs 2 years (120 credits) and one runs 1–2 years. Swedish masters programmes are credit-based, so the length of your programme affects how long any tuition support needs to last. If an award covers tuition for a fixed period, confirm whether it renews for a second year before you build a two-year plan around it.
Start with the award that has a date. The Adlerbert Study Scholarships at Chalmers closes on 15 January, so that is the first file to open.
Then work through the rest of the list in this order:
For each one, confirm three things before you spend money: whether the award covers tuition, living costs or both; whether your degree class meets the stated minimum; and whether an English test is required or whether your previous degree qualifies you for a waiver. Where the listing does not state a funding label or a deadline, go to the award page and read the university's own text — this page reports what the awards say, and where they say nothing, there is nothing to report.
Finally, treat the admission application and the scholarship application as two separate tasks with two separate deadlines. In Sweden they often fall in different months, and clearing one does not clear the other.
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*UNESCO Institute for Statistics, inbound internationally mobile students from Nigeria, 2024.
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