We list 3 masters Scholarships for Nigerian Students in Singapore, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 2 of them are fully funded. 2 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants.
United Kingdom
30
Australia
20
China
11
United States
11
Canada
8
Sweden
8
Belgium
7
Italy
7
Japan
7
Switzerland
7
United Arab Emirates
7
Netherlands
6
Russia
6
Germany
5
New Zealand
5
Saudi Arabia
5
Thailand
5
Brazil
4
Ireland
4
Turkey
4
Denmark
3
France
3
Singapore
Austria
2
Norway
2
Qatar
2
Written from the 3 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 6 min read.
This page collects 3 masters scholarships in Singapore open to Nigerian students. Every award here is at masters level, and every one is based in Singapore. Two are labelled fully funded and one is labelled partially funded.
The providers are the National University of Singapore, listed twice through its graduate school and its main listing, and S P Jain School of Global Management. That is a small list, and it is worth understanding why before you start filling in forms. Singapore does not run the wide scholarship catalogue that the United Kingdom, Canada or Germany does. What it does run is a compact set of research-focused awards at its flagship university, plus a smaller number of school-level bursaries at private business schools. If Singapore is your target, you are applying into a narrow field, and the quality of each individual application matters more than the number of applications you send.
The two NUS entries are the research route. The S P Jain entry sits in Business & Management, the only subject field named in this collection. If you are looking for taught coursework masters in engineering, public policy or computing with a full scholarship attached, this page does not carry them.
Of the three awards, 2 state that they cover tuition and 2 state that they cover living costs. Those are the two NUS research scholarships. Their published values are monthly stipends paid to international students, and the NUS Research Scholarship 2026-2027 also notes that the PhD stipend rises after the Qualifying Examination. The 2025–2026 entry lists separate monthly figures for Master's by Research and for PhD candidates.
Read the numbers on the individual award pages rather than from memory. Stipend rates are revised between cycles, and the two NUS listings on this page do not quote identical figures.
The S P Jain award is partial. The brief does not state what it covers, so treat the award page as the only source for that. Where an award does not label its funding, nothing on this page should be read as describing it.
Two awards state a duration. One runs for up to 4 years for a PhD or 2 years for a master's by research, and is renewable. The other states 2 years for a master's and 4 years for a PhD. Both figures point at the same reality: a research masters in Singapore is normally a two-year commitment, and funding is tied to progress. Renewal is not automatic, and the Qualifying Examination mentioned in the 2026-2027 listing is the point at which a PhD stipend changes.
Plan your finances around the funded period, not around an assumption that it will stretch. If your research runs long, the months beyond the funded window are yours to cover.
2 of the 3 awards on this page are open to Nigerian applicants. Neither of those two names Nigeria or the African region in its eligibility text — they simply carry no nationality restriction. For 1 award, eligibility is not stated on the award itself.
That distinction matters when you are reading an award page. "No nationality restriction" means exactly that: the award does not exclude you by passport. It does not mean the selection committee weights all countries equally, and it does not mean the award is easy. It means you are eligible to apply, and the rest is your file.
The route in is a first degree or an HND. The qualifications that lead into this level are B.Sc, B.A, B.Eng, LLB, MBBS and HND. Awards at this level usually state a minimum class of degree, and where an award says "upper second", that corresponds to Second Class Upper (2:1) on a Nigerian transcript. Whether an HND is accepted for a particular programme is decided by each university, not by this page, so confirm it with the admissions office before you pay for a transcript.
Both taught and research masters exist in Singapore. The awards on this page lean towards research, which changes what you submit.
The requirements stated across these awards are:
The degree class requirement is the one that will stop most Nigerian applicants at the first screen, because all three awards state it. Check your transcript before anything else. If your class falls below what an award states, no amount of polishing elsewhere will move it.
The research proposal is the requirement that separates a competitive file from an ordinary one. A research masters application is judged on whether your proposed question fits a supervisor who has space and funding. Write the proposal around work the department already does, and contact potential supervisors before the form goes in. That single step does more than any other part of the file.
Only one award states an English test requirement. Where a test is not stated, do not assume a waiver applies to you — ask the admissions office directly, and ask early. IELTS and TOEFL slots in Nigeria fill up, results take time to arrive, and sending an extra score report costs money you may not need to spend.
Two awards ask for recommendation letters. Approach your referees with the award name, the deadline and a copy of your proposal, and give them at least three weeks. A generic letter signed by a busy head of department carries little weight.
None of the three awards on this page carries a fixed closing date in this listing. All three are undated here. One is marked "Open All Year". The 2026-2027 NUS Research Scholarship notes an August intake and a January intake, with deadlines handled through the university's own process. The 2025–2026 NUS entry directs you to see details on the award page.
Because the dates are not fixed on this page, the deadline you must work to is the one on the individual award page and on the NUS graduate admissions site. Treat the intake month as your real deadline and work backwards. For an August intake, your transcripts, test scores and referee letters need to be in motion months earlier, not weeks.
Budget for the paperwork. Transcripts from Nigerian universities take time to produce and must often be couriered. Courier fees, transcript fees and any test fees are yours, and they are spent before you know whether you have been shortlisted. Build that cost into your plan rather than discovering it in the middle of an application.
Open the two NUS research scholarship pages first, since they are the fully funded awards and the ones most Nigerian applicants will be aiming at. Read the eligibility text line by line and confirm your degree class against what is stated. Then look at the S P Jain business award if your interest is management and you can work with partial funding.
Before you write anything, decide which department at NUS your research belongs to, identify two or three potential supervisors, and read their recent work. Approach them with a short, specific email and a one-page outline. Do this before the application window closes, because a supervisor who has already seen your name reads your file differently.
Then assemble the documents: transcript, degree certificate, recommendation letters, and an English test score if the award asks for one. Confirm with each university whether your HND or your class of degree meets its stated minimum. That is a question only the university can answer.
This page lists 3 awards. It is a short list, and it is a specific one. Treat each application as the only one you are sending.
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