We list 15 partially Funded Masters 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 the United Kingdom (7), Australia (2) and Sweden (2). Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
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Written from the 15 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 4 min read.
This page collects 15 partially funded masters scholarships open to Nigerian students. Every award here is at masters level, and every one is open to Nigerian applicants. Partial funding means the award pays for part of your study rather than the whole of it, so you should expect to cover the balance from another source: savings, a second scholarship, a departmental assistantship, or an employer.
The awards are spread across seven countries. The United Kingdom accounts for 7 of the 15, Australia and Sweden have 2 each, and Austria, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand have 1 each. Providers named in the listings include Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University, Kingston University, the University of Adelaide, Webster Vienna Private University and S P Jain School of Global Management.
Because funding is partial, the useful question is which part. Among these 15 awards, 7 name tuition in their own text. One names living costs, one names travel, one names accommodation, and one names research or training costs. Where an award does not name a benefit in writing, treat that benefit as unconfirmed and check the award page before you build a budget around it.
Read each entry for the wording it uses, not the headline. An award that covers tuition only still leaves you paying for flights, visa fees, health surcharge where applicable, accommodation and daily living. In the United Kingdom in particular, tuition-only support on a one-year masters still leaves a substantial personal contribution.
All 15 awards on this page are open to Nigerian students. Of those, 2 name Nigeria or the region in their eligibility text, and 13 carry no nationality restriction at all. That distinction matters when you are shortlisting: an award with no nationality restriction is usually decided on academic merit and the strength of your application rather than on where you are from.
The typical entry qualification is a first degree or HND. Nigerian qualifications that fit this level include B.Sc, B.A, B.Eng, LLB, MBBS and HND. These are taught and research masters, and awards commonly state a minimum class of degree. Where an award asks for an "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 confirm it with the admissions office rather than assuming either way.
The requirements stated in the listings are worth planning around early, because several of them take weeks to obtain from Nigeria.
The last item on that list changes your sequencing. If an award requires an admission offer before you can apply for the scholarship, your university application has to go in months earlier than the scholarship deadline suggests. Transcripts, courier fees and reference letters all sit on that critical path, so start the paperwork before you finalise your shortlist.
Three awards on this page carry a stated date, 3 are marked as still open, and 12 are undated in the listings. Three are recurring. The busiest months for deadlines among the dated awards are May, with 2, and January, with 1.
Three awards close soonest, and these are the ones to look at first:
Other listings on the page run on different rhythms. The Business Scholarships at S P Jain School of Global Management 2026-2027 are marked open all year. The Linköping University (LiU) International Scholarship 2026-2027 carries a March 31 deadline with a short application window. The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Scholarships 2026-2027 in Thailand vary by programme, so the deadline has to be checked on the award itself.
The awards are not concentrated in one discipline. Arts and humanities, business and management, and engineering each appear twice. Computer science and IT, energy and environment, medicine and health sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences each appear once.
Where an award is tied to a department or a specific programme, your course choice and your scholarship choice become the same decision. Check that the programme you want is the one the award funds before you spend money on an application.
Durations stated in the listings vary. Three awards run for 1 year, one runs for 2 years (120 credits), one covers undergraduate study over 4 years and a masters over 2 years, and one runs for 4 years. If you are applying for a two-year masters, confirm whether the award renews for the second year or covers the first year only. A partial award that stops after year one leaves you funding the remainder yourself.
Start with the three awards that close soonest, since the January deadline in particular will arrive before most applicants have their documents in order. Then work through the undated listings, because an award without a stated deadline usually still has one buried in the provider's own pages.
Before you apply anywhere, assemble the documents Nigerian applicants are routinely asked for: your degree certificate and transcript, a valid English test score if the award requires one, and referees who have agreed in advance to write for you. If you are applying to more than one award, order extra transcripts in the same request — the marginal cost is lower than a second courier run later.
Finally, budget honestly. Partial funding is a contribution, not a full ride. Work out the total cost of the programme, subtract what the award states it covers, and confirm you can meet the difference before you accept an offer.
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