We list 17 partially Funded 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 (8), Australia (2) and Sweden (2). Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
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Written from the 17 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This collection gathers 17 partially funded scholarships that are open to Nigerian students. Partial funding means the award covers part of the cost of study rather than the whole bill. What each one pays for varies, and the award text is the only reliable guide. None of the 17 states that Nigerians are excluded, and none leaves eligibility unstated.
Of the 17, 2 name Nigeria or the wider region in their eligibility wording, while 15 carry no nationality restriction at all. Those two figures together make up the full 17; they are not separate pools. If an award names no nationality, your application is judged on your academic record and documents, not your passport.
The list leans heavily towards master's study, with 15 awards at Masters level and 12 at Bachelors. Doctoral study is thinner: 3 PhD awards, plus 1 Fellowship and 1 Postdoctoral position. There is also 1 High School award and 1 Short Course.
The United Kingdom dominates by country with 8 awards. Australia and Sweden follow with 2 each, then Austria, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the United States with 1 each. If you have already decided on a destination, that spread matters: the UK gives you the widest choice, while the single-award countries require a more targeted application.
By subject, Engineering is the largest group with 3 awards. Arts & Humanities, Business & Management, and Natural Sciences have 2 each. Computer Science & IT, Energy & Environment, Medicine & Health Sciences and Social Sciences have 1 each.
Read the funding line on each award before you invest time in the application. Among these 17, 7 name tuition as a covered cost. 2 name research or training costs. 1 names living costs, 1 names travel and 1 names accommodation.
Those counts describe what the awards say in writing. They are not a promise that a given award will cover your full tuition, your flight, or your rent. A partial award that covers tuition still leaves you to find living costs, and a Nigerian applicant paying for transcripts and courier fees out of pocket should work out that gap before applying, not after an offer arrives.
Where an award does not label its funding either way, this page does not speculate about what it covers. Check the award page itself.
Most of the eligibility conditions here are academic and documentary rather than national. The requirements the awards state most often are:
The English test requirement is worth planning around early. A test slot, the sitting, and the result can take weeks, and some universities waive the test where your degree was taught in English. Whether a waiver applies is decided by the institution, so confirm it in writing before you pay for a test you may not need.
Where a minimum degree class is stated, Nigerian applicants should present their class plainly, as awarded: First Class, Second Class Upper, Second Class Lower, or HND with the relevant classification. Do not convert or round up. If an award asks for an admission offer first, the scholarship application comes after the university application, which pushes your timeline back by months.
Durations vary across the list. 4 awards run for 1 year. One runs for 2 years (120 credits), one covers undergraduate – 4 years; master's – 2 years, and one runs for 4 years. Where a duration is not given, plan for the standard length of the programme you are applying to.
Duration affects your budget more than it affects the award. A one-year partial award in the UK leaves a shorter funding gap than a four-year programme with the same annual shortfall.
Four awards carry a stated date, and four are described as still open. Thirteen are undated, and four recur. The busiest months for deadlines on this list are May (2), then January (1) and November (1).
Four awards close next:
The Schlumberger fellowship is the nearest deadline and the only doctoral and postdoctoral award in this group of four. If you are a woman in a STEM field and already enrolled or about to enrol in a PhD, that is the one to open first.
Beyond the four above, the collection includes the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Scholarships 2026-2027 in Thailand, at Master's and Doctoral level, where the deadline varies by programme. The Business Scholarships at S P Jain School of Global Management 2026-2027 in Singapore are open all year and cover undergraduate, master's and PhD study.
Providers named across the list include Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University, the University of Adelaide, Webster Vienna Private University, S P Jain School of Global Management, and a group of leading universities worldwide. Where an award is run by a university you are already applying to, check whether the scholarship application is a separate form or an automatic consideration from your admission file. That single detail decides whether you have extra work to do.
Start with the deadline. Four awards close on known dates, and one of them closes in November. Work backwards from that date: admission application, English test if required, transcripts, recommendation letters, courier. Nigerian transcript requests and courier delivery add days you cannot recover at the end.
Then check the funding line against your budget. Seven awards name tuition, and only one names living costs. If the award you want covers tuition alone, you need a plan for rent, food and travel before you accept a place.
Finally, apply to more than one. With 15 awards carrying no nationality restriction, your eligibility is not the limiting factor here. The limiting factor is how many applications you can prepare well before the deadlines pass.
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