We list 11 phD Medicine & Health Sciences Scholarships for Nigerian Students, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 11 of them are fully funded. Most are held in Australia (3), China (3) and Romania (1). 8 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
These awards do not restrict the field of study, so medicine & health sciences applicants can apply too.
Written from the 11 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 5 min read.
This page collects 11 PhD scholarships in Medicine & Health Sciences that are open to Nigerian students. Every one of the 11 is labelled Fully Funded by the provider. That is the whole list: no partially funded awards, no fee waivers, no self-funded places.
The awards sit in seven countries. Australia and China each account for 3. Romania, Russia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States each account for 1. The providers named in the list include Stanford University, the University of Tasmania, Monash University, participating Australian institutions, leading Russian medical universities such as Sechenov, Pirogov, RUDN, Kazan and Kursk, plus Shanghai universities and Beijing universities.
Nine of the 11 also accept Master's applicants, and 5 accept Bachelors applicants, so a few awards on this page are broader than the doctoral level. If you are set on a PhD in medicine or health sciences, treat the 11 as your starting set and read each one's own page before you decide.
Fully funded does not mean the same thing at every institution, so it is worth knowing what the awards actually say in their own text.
Read those numbers as what the awards state in writing, not as a promise that every line will be covered in your case. A stipend that covers living costs in one city may not stretch as far in another, and research costs are usually capped and tied to an approved project. Where an award names tuition only, you need to know how the rest of your year is paid for before you accept a place.
For 8 of the 11 awards, the answer is yes on the face of the listing. Of those 8, 1 names Nigeria or the region directly, and 7 carry no nationality restriction. The remaining 3 do not state their eligibility on the award page at all, which means you have to check the provider's own terms before you spend money on a transcript or a courier.
This distinction matters more than it looks. An award with no nationality restriction is open to you in principle, but the competition is global and the shortlisting is done by a department or a supervisor who may already have a preferred candidate. An award that names Nigeria or the region is usually a government or development scheme with a country allocation, and the paperwork is heavier but the field is narrower.
The requirements stated across the list are fairly consistent:
Two points deserve attention. First, a research proposal is a serious document at doctoral level, not a statement of purpose. It has to name a problem, a method and a reason the department is the right place to do the work. Second, where an admission offer is required first, the scholarship clock starts after the university clock, and the university clock is the slower one. Build that into your timeline.
On English tests: requirements differ by institution, and some providers waive the test where a previous degree was taught in English. Do not assume a waiver. Confirm it in writing with the admissions office, then decide whether to book a test date.
Six of the 11 awards carry a date, and all 6 of those are still open. The other 5 are undated on the listing, and 6 of the 11 run on a recurring cycle, so a date you missed this year is likely to return next year.
The busiest month is October, with 3 deadlines. April and June each carry 1. The awards closing soonest are:
If you are reading this in the weeks before an October deadline, the honest position is that you are working against time on transcripts, referee letters and a proposal. Pick the one or two awards where your documents are already close to ready, and treat the rest as next-cycle targets.
The pathway into this level is a Master's degree — M.Sc, M.A, MBA or M.Phil — on top of your first degree. Funded doctoral places and research scholarships are often tied to a supervisor or a research group, which means the programme application and the scholarship application frequently share one deadline. You are not applying to a fund; you are applying to a person and a project.
That changes how you prepare. A supervisor who has read your proposal and agreed to take you is worth more than a polished form. Write to potential supervisors early, keep the email short, attach a two-page proposal and a CV, and be specific about what you want to work on.
On documents: transcripts from Nigerian universities can take weeks, and courier costs are yours. Start the transcript request before you start the scholarship form. If your degree classification wording differs from what a foreign form expects, ask your faculty officer for a clear statement rather than guessing at a conversion.
Work through the 11 awards on this page in the order that suits your situation, not the order they appear.
Doctoral funding in medicine and health sciences rewards preparation more than speed. A strong proposal, a supervisor who knows your name, and documents that arrive on time will do more for you than applying to all 11 at once.
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