PhD Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2026-2027

We list 105 phD Scholarships for Nigerian Students, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 90 of them are fully funded. Most are held in Australia (11), China (10) and the United Kingdom (10). 63 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.

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Your qualification

B.Sc / HND → Masters 185 WAEC / NECO → Undergraduate 105 M.Sc / MBA → PhD Fellowship 29 Ph.D → Postdoctoral 18 High School 13 Short Course 9

Funding

Fully Funded 90 Partially Funded 4

Eligibility

Open to Nigerian Students 63

Subject

Engineering 13 Medicine & Health Sciences 11 Arts & Humanities 10 Business & Management 9 Law 7 Social Sciences 7 Education 6 Economics & Finance 5

Host country

United Kingdom 10

United States 9

United Arab Emirates 6

Japan 5

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Yangzhou University Scholarships 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

Yangzhou University
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 15 May
Study in: China
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Tianjin Government Scholarship 2026-2027 Fully Funded

Nankai University, China
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 31 May
Study in: China
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Central South University Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

Central South University (CSU)
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 31 May
Study in: China
Check eligibility

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) 2026-2027

A*STAR (in collaboration with NTU, NUS, SUTD)
PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 1 June
Study in: Singapore
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Italian Government Scholarship 2026 (Application Process)

Italian Higher Education Institutes
Masters/PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 14 June
Study in: Italy
Check eligibility

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Zhejiang Normal University Scholarship 2027

Zhejiang Normal University
Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 30 July
Study in: China
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Harvard University Scholarships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Harvard University
Postdoctoral / PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 20 September
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellowships 2027, USA

Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Doctoral & Post Doctoral

Deadline: Closes 1 October
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Scholarship 2026-2027

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Master’s, PhD

Deadline: Closes 1 October
Study in: Germany
Check eligibility

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

University of Tasmania Scholarship 2027 (Fully Funded)

University of Tasmania
Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 1 October
Study in: Australia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Stanford University Scholarships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Stanford University
Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 8 October
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Government of Ireland Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

Government of Ireland
Master’s and Doctoral
Fully funded

Deadline: Closes 10 October
Study in: Ireland
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

King Saud University (KSU) Scholarships 2026-2027

King Saud University
Bachelors (main intake), Masters, PhD

Deadline: Not published — the admission timeline is shown...
Study in: Saudi Arabia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

NUS Research Scholarship 2026-2027 (Fully Funded)

National University of Singapore (NUS Graduate School)
Master's (Research), PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: August intake and January intake — deadlines are...
Study in: Singapore
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Hubei Government Scholarship 2026 (Fully Funded)

Hubei Government
Undergraduate, Master’s, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: China
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Yale University Scholarships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Yale University
Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: United States
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

University of Melbourne Scholarship 2027 (Fully Funded)

University of Melbourne
Masters, PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: If you have applied for a graduate research cour...
Study in: Australia
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Program 2027

Participating academic institutions
Masters / PhD
Fully funded

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: Japan
Check eligibility

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Abertay University Scholarships 2026

Abertay University
Masters / PhD

Deadline: Deadline: see details
Study in: Austria
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›

Eastern Mediterranean University Scholarships 2027

Eastern Mediterranean University
Master’s, PhD

Deadline: January 09, 2026 / September 01, 2026
Study in: Turkey
Open to all nationalities

Last checked: 13 Oct 2026 Read more ›