We list 4 scholarships Open to Nigerian Students in Saudi Arabia, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 3 of them are fully funded.
Written from the 4 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 3 min read.
This page holds every award on ScholarshipsNigeria that fits one description: Scholarships Open to Nigerian Students in Saudi Arabia. There are 4 of them right now. Each entry was read before it was listed, and the deadline, study level, what the award pays for and who may apply were taken from the scholarship's own published terms — not from a summary of it, and not from another listing site.
3 of the 4 are fully funded, meaning the award itself states that it carries the main cost of study rather than a discount on it. That matters more than the number of entries: a list of two hundred partial fee waivers is worth less to a Nigerian applicant than a dozen awards that actually pay for the degree.
Saudi Arabia is not an untested destination for Nigerians: 1,338 Nigerian students were enrolled there in 2024 according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, which makes it destination number 14 for students leaving Nigeria. A country with an established Nigerian student population usually means visa officers who have seen your documents before, and seniors you can ask.
Scholarship pages use words like "full funding" loosely, so we counted what the awards on this list actually name in their own benefit sections. Across the 4 entries:
Read the counts as "this many awards say so in writing". An award that does not mention flights has not refused to pay for them — it simply has not promised them, and that is the difference you need to budget for. The cost a Nigerian applicant most often forgets is not tuition but the part before the scholarship starts: passport, transcripts, courier fees, an English test if one is required, and the visa itself.
4 of the 4 awards on this page are open to Nigerian applicants on their own stated terms. 0 of those name Nigeria, or a region that contains Nigeria, directly in the eligible-countries wording; the other 4 place no nationality restriction at all, which means a Nigerian passport is not a barrier to applying.
We also counted what the 4 awards ask applicants to produce, reading each award's own requirements:
2 of the 4 mention an English test, which leaves 2 that do not raise it on the award page. Several universities waive IELTS for Nigerian applicants because the degree was taught in English, but that waiver is a university decision rather than a scholarship one, so ask the admissions office in writing and keep the reply.
Start with the documents that take longest and do not depend on the award: a valid passport, official transcripts from your institution, and a reference your referee has actually agreed to write. Those three are what make a late-discovered deadline impossible to meet.
By study level the list breaks down as Masters (4), PhD (4) and Bachelors (2). An award counts under every level it accepts, so the numbers overlap where a scholarship funds both a masters and a doctorate.
The providers appearing most often are King Abdulaziz University (1), King Saud University (1), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (1) and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) (1). Where one institution runs several awards it is usually worth reading all of them together: they often share one application form and one deadline.
Stated duration, where an award gives one, runs mostly to undergraduate: 4 yearsmaster’s: 2 yearsphd: 3 years (1 awards).
Work down the list rather than across it. Open the three or four awards whose deadline you can still meet, read what each one pays for against what your year will actually cost, and check the eligibility line before anything else — a Nigerian applicant who fails one stated condition cannot be rescued by a strong statement of purpose.
Use the filters in the sidebar to narrow by level, host country, subject or funding, and set an alert for this list if the next round is months away: most of these awards open and close inside a four-week window, and the people who miss them are rarely the people who were unqualified.
Saudi Arabia is rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after destinations for higher education among international students. With top-ranked universities, Islamic culture, and generous government support, it offers some of the best fully funded scholarships in the Muslim world. These scholarships are ideal for students who want to pursue Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD programs in a welcoming academic environment with full financial coverage.
The Saudi government and various universities offer scholarships that cover tuition, living costs, accommodation, healthcare, travel, and more. These programs aim to attract talented individuals from Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, and offer opportunities to grow academically and professionally.
*UNESCO Institute for Statistics, inbound internationally mobile students from Nigeria, 2024.
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