We list 5 scholarships Open to Nigerian Students in Sweden, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 1 of them are fully funded. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
Written from the 5 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 6 min read.
This collection gathers 5 scholarships in Sweden that are open to Nigerian students. Every award on the page is at one Swedish institution or funded through a Swedish programme, and every one of them accepts applications from Nigerian nationals. That last point matters more than it sounds. A great many European scholarships are tied to a region, a partner-university list or a specific development-cooperation country, and Nigeria is often not on it. Here, the filter has already been applied.
The awards come from four named providers: Chalmers University of Technology, Mid Sweden University, Linköping University and Dalarna University. One further entry, the Swedish Scholarships for International Students (SISGP) 2027, is a national programme rather than a single university scheme.
Of the 5 awards, 2 name Nigeria or the wider region in their own eligibility text. The other 3 carry no nationality restriction at all, which means a Nigerian applicant competes on the same terms as everyone else. No award on this page leaves eligibility unstated.
That split is worth understanding before you spend money on a transcript courier. An award that names Nigeria or the region is usually working from a fixed list, and your nationality is doing part of the work for you. An award with no nationality restriction is open, but so is the applicant pool — you will be read against candidates from everywhere. Neither is better. They simply demand different things from your application.
Sweden also runs a central admissions system, and most master's applications there move through it rather than through a university's own portal. Check which route each award uses before you start uploading documents.
Funding labels on this page are uneven, and it is better to know that upfront. 2 awards are labelled partially funded and 1 is labelled fully funded. A further 2 do not state their funding level either way — for those, the only reliable information is on the individual award page, so read it there rather than assuming.
Where the awards do describe their benefits in writing:
These are the benefits the awards name in their own text. They are not a promise that every successful applicant receives every item, and they are not a guarantee of any particular amount. Swedish tuition for non-EU students is charged in SEK and is not cheap; a partial award that covers tuition and nothing else still leaves you responsible for rent, food, insurance and the flight. Work out that gap in naira before you apply, not after you are admitted.
4 of the 5 awards are at master's level. That is the dominant route on this page, and it fits the qualification most Nigerian applicants will be holding — a B.Sc or HND, or an M.Sc if you are returning for a second degree.
The subject spread is one award each across five fields:
So this is not a page for one discipline. If you read engineering, computer science or the environmental sciences, there is a Swedish award here aimed at your field. If you read in the humanities, there is one too, though with a single award the competition will be concentrated.
The requirements the awards state in writing are the part Nigerian applicants most often underestimate, because each one costs money or time to satisfy.
Note that only 2 of the 5 state an English test requirement. That does not automatically mean the others waive it — some may accept a medium-of-instruction letter from your university, and some may simply not have stated their position. Ask the department directly rather than assuming a waiver.
Deadlines on this page are spread and, in several cases, incomplete. 1 award carries a firm date, 1 is still open, 1 recurs annually, and 4 are undated on the listing. January is the busiest month, with 1 award closing then.
The award closing soonest is the Adlerbert Study Scholarships 2026-2027 at Chalmers University of Technology, which closes 15 January. That is the one to open first if you are reading this in the months before it.
The other four, in brief:
Two things follow from that pattern. First, the Swedish cycle runs on its own calendar, and the January university-admission deadline sits ahead of most scholarship deadlines — you may need to be admitted, or at least applying, before the funding clock starts. Second, four undated listings are not four closed listings. Open each one and confirm the date on the award page itself.
Sweden is not the first country most Nigerian students think of, which is precisely why the applicant pool can be thinner than for the UK or Canada. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 412 Nigerian students were studying in Sweden in 2024, placing Nigeria 29th among sending countries. That is a small, established presence rather than a crowded one.
Swedish master's programmes also tend to run longer than the British one-year model. Among the awards here, one is described as 2 years (120 credits) and another as 1–2 years. A two-year programme means two years of living costs to plan for, and it means any partial award has to stretch further.
Start with the Chalmers award, since it is the only one on the page with a confirmed closing date. Then work through the other four and write down, for each, the answers to three questions: does it name a nationality restriction, does it state a funding level, and does it state a deadline. Where the answer is missing, treat it as unknown and ask the university.
In parallel, get the slow items moving. Request transcripts from your Nigerian university now — the processing and courier time is the part you cannot compress later. Ask your referees for the three letters. Book an IELTS or TOEFL date if any of your target awards asks for one. Confirm whether your degree class meets the single award that specifies a minimum.
Five awards is a small list, and that is the honest picture. It is also a list where every entry has already cleared the nationality question, which is more than most Swedish scholarship lists will give you.
The Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals (SISGP) offer an exceptional opportunity for Nigerian students seeking to pursue a fully funded master’s degree in Sweden. Designed for future leaders and change-makers, this prestigious scholarship is open to applicants with demonstrated professional experience and leadership potential. With full coverage of tuition fees, generous monthly stipends, travel grants, and insurance, SISGP supports talented individuals from Pakistan and other eligible countries in advancing their academic and professional goals in one of the world’s most innovative and socially progressive nations.
*UNESCO Institute for Statistics, inbound internationally mobile students from Nigeria, 2024.
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