We list 4 scholarships for Nigerian Students in Austria, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms. 2 of them are fully funded. 2 state eligibility that includes Nigerian applicants. Awards with a known closing date are listed soonest first.
United Kingdom
40
United States
37
Australia
27
Canada
20
China
12
Italy
10
Sweden
10
Germany
9
United Arab Emirates
9
Belgium
8
Japan
8
Switzerland
8
Netherlands
6
Russia
6
Thailand
6
Denmark
5
New Zealand
5
Saudi Arabia
5
Singapore
5
Austria
Brazil
4
Ireland
4
Turkey
4
France
3
Norway
3
Qatar
3
Spain
2
Written from the 4 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 6 min read.
This page collects 4 scholarships in Austria that are open to international students, including Nigerians. Austria is not the first country most Nigerian applicants think of, but it has a small, well-defined set of awards attached to named institutions in Vienna and elsewhere. Because the list is short, you can read every entry properly rather than skimming.
The awards sit at different study levels. Two are at Masters level, one at Bachelors, one at PhD and one at Postdoctoral. Those groups overlap, so the same award can appear under more than one heading. Two of the four are labelled fully funded. One is labelled partially funded. One does not state its funding position either way, and we say nothing about what that award covers.
Only one award on this page names a field of study in its own text: Computer Science & IT. The rest are not tied to a subject in the listing, which means you should read each award's own page before assuming your course fits.
Two of the four awards are open to Nigerian applicants. Of those two, neither names Nigeria or the African region in its eligibility text, and neither carries a nationality restriction at all. That is the cleanest kind of eligibility for a Nigerian applicant: no quota to fit into, no regional clause to argue around. The remaining two awards do not state their eligibility on the award itself, so you cannot tell from the listing whether you qualify. You will need to open those pages and check the provider's own wording.
Where an award gives no nationality restriction, the practical barriers move elsewhere: your degree class, your English test, your documents and your admission status. Those are the things that decide most Nigerian applications, not the passport.
Of the four awards, one names tuition in its own text and one names health insurance. Those are the only two benefits stated explicitly anywhere on this page. Everything else about value, stipend, travel or accommodation is either not stated or not present in the listing, and we will not guess at it.
Two awards are labelled fully funded. One is labelled partially funded. One does not label its funding at all. Treat the label as the provider's own description, not as a promise about your particular offer. A fully funded award at postdoctoral level, for example, means something different from a fully funded Masters award, and the two are not interchangeable in what they cover.
Durations vary across the list: one award runs for 2 years, one for 3 years and one for 4 years. If you are planning a Nigerian transcript and courier timeline around a specific intake, match the duration to the level before you spend money on documents.
The requirements stated across these awards are consistent and predictable:
The admission offer requirement is the one that catches Nigerian applicants out. Where an award asks for an admission offer first, you cannot apply for the funding until a university has already admitted you. That pushes your timeline back by months, because admission itself depends on transcripts, degree certificates and often an English test. If you are working with a B.Sc or HND result, order your transcript early and confirm the courier option your school actually uses, because that step alone can take weeks.
Where a minimum degree class is stated, read the exact wording on the award page. Nigerian classifications do not map neatly onto every European scale, and providers sometimes accept a Second Class Upper where the wording suggests something stricter, or the reverse. Do not assume; check the award's own text.
Two awards ask for an English test score. If your degree was taught in English, some providers waive the test, but only where their own rules say so. Nothing on this page tells you a waiver applies, so treat the test as required until the award page says otherwise.
Two awards carry a date, two are still open, two are undated and two recur. The busiest months across the list are November and June, one award each.
The two closing soonest are:
The Helmut Veith Stipend is the one to look at first if you are a woman working in computer science. It is fully funded, it sits in the field this page names, and its November deadline is the nearest on the list. The Vienna International Postdoctoral Program is fully funded and run by Vienna BioCenter, with a June deadline that gives you a longer runway but a higher entry point.
The other two awards on the page are:
Note that the Webster Vienna deadlines fall in the same two months as the rest of the list, so if you are applying to more than one award here, plan for a May and November crunch rather than a steady spread.
Three providers are named across the four awards: Vienna BioCenter, Webster Vienna Private University and Abertay University. Vienna BioCenter and Webster Vienna are both Vienna-based, which matters if you are thinking about where you would actually live and what a student budget looks like in the city. Abertay University appears in this Austria collection, but check the award page for where the study itself takes place before you build a plan around it.
Because the list is small and institution-linked, most of these awards are effectively tied to one university or one research centre. That means your application is really two applications: admission to the institution, then the funding. Where an award asks for an admission offer first, the order is fixed and you cannot shortcut it.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics recorded 282 Nigerian students in Austria in 2024, ranking the country 37th as a destination for Nigerian students. That is a small number. It tells you two useful things. First, Austria is not a crowded destination, so you are unlikely to be competing against a large pool of Nigerian applicants for the same award. Second, there is not much of an established Nigerian student network to lean on for practical advice, so you should expect to handle document logistics, accommodation and arrival largely on your own.
Start with the two awards that are open to Nigerian applicants without a nationality restriction, and read their eligibility text in full. Then work backwards from the deadline. If the award asks for an admission offer first, your real deadline is months earlier than the one printed on the page.
Order your transcript and degree certificate now, before you know whether you need them. Confirm your English test position, and if a test is required, book it early enough that the result arrives before the funding deadline, not after. Line up your referees and give them the award details rather than a vague request.
Two things to hold onto. The funding labels on this page are the providers' own descriptions, not guarantees about your offer. And where an award does not state its eligibility or its funding, that is a gap in the listing, not a signal that you qualify or that it pays for anything in particular. Open the award page and read the provider's wording before you commit time or money.
Austria is more than just a country of breathtaking Alps, historical cities, and rich culture — it is also a hub for world-class education and cutting-edge research. for Nigerian students, Austria offers a range of fully funded scholarshipsthat make it possible to pursue higher education without financial stress. Whether you are planning to apply for a master’s, doctoral program, or specialized research fellowship, Austria’s funding ecosystem is diverse and generous.
This guide explores the top fully funded scholarships in Austria, covering eligibility, benefits, deadlines, and application processes — all based on the latest available official information.
*UNESCO Institute for Statistics, inbound internationally mobile students from Nigeria, 2024.
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