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Fully Funded Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2026/2027
30 fully funded programmes are open for the 2026/2027 cycle, each verified against its own official page rather than copied from a listing service. "Fully funded" here means tuition plus a stipend, travel or both, stated by the provider itself — not Talentrah's own guess at what a scholarship is worth.
MScFully funded
Deadline: 20 Oct 2026MScFully funded
Deadline: 20 Oct 2026BScFully funded
Deadline: 6 Nov 2026MScFully funded
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026MScFully funded
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026MScFully funded
Deadline: 1 Dec 2026MScPhDFully funded
Deadline: 8 Dec 2026King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
KAUST Graduate Admission Funding (MS & PhD)
King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: 3 Jan 2027BScFully funded
Deadline: Harvard's admissions page states "Restrictive Early Action: November 1" and "Regular Decision: January 1," with no year printed alongside either date. Confirm the current cycle's exact date on the live page before relying on it.World Bank
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)
Partner universities worldwideMScFully funded
Deadline: Two application windows for the 2027 cycle — the exact dates are published in the application guidelines on the official page.BScFully funded
Deadline: Yale's application-deadlines page lists Single-Choice Early Action as November 1 and Regular Decision as January 2, with no year stated alongside either date. Confirm the current cycle's exact date on the live page before relying on it.MScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Not published yetBScFully funded
Deadline: Amherst's official calendar (amherst.edu/admission/apply/firstyear/calendar_deadlines), explicitly for Fall 2027 enrollment: Early Decision application due November 9, 2026 (financial aid materials due November 13, 2026; decisions early-to-mid December 2026); Regular Decision application due January 5, 2027 (financial aid due January 15, 2027; decisions March 20, 2027). Recorded as a note rather than a single date because Early Decision is binding and not the right choice for every applicant — an applicant not pursuing ED should use the January 5, 2027 Regular Decision date.The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) / São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
TWAS-FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries
São Paulo State research institutions (USP, UNICAMP, UNESP, UFABC, UFSCar, Unifesp), BrazilOtherFully funded
Deadline: No single candidate deadline. Per the official 2026 call (twas.org and FAPESP): supervisors at Sao Paulo State institutions must submit an expression of interest by 1 Nov 2026; the eligible-supervisor list is published 1 Dec 2026; the full proposal (submitted by the supervisor, naming the candidate) is due 1 Apr 2027. A Nigerian candidate should secure a supervisor's conditional acceptance well before the 1 Apr 2027 full-proposal deadline.MScFully funded
Deadline: 2026/27 cycle: page states "Applications for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for the 2026/27 academic year are now closed." No 2027/28 deadline published yet as of 2026-09-13.Princeton University
Princeton Need-Blind Financial Aid for International Undergraduates
Princeton UniversityBScFully funded
Deadline: Princeton's official dates-and-deadlines page states Single-Choice Early Action due "Nov. 1" and Regular Decision due "Jan. 1," with no year printed alongside either date. Confirm the current cycle's exact date on the live page before relying on it.Government of Japan (MEXT)
MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship
Japanese national and private universitiesBScMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Varies by country — applications run through your local Japanese embassy, which sets the deadline. See the official source.DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)
Participating German universitiesMScPG DiplomaFully funded
Deadline: Varies by course — each EPOS programme publishes its own deadline in its call for applications. See the official source for your course.MScFully funded
Deadline: Varies by programme — each joint master's consortium sets its own deadline, generally between October and January. See the official source.BScFully funded
Deadline: The official FAQ page states "International Deadline: November 30" but does not state which admission cycle (year) this refers to — no "Fall 2026/2027" qualifier appears on the fetched page. Confirm the current cycle's year on the live page, or on Berea's admissions calendar, before relying on it.Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Partner universities across Africa and abroadBScMScFully funded
Deadline: Varies by partner institution — each partner sets its own deadline. See the official source for your chosen university.French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Campus France)
Bourses du Gouvernement Francais (BGF) via Embassies
French embassies abroad (host institution set per embassy)MScPhDFully funded
Deadline: No national deadline: French government scholarships split roughly 25%/75% between the centrally-run Eiffel/Major programmes and awards made directly by individual French embassies abroad, each setting its own eligibility and deadline. Nigerian applicants should contact Campus France Nigeria / the Embassy of France in Nigeria (Abuja) for the current call.PhDFully funded
Deadline: Deadlines are course-specific. University of Cambridge Africa Programme page (cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk) states: "The deadline for Cambridge-Trust scholarships is usually the first week in December." No exact 2027/28 date published on either official page as of 2026-09-19 check.Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
KAIST International Graduate Scholarship
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: No single scholarship deadline: all three tracks (KAIST Scholarship, KGPS, KPS) are tied to the general graduate admission cycle, whose intake periods are named "Spring", "Fall Early" and "Fall Regular" with no specific dates published on this page. Confirm your intake's exact dates on KAIST's official admissions calendar.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Need-Blind Financial Aid for International Undergraduates
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBScFully funded
Deadline: MIT's official admissions pages state Early Action applications are due November 1 and Regular Action due January 4 (one MIT page) or January 5 (another MIT page) — the two official pages disagree on the exact January day, and neither states which admission cycle (year) the dates belong to. Confirm the current cycle's exact date on the live page before relying on it.Swiss Confederation (SERI)
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
Swiss universities and federal institutes of technologyMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Varies by country — applications opened 20 August 2026 and each country's deadline is set by the local Swiss embassy. See the official source for Nigeria's date.Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)
PTDF Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
Partner universities in the UK, Germany, France and MalaysiaMScPhDFully funded
Deadline: Not published yetBScFully funded
Deadline: Deadlines depend on the plan you choose: Early Decision I on 1 November, Early Decision II on 1 January, Regular Decision on 5 January, each at 11:59pm EST, with the financial-aid CSS Profile due shortly after. Check the official page for the year that applies to your intake.McGill University (Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program)
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University
McGill UniversityMScFully funded
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