List of universities in Nigeria

This is a list of universities in Nigeria. Nigeria is organised into 36 states and a federal capital territory (FCT) in Abuja. As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary education was expanded to reach every subregion of Nigeria. The federal government and the state governments were previously the only bodies licensed to operate universities. Recently, licenses have been granted to individuals, corporate bodies and religious bodies to establish private universities in the country.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) is the major accreditation and regulatory body that enforces uniform standard and sets admissions capacity of every university in Nigeria.[1]

Name State Abbreviation Type Location Funding Founded
Abia State UniversityAbiaABSUUniversityUturuState1981
Afe Babalola UniversityEkiti ABUADUniversity Ado-EkitiPrivate2009
Akwa Ibom State University of Science and TechnologyAkwa Ibom AKUTECHScience and Technology UyoState2010
American University of NigeriaAdamawaAUNUniversityYolaPrivate2005
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa UniversityBauchiATBUUniversityBauchiFederal1980
Adamawa State UniversityAdamawaADSUUniversityMubiState2002
Achievers UniversityOndoACUniversityOwoPrivate2007
Ahmadu Bello UniversityKadunaABUUniversityZariaFederal1962
Al-Hikmah UniversityKwaraAHUIslamicIlorinPrivate2005
Ambrose Alli UniversityEdoAAUUniversityEkpomaState1981
Anambra State University formerly Anambra State University Of Science And TechnologyAnambraANSUUniversityUliState2000
Ajayi Crowther UniversityOyoACUUniversityOyoPrivate1853 (1)
Bayero UniversityKanoBUKUniversityKanoFederal1977
Babcock UniversityOgunBUUniversityIlishan-RemoPrivate1959
Bells University of TechnologyOgunBUTTechnologyOtaPrivate2004
Benson Idahosa UniversityEdoBIUUniversityBenin CityPrivate2002
Benue State UniversityBenueBSUUniversityMakurdiState1992
ECWA Bingham UniversityNassarawaBUUniversityNew Karu Private2005
Bowen UniversityOsunBUUniversityIwoPrivate2002
Bukar Abba Ibrahim UniversityYobeYSUUniversityDamaturuState2006
Cetep UniversityLagosCUUniversityLagosPrivate
Caleb UniversityLagosCUlUniversityIkorodu, LagosPrivate2008
Caritas UniversityEnuguCUUniversityEnuguPrivate2004
City UniversityLagosCUUniversityYabaPrivate
National Open University of NigeriaLagosNOUNUniversityVictoria Island, LagosFederal1983
City University of TechnologyKadunaCUTUniversityKadunaPrivate
Covenant UniversityOgunCUUniversityOtaPrivate2002
Crawford UniversityOgunCUUniversityFaith City, IgbesaPrivate2005
Crawford UniversityEkitiCUUniversityOye-Ekiti CampusPrivate2005
Crescent UniversityOgunCUUniversityAbeokutaPrivate2005
Cross River State University of TechnologyCross RiverCRSUTTechnologyEkpo-Abasi, CalabarState
Delta State University, AbrakaDeltaDELSUUniversityAbrakaState1992
Ebonyi State UniversityEbonyiEBSUUniversityAbakalikiState1996
Elizade UniversityOndoUniversityIlara-MokinPrivate2012
Fountain University, OsogboOsunFUOUniversityOsunPrivate2007
Federal University, Dutsin-MaKatsinaFUDMUniversityKatsinaFederal
Federal University of Technology AkureOndoFUTATechnologyAkuraFederal1981
Gregory UniversityAbiaUniversityUturuPrivate2012
Godfrey Okoye UniversityEnuguGOUUniversityEnuguPrivate2009
Landmark UniversityKwaraLUUniversityOmu-AranPrivate2011
Lagos State UniversityLagosLASUUniversityOjo, Lagos StateState1983
Nigerian Turkish Nile UniversityFCTNTNUUniversityAbujaPrivate1998
Taraba State UniversityTarabaUniversityJalingostate2011
University of BeninBenin CityUNIBENUniversityBenin City, Edo StateFederal1970
University of CalabarCalabarUNICALUniversityCalabar, Cross River StateFederal1975
University of LagosLagosUNILAGUniversityLagos, Lagos StateFederal1962
University of Port HarcourtRiversUPHUniversityPort Harcourt, Rivers StateFederal1975
University of Nigeria, NsukkaEnuguUNNUniversityEnuguFederal1955
Veritas University (Catholic University of Nigeria) AbujaAbujaVUNAUniversityBwariPrivate2007

^Note 1 - as CMS Training Institution in Abeokuta prior to its relocation to Lagos from 1868 to 1896. It was retrospectively established at Oyo in March 1920.

See also

References

  1. "Departments - Tertiary". Ministry of Education (Nigeria). Retrieved 2010-03-17.

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