List of Universities in Nigeria, Location and Types

What do you want to know about your University, or the University of your choice here in Nigeria?

Don’t worry anymore, because right here and now, here’s all the information you NEED to know about your school or preferred academic institution in Nigeria.

We have compiled all the names of the Federal Republic of Nigeria National Universities Commission (NUC) Nigeria Universities approved lists.

This lists contains the following:

Names of each Universities, their state, common abbreviation, their exact location, funding and the year in which they were founded. It’s a full guide to knowing your University better than 90% of your fellow students!

Take note, that this is a list of universities in Nigeria. Nigeria is a country, which is organised into 36 states and a federal capital territory (FCT) which is located in FCT. Abuja.

What made Nigeria one of the greatest Africa countries today, was as a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, which helped the Nigerian government built tertiary education to reach every sub-region of Nigeria.

You should be aware, that the federal government and the state governments were previously, the only bodies which were licensed to operate and own a universities. However, this has changed recently, as licenses have been granted to individuals, corporate bodies and religious bodies to establish private universities in the country, as far as it meets the country’s requirements for establishing a learning institution.

Some persons are not yet aware, that the National Universities Commission (NUC) is the major accreditation and regulatory body, which helps in the enforcement of a uniform standard and sets admissions capacity of every universities in Nigeria, which has helped the country immensely to be among the top in the World today.

Name	State	Abbreviation	Type	Location	Funding	Founded
Abia State University	Abia	ABSU	University	Uturu	State	1981
Afe Babalola University	Ekiti	ABUAD	University	Ado-Ekiti	Private	2009
Akwa Ibom State University of Science and Technology	Akwa Ibom	AKUTECH	Science and Technology	Uyo	State	2010
American University of Nigeria	Adamawa	AUN	University	Yola	Private	2005
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University	Bauchi	ATBU	University	Bauchi	Federal	1980
Adamawa State University	Adamawa	ADSU	University	Mubi	State	2002
Achievers University	Ondo	AC	University	Owo	Private	2007
Ahmadu Bello University	Kaduna	ABU	University	Zaria	Federal	1962
Al-Hikmah University	Kwara	AHU	Islamic	Ilorin	Private	2005
Ambrose Alli University	Edo	AAU	University	Ekpoma	State	1981
Anambra State University formerly Anambra State University Of Science And Technology	Anambra	ANSU	University	Uli	State	2000
Ajayi Crowther University	Oyo	ACU	University	Oyo	Private	1853
Bayero University	Kano	BUK	University	Kano	Federal	1977
Babcock University	Ogun	BU	University	Ilishan-Remo	Private	1959
Bells University of Technology	Ogun	BUT	Technology	Ota	Private	2004
Benson Idahosa University	Edo	BIU	University	Benin City	Private	2002
Benue State University	Benue	BSU	University	Makurdi	State	1992
ECWA Bingham University	Nassarawa	BU	University	New Karu	Private	2005
Bowen University	Osun	BU	University	Iwo	Private	2002
Bukar Abba Ibrahim University	Yobe	YSU	University	Damaturu	State	2006
Cetep University	Lagos	CU	University	Lagos	Private
Caleb University	Lagos	CUl	University	Ikorodu, Lagos	Private	2008
Caritas University	Enugu	CU	University	Enugu	Private	2004
City University	Lagos	CU	University	Yaba	Private
National Open University of Nigeria	Lagos	NOUN	University	Victoria Island, Lagos	Federal	1983
City University of Technology	Kaduna	CUT	University	Kaduna	Private
Covenant University	Ogun	CU	University	Ota	Private	2002
Crawford University	Ogun	CU	University	Faith City, Igbesa	Private	2005
Crawford University	Ekiti	CU	University	Oye-Ekiti Campus	Private	2005
Crescent University	Ogun	CU	University	Abeokuta	Private	2005
Cross River State University of Technology	Cross River	CRSUT	Technology	Ekpo-Abasi, Calabar	State
Delta State University, Abraka	Delta	DELSU	University	Abraka	State	1992
Ebonyi State University	Ebonyi	EBSU	University	Abakaliki	State	1996
Elizade University	Ondo		University	Ilara-Mokin	Private	2012
Fountain University, Osogbo	Osun	FUO	University	Osun	Private	2007
Federal University, Dutsin-Ma	Katsina	FUDM	University	Katsina	Federal
Federal University of Technology Akure	Ondo	FUTA	Technology	Akura	Federal	1981
Gregory University	Abia		University	Uturu	Private	2012
Godfrey Okoye University	Enugu	GOU	University	Enugu	Private	2009
Landmark University	Kwara	LU	University	Omu-Aran	Private	2011
Lagos State University	Lagos	LASU	University	Ojo, Lagos State	State	1983
Nigerian Turkish Nile University	FCT	NTNU	University	Abuja	Private	1998
Taraba State University	Taraba		University	Jalingo	state	2011
University of Benin	Benin City	UNIBEN	University	Benin City, Edo State	Federal	1970
University of Calabar	Calabar	UNICAL	University	Calabar, Cross River State	Federal	1975
University of Lagos	Lagos	UNILAG	University	Lagos, Lagos State	Federal	1962
University of Port Harcourt	Rivers	UPH	University	Port Harcourt, Rivers State	Federal	1975
University of Nigeria, Nsukka	Enugu	UNN	University	Enugu	Federal	1955
Veritas University (Catholic University of Nigeria) Abuja	Abuja	VUNA	University	Bwari	Private	2007

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