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University of Ibadan, main gate. This is a list of universities in Nigeria.Nigeria is organised into 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary level of education was expanded to reach every sub-region of Nigeria.
Babcock University is a private Christian co-educational Nigerian university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The university is located at Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria, equidistant between Ibadan and Lagos. In 2017, the university had its first set of graduates from the Ben Carson School of Medicine. [2] [3]
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) is a public research university located in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. [4] [5] It is among the universities owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria and was founded in 1970. [6] The school currently has two campuses with fifteen faculties including a central library called the John Harris Library. [7]
The Development of Universities in Nigeria (London: Longman, 1971). Tibenderana, Peter K. Education and Cultural Change in Northern Nigeria, 1906–1966: A Study in the Creation of a Dependent Culture (Kampala: Fountain, 2003). Whitehead, Clive. "The ‘Two-way Pull’ and the Establishment of University Education in British West Africa."
The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria.Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe [5] [6] [7] who was the Governor General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963, [8] and first President of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966. [9]
American University of Nigeria The American University of Nigeria (AUN) is a private university in Yola the capital of Adamawa, Nigeria. It offers an American-style liberal arts higher education at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Founded in 2003, AUN, Africa’s first “Development University,” is accredited by the National ...
There are 205 accredited colleges of education and other NCE Certificate-Awarding institutions in Nigeria, consisting of 27 [1] federal, 82 private, and 54 state colleges of education. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Federal colleges
University of Ilorin, also known as UNILORIN, is a federal government-owned public-research university in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. [2] [3] The university's main campus sits on an expansive area of land, about 15,000 hectares in the ancient city of Ilorin; making it the largest university in Nigeria and one of the largest in Africa by landmass.