FULL LIST: NUC Releases List Of All Accredited Private Universities In Nigeria

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Nigeria now has one hundred and forty-seven private universities, following the recent provisional licences given to 37 more between January 1, 2023, and June 27, 2023, by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The latest data was obtained from the official website of the NUC, the regulatory body for universities in the country.

The increased number of private tertiary institutions across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of the federation is said to have become necessary due to the quest for quality university education owing to industrial crises and issues of poor funding in the public tertiary education sub-sector.

Below is the updated list of 147 private universities in Nigeria as approved by the NUC.

  1. Babcock University, Ogun State
  2. Madonna University, Anambra State
  3. Igbinedion University, Edo State
  4. Bowen University, Osun State
  5. Benson Idahosa University, Edo state
  6. Covenant University, Ogun state
  7. Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos State
  8. American University of Nigeria, Adamawa State
  9. Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State
  10. Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State
  11. AI-Qalam University, Katsina, Katsina State
  12. Bells University of Technology, Otta, Ogun State
  13. Bingham University, New-Karu, Nasarawa State
  14. Caritas University, Enugu, Enugu State
  15. Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State
  16. Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
  17. Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State
  18. Kwararafa University, Wukari, Taraba State
  19. Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Ogun State
  20. Renaissance University, Enugu, Enugu State
  21. University of Mkar, Mkar, Benue State
  22. Novena University, Ogume, Delta State
  23. Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State
  24. Veritas University, Abuja, FCT
  25. Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State
  26. African University of Science & Technology, Abuja
  27. Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State
  28. Fountain University, Oshogbo, Osun State
  29. Obong University, Obong Ntak, Akwa Ibom State
  30. Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State
  31. Wesley University of Science & Technology, Ondo State
  32. Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State
  33. Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State
  34. Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State
  35. Godfrey Okoye University, Ugwuomu-Nike, Enugu State
  36. Nigerian-Turkish Nile University, FCT Abuja
  37. Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State
  38. Paul University, Awka, Anambra State
  39. Rhema University, Obama-Asa, Rivers State
  1. Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State
  2. Baze University, FCT Abuja
  3. Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State
  4. Glorious Vision University (formerly Samuel Adegboyega University), Ogwa, Edo State
  5. McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo, Ogun State
  6. Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State
  7. Southwestern University, Oku Owa, Ogun State
  8. Evangel University, Ebonyi State
  9. Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State
  10. Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State
  11. Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State
  12. Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State
  13. Hallmark University, Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State
  14. Kings University Ode-Omu, Osun State
  15. Michael & Cecilia Ibru University, Owhode, Delta State
  16. Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State
  17. Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwalbom State
  18. Summit University, Offa, Kwara State
  19. Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State
  20. Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State
  21. Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State
  22. Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State
  23. Clifford University, Abia State
  24. Coal City University, Enugu state
  25. Ojaja University, Ilorin, Kwara state
  26. Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State
  27. Kola Daisi University., Ibadan, Oyo State
  28. Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State
  29. Spiritan University, Neochi, Abia State
  30. Precious Cornerstone, Ibadan, Oyo State
  31. PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
  32. Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State
  33. Eko University of Medical Sciences, Ijanikin, Lagos
  34. Skyline University, Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
  35. Greenfield University, Kasarami-Kaduna, Kaduna State
  36. Dominion University, Ibadan, Oyo State
  37. Trinity University, Laloko, Ogun State
  38. Westland University, Iwo, Osun State
  39. Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa-Ibom State
  40. Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State
  41. Maranatha University, Lekki, Lagos State
  42. Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State
  43. AL-Istigama University, Sumaila, Kano State
  44. Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State
  45. Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State
  46. Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State
  47. Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State
  48. Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
  49. James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos state
  50. Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
  51. Capital City University, Kano, Kano State
  52. Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State
  53. University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State
  54. Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
  55. Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
  56. Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja
  57. Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State
  58. Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State
  59. Saisa University Of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  60. Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State
  61. Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State
  62. Newgate University, Minna, Niger State
  63. European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
  64. Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  65. Rayhaan University, Kebbi State
  66. Muhammad Kamalud-Deen University, Ilorin, Kwara State
  67. Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State
  68. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
  69. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State
  70. Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State
  71. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State
  72. Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State
  73. Vision University, Ikogbo, Ogun State
  74. Azman University, Kano, Kano State
  75. Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State
  76. Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
  77. Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
  78. Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT
  79. Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-ljebu, Ogun State
  80. British Canadian University, Obudu, Cross River State
  81. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State
  82. Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State
  83. Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State
  84. Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State
  85. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
  86. Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano Kano State
  87. Venite University, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State
  88. Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State
  89. The Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State
  90. Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State
  91. Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT
  92. Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  93. West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State
  94. Amaj University, Abuja, FCT
  95. Prime University, Abuja, FCT
  96. El-Amin University, Niger State
  97. College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State
  98. Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State
  99. Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State
  100. Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT
  101. Al-Bayan University, Kogi state