Universities in Nigeria

Notable Universities in Nigeria

A closer look at 20 universities in Nigeria. Founding year and language are from Wikidata. A dash means the source has nothing.

School	City	Type	Founded	Language
Yaba College of Technology	Yaba, Lagos	Public	1947	English
University of Ibadan	Ibadan	Public	1948	English
University of Nigeria	Nsukka	Public	1955	English, Igbo
Ahmadu Bello University	Zaria	Public	1962	English
University of Lagos	Lagos	Public	1962	English
Adeyemi College of Education	Ondo	Public	1964	English
Nigerian Defence Academy	Kaduna	Public	1964	—
Federal College Of Education (Technical), Akoka	Lagos	Public	1967	English
Polytechnic Ibadan	Ibadan	Public	1970	English
Auchi Polytechnic	Auchi	Public	1964	English
Bayero University Kano	Kano	Public	1962	English, American English
University of Calabar	Calabar	Public	1975	English
University of Ilorin	Ilorin	Public	1975	—
University of Jos	Jos	Public	1975	English
University of Maiduguri	Maiduguri	Public	1975	English
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto	Sokoto	Public	1975	English
Lagos State Polytechnic	Ikorodu	Public	1977	English
College of Education Ikere	Ikere-Ekiti	Public	1977	English
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University	Bauchi	Public	1982	English
Enugu State University of Science and Technology	Enugu	Public	1979	—