Number of universities in Nigeria 2024, by ownership

There were over 270 universities in Nigeria as of 2024, two of which were founded within the first half of that year. Of the total count, 149 were private while state and federal universities added up to 63 and 62, respectively. Some of Nigeria's oldest universities are the University of Ibadan, the University of Nigeria, the Obafemi Awolowo University, and the University of Lagos. These four institutions were founded between the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1960s. Nigeria’s biggest institutesAs of 2019, the National Open University of Nigeria was the largest university in Nigeria by number of students. The number of all students enrolled in this institution reached 565,000 in the said year. The National Open University of Nigeria is one of the largest open and distance learning institutes in Africa. It is based in Abuja but has several campuses across Nigeria. What Nigerians study the mostThere were over 1.8 million full-time undergraduate university students in Nigeria as of 2019. Sciences and social sciences were the most common disciplines chosen by Nigerian students. Administration and management followed as the third most popular faculty. Among master and diploma students, however, administration and management had the largest number of students.

截至2024年，尼日利亚共有超过270所大学，其中两所成立于该年度的前半期。在总数中，私人大学占149所，而州立和联邦大学分别达到63所和62所。尼日利亚最古老的大学包括伊巴丹大学、尼日利亚大学、奥巴费米·阿沃洛沃大学和拉各斯大学。这四所大学始建于1940年代末至1960年代初。就2019年而言，尼日利亚国家开放大学在学生人数上成为该国最大的大学，当年该校注册学生总数达到56.5万名。尼日利亚国家开放大学是非洲最大的开放和远程学习机构之一，总部位于阿布贾，并在尼日利亚各地设有多个校区。尼日利亚学生最热衷的学科领域截至2019年，尼日利亚有超过180万名全日制本科生。科学和社会科学是尼日利亚学生最常选择的学科，其次是管理行政，位居第三。然而，在硕士和文凭学生中，管理行政学科的学生人数最多。