17 Best universities for Project Management in Nigeria

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Project Management. A graph of 18.8K citations received by 2.39K academic papers made by 17 universities in Nigeria was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Covenant University

For Project Management

#25 in Africa

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

2. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Project Management

#35 in Africa

#1242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 32,480
Founded: 1962

3. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Project Management

#41 in Africa

#1424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 48,680
Founded: 1962

4. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Project Management

#44 in Africa

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

5. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Project Management

#48 in Africa

#1515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

6. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Project Management

#52 in Africa

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

7. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Project Management

#55 in Africa

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1991

8. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Project Management

#57 in Africa

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

9. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Project Management

#60 in Africa

#1923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

10. Lagos State University

For Project Management

#62 in Africa

#1980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

11. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Project Management

#63 in Africa

#1998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

12. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Project Management

#64 in Africa

#2004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 130,000
Founded: 1999

13. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Project Management

#66 in Africa

#2060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 41,269
Founded: 1948

14. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Project Management

#68 in Africa

#2068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,181
Founded: 1982

15. University of Uyo

For Project Management

#70 in Africa

#2089 in the World

Founded: 1991

16. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Project Management

#80 in Africa

#2234 in the World

Founded: 2002

17. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Project Management

#82 in Africa

#2247 in the World

Founded: 1988

The best cities to study Project Management in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ota, Ife, Lagos, and Akure.