22 Best universities for Automotive Engineering in Nigeria

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Automotive Engineering. A graph of 23.3K citations received by 3.28K academic papers made by 22 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. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Automotive Engineering

#15 in Africa

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

2. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Automotive Engineering

#20 in Africa

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

3. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Automotive Engineering

#26 in Africa

#905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

4. Covenant University

For Automotive Engineering

#32 in Africa

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

5. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Automotive Engineering

#39 in Africa

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

6. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Automotive Engineering

#41 in Africa

#1345 in the World

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

7. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Automotive Engineering

#43 in Africa

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

8. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Automotive Engineering

#47 in Africa

#1426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

9. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Automotive Engineering

#50 in Africa

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

10. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Automotive Engineering

#54 in Africa

#1541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

11. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Automotive Engineering

#55 in Africa

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

12. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Automotive Engineering

#68 in Africa

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

13. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Automotive Engineering

#74 in Africa

#1791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

14. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Automotive Engineering

#76 in Africa

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

15. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Automotive Engineering

#80 in Africa

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

16. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Automotive Engineering

#83 in Africa

#1897 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

17. Federal University of Petroleum Resources

Nigeria | Effurun

For Automotive Engineering

#86 in Africa

#1954 in the World

Founded: 2007

18. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Automotive Engineering

#88 in Africa

#1968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

19. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Automotive Engineering

#98 in Africa

#2084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

20. Bayero University Kano

For Automotive Engineering

#102 in Africa

#2134 in the World

Founded: 1975

21. University of Uyo

For Automotive Engineering

#105 in Africa

#2154 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

For Automotive Engineering

#107 in Africa

#2172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 2011

The best cities to study Automotive Engineering in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ibadan, Nsukka, Owerri, and Ota.

Engineering subfields in Nigeria

Acoustical Engineering36

Aerospace Engineering47

Agricultural Engineering13

Architectural Engineering4

Automation and Control engineering4

Biochemical Engineering3

Biotechnology51

Chemical Engineering56

Civil Engineering38

Computer Engineering5

Computer Networking47

Construction Management4

Electrical Engineering65

Electronic Engineering19

Engineering Management4

Environmental Engineering49

Firefighting and Fire Science4

Geotechnical Engineering52

Human-Computer Interaction5

Landscape Architecture5

Materials Science75

Mechanical Engineering63

Metallurgical Engineering66

Mining Engineering25

Nanotechnology47

Nuclear Engineering2

Operations Research9

Optical Engineering66

Petroleum Engineering17

Reliability and Quality Engineering11

Remote Sensing13

Renewable Energy Engineering27

Structural Engineering36

Systems Engineering24

Telecommunications54

Transportation Engineering10