26 Best universities for Petroleum Engineering 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 Petroleum Engineering. A graph of 38.3K citations received by 4.9K academic papers made by 26 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 Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Africa

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

2. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Africa

#352 in the World

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

3. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Africa

#410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

4. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Petroleum Engineering

#7 in Africa

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

5. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Petroleum Engineering

#9 in Africa

#492 in the World

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

6. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Petroleum Engineering

#11 in Africa

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

7. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#14 in Africa

#621 in the World

Founded: 1991

8. Federal University of Petroleum Resources

Nigeria | Effurun

For Petroleum Engineering

#15 in Africa

#624 in the World

Founded: 2007

9. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Petroleum Engineering

#17 in Africa

#637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

10. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Petroleum Engineering

#18 in Africa

#641 in the World

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

11. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Petroleum Engineering

#20 in Africa

#741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

12. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Petroleum Engineering

#25 in Africa

#772 in the World

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

13. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Petroleum Engineering

#27 in Africa

#817 in the World

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

14. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Petroleum Engineering

#30 in Africa

#889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

15. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Petroleum Engineering

#32 in Africa

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

16. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Petroleum Engineering

#35 in Africa

#974 in the World

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

17. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Petroleum Engineering

#47 in Africa

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

18. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Petroleum Engineering

#48 in Africa

#1078 in the World

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

19. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Petroleum Engineering

#51 in Africa

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

20. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Petroleum Engineering

#53 in Africa

#1153 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

21. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Petroleum Engineering

#55 in Africa

#1207 in the World

Founded: 1992

22. African University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Abuja

For Petroleum Engineering

#56 in Africa

#1208 in the World

Founded: 2007

23. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Petroleum Engineering

#58 in Africa

#1237 in the World

Founded: 1988

24. Akwa Ibom State University

Nigeria | Ikot Akpad

For Petroleum Engineering

#70 in Africa

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2009

25. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Petroleum Engineering

#71 in Africa

#1379 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

26. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Petroleum Engineering

#72 in Africa

#1384 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

The best cities to study Petroleum Engineering in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Ota, and Lagos.