17 Best universities for Petroleum Engineering in Nigeria

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Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Petroleum Engineering. A graph of 20.4K citations received by 3.41K 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. University of Port Harcourt

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Africa
#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

2. University of Ibadan

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Africa
#422 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

3. Covenant University

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Africa
#505 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

4. Rivers State University

For Petroleum Engineering

#10 in Africa
#600 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

5. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Petroleum Engineering

#13 in Africa
#626 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

6. University of Lagos

For Petroleum Engineering

#14 in Africa
#636 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

8. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Petroleum Engineering

#20 in Africa
#797 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

9. University of Uyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#22 in Africa
#804 in the World
Founded
1991

10. University of Nigeria

For Petroleum Engineering

#28 in Africa
#902 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

11. Afe Babalola University

For Petroleum Engineering

#29 in Africa
#910 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
2009

12. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Petroleum Engineering

#30 in Africa
#937 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

13. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Petroleum Engineering

#33 in Africa
#960 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

14. University of Benin

For Petroleum Engineering

#39 in Africa
#1063 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

15. Ahmadu Bello University

For Petroleum Engineering

#40 in Africa
#1082 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

16. University of Calabar

For Petroleum Engineering

#42 in Africa
#1128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

17. Bayero University Kano

For Petroleum Engineering

#49 in Africa
#1245 in the World
Founded
1975

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