15 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 1.72M citations received by 261K academic papers made by 15 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
#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1975

2. University of Ibadan

For Petroleum Engineering

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

3. Covenant University

For Petroleum Engineering

#7 in Africa
#495 in the World
Acceptance Rate
98%
Founded
2002

4. University of Lagos

For Petroleum Engineering

#11 in Africa
#620 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

5. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Petroleum Engineering

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

6. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Petroleum Engineering

#17 in Africa
#737 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

7. University of Uyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#18 in Africa
#745 in the World
Founded
1991

9. Rivers State University

For Petroleum Engineering

#20 in Africa
#766 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

10. University of Nigeria

For Petroleum Engineering

#24 in Africa
#839 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

11. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Petroleum Engineering

#26 in Africa
#848 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

12. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Petroleum Engineering

#30 in Africa
#887 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

13. University of Benin

For Petroleum Engineering

#35 in Africa
#918 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

14. Afe Babalola University

For Petroleum Engineering

#37 in Africa
#984 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
2009

15. Ahmadu Bello University

For Petroleum Engineering

#40 in Africa
#1056 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

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.