66 Best universities for Nursing in Nigeria

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Nursing. A graph of 422K citations received by 29.6K academic papers made by 66 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 Nursing

#7 in Africa

#349 in the World

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

2. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Nursing

#18 in Africa

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

3. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Nursing

#25 in Africa

#729 in the World

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

4. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Nursing

#33 in Africa

#792 in the World

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

5. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Nursing

#41 in Africa

#948 in the World

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

6. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Nursing

#42 in Africa

#954 in the World

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

7. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Nursing

#47 in Africa

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

8. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Nursing

#56 in Africa

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

9. Bayero University Kano

For Nursing

#62 in Africa

#1303 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

10. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Nursing

#64 in Africa

#1360 in the World

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

11. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Nursing

#71 in Africa

#1479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

12. Lagos State University

For Nursing

#72 in Africa

#1487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

13. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Nursing

#78 in Africa

#1562 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

14. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Nursing

#80 in Africa

#1598 in the World

Founded: 2000

15. University of Jos

For Nursing

#81 in Africa

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

16. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Nursing

#87 in Africa

#1728 in the World

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

17. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Nursing

#88 in Africa

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

18. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Nursing

#90 in Africa

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

19. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Nursing

#95 in Africa

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

20. Covenant University

For Nursing

#98 in Africa

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

21. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Nursing

#100 in Africa

#1909 in the World

Founded: 1975

22. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Nursing

#104 in Africa

#2022 in the World

Founded: 1992

23. University of Uyo

For Nursing

#105 in Africa

#2037 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Nursing

#109 in Africa

#2133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

25. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Nursing

#119 in Africa

#2290 in the World

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

26. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Nursing

#125 in Africa

#2380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

27. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Nursing

#134 in Africa

#2489 in the World

Founded: 1981

28. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Nursing

#137 in Africa

#2536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

29. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Nursing

#144 in Africa

#2724 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

30. Lead City University

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Nursing

#145 in Africa

#2726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2005

31. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Nursing

#146 in Africa

#2745 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

32. Ondo State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Okitipupa

For Nursing

#148 in Africa

#2753 in the World

Founded: 2008

33. Ambrose Alli University

Nigeria | Ekpoma

For Nursing

#152 in Africa

#2809 in the World

Founded: 1980

34. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Nursing

#156 in Africa

#2908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

35. Benue State University

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Nursing

#157 in Africa

#2939 in the World

Founded: 1992

36. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Nursing

#160 in Africa

#2983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

37. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

For Nursing

#161 in Africa

#2989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2011

38. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Nursing

#163 in Africa

#3067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

39. Kaduna State University

Nigeria | Kaduna

For Nursing

#164 in Africa

#3071 in the World

Founded: 2004

40. Imo State University

Nigeria | Owerri

For Nursing

#173 in Africa

#3178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

41. Redeemer's University

For Nursing

#181 in Africa

#3280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2005

42. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Nursing

#185 in Africa

#3367 in the World

Founded: 2002

43. Abia State University

Nigeria | Uturu

For Nursing

#187 in Africa

#3417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

44. Bowen University

For Nursing

#188 in Africa

#3452 in the World

Enrollment: 4,751
Founded: 2001

45. Bingham University

Nigeria | Auta Balifi

For Nursing

#190 in Africa

#3481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 2005

46. Gombe State University

Nigeria | Gombe

For Nursing

#193 in Africa

#3523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2004

47. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Nursing

#197 in Africa

#3556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 2000

48. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Nursing

#200 in Africa

#3590 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

49. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Nursing

#206 in Africa

#3701 in the World

Founded: 1988

50. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Nursing

#208 in Africa

#3774 in the World

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

51. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Nursing

#209 in Africa

#3775 in the World

Founded: 1988

52. Federal University, Birnin Kebbi

Nigeria | Birnin Kebbi

For Nursing

#212 in Africa

#3806 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 2013

53. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Nursing

#215 in Africa

#3825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

54. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Nursing

#223 in Africa

#3880 in the World

Founded: 1988

55. Kwara State University

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Nursing

#227 in Africa

#3930 in the World

Founded: 2009

56. Novena University

Nigeria | Ogume

For Nursing

#228 in Africa

#3934 in the World

Founded: 2005

57. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Nursing

#230 in Africa

#3964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

58. Nasarawa State University

Nigeria | Keffi

For Nursing

#256 in Africa

#4227 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 2002

59. American University of Nigeria

For Nursing

#257 in Africa

#4229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2004

60. Adeleke University

For Nursing

#258 in Africa

#4233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 2011

61. Federal University, Lokoja

Nigeria | Lokoja

For Nursing

#259 in Africa

#4239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2011

62. Igbinedion University Okada

Nigeria | Okada

For Nursing

#263 in Africa

#4297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1999

63. Kogi State University

Nigeria | Anyigba

For Nursing

#268 in Africa

#4331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1999

64. Akwa Ibom State University

Nigeria | Ikot Akpad

For Nursing

#272 in Africa

#4376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2009

65. Crescent University, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Nursing

#280 in Africa

#4452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Founded: 2005

66. Federal University, Lafia

Nigeria | Lafia

For Nursing

#283 in Africa

#4484 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2011

The best cities to study Nursing in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ibadan, Nsukka, Ife, and Lagos.

Medicine subfields in Nigeria

Anatomy and Physiology58

Anesthesiology37

Bioethics/Medical Ethics13

Clinical Psychology43

Critical Care Nursing35

Family medicine59

Forensic Science16

Gastroenterology and Hepatology46

Health Science62

Healthcare Management (MHA)54

Medical Physics2

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)45

Occupational Therapy5

Oncology and Cancer research46

Ophthalmology15

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine39

Physical Therapy35

Plastic Surgery4

Public Health76

Radiation Therapy7

Radiology and Nuclear medicine54

Respiratory Therapy2

Sonography and Ultrasound2

Sports / Exercise science6

Sports Medicine10