The Oldest Universities In Nigeria

Nigeria is one of the Largest country in African continent with highest population of peoples. Nigeria has over 200 Universities across the state, which includes Public and Private Universities. The public universities Compromised of both Federal and State Universities.

The Oldest Universities in Nigeria were outlined below in a tabular Form. We designed two tables the first table is for federal Universities and while the Second is for State universities.

Oldest Federal Universities

We recorded the Oldest federal Universities in Nigeria. The recorded content the Name of University, Location of University, year of established and the university years ago. Year of established are written accordingly from the upward to downward. Below is the List of oldest federal Universities in Nigeria:

Name Of University

Location Of University

Year Established

University Years
University of Ibadan Ibadan, Oyo State    1948 (76 years)
University of Nigeria Nsukka,Ituku Ozalla Enugu State    1960 (64 years)
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State    1962  (62 years)
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State    1962 (62 years)
University of Lagos Lagos    1962 (62 years)
University of Benin Benin City, Edo State    1970 (54 years)
Bayero University Kano State    1975  (49 years)
University of Calabar Calabar, Cross River    1975 (49 years)
University of Ilorin Ilorin, Kwara State    1975 (49 years)
University of Jos Jos, Plateau State    1975 (49 years)
University of Maiduguri Maiduguri, Borno State    1975 (49 years)
University of Port Harcort Port Harcort, River State    1975 (49 years)
Usman Damfodio University Sokoto State    1975 (49 years)
Federal University of Tech Owerri Owerri, Imo State    1980 (44 years)
Federal University of Tech Akure Akure, Ondo State    1981  (43 years)
Modibbo  Adama University  of Tech Yola, Adamawa State    1981 (43 years)
Federal University of Tech Minna Minna, Niger State    1982  (42 years)
Nigerian Defence Academic Kaduna    1985 (39 years)
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University   Bauchi State    1988 (36 years)
University of Agriculture Makurdi Makurdi, Benue State    1988 (36 years)
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Abeokuta    1988 (36 years)
University of Abuja FCT, Abuja.    1988 (36 years)

Above the table, it is the 22 oldest federal Universities. The table also highlight the years of each Universities has since from the day of established/ founded the federal universities.

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State Universities

State Universities are those universities owned, monitor and control by the state government of each state in Nigeria. We have over 54 State Universities in Nigeria. We listed the 12 oldest State University in Nigeria According to their Name, Location, year Established and University years. See the list in a tabular Form below:

Name Of University

Location Of University Year Established University Years
Lagos State University of Education Lagos State      1958 (66 years)
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rumuolumeti, Rivers State      1971 (53 years)
Lagos State University of Science and Technology Lagos State      1977 (47 years)
Tai Solarin University of Education Ijagun, Ogun State      1978 (46 years)
Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu State      1979 (45 years)
Abia State University Uturu, Abia State       1981 (43 years)
Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State       1981 (43 years)
Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State       1981 (43 years)
Imo State University Owerri, Imo State       1981 (43 years)
Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun State       1982 (42 years)
Lagos State University Ojo, Lagos State      1983 (41 years)
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Oyo State       1990 (34 years)

The table above, highlight the 12 State Oldest Universities with their established year and the number of years of each Universities has since the establishing year.

Oldest Universities FQAS 

How many years did the University of Ibadan has since from the established date?

University of Ibadan is the most older university in with 1948 established year ( 76 years ago). The University of Ibadan was located in Ibadan Oyo State, the University has a 37,000 total of student  as of 2024.

How Many  Oldest Federal Universities Do We Have In Nigeria?

From 1948-1988, we have 22 oldest Federal Universities in Nigeria, and they are the one that has the Massive Number of Student.

How Many Oldest State Universities Do We Have In Nigeria?

From 1958-1990, roundgle we have 12 oldest State Universities in Nigeria and also, they among the top universities that have a higher population of Student.

How Many Universities Do We Have In Nigeria?

Nigerian is the largest country among the African continent, Nigeria have over 200 universities in Nigeria, the universities comes in both Public and Private Universities across the state in Nigeria. Nigeria has almost 42 Federal Universities, 54 State Universities and 108 Private Universities.

Conclusion

In a Conclusion, education play a pivotal role in any country, Nigeria country has over 180 Universities of both Federal, State and Private Universities across the state.

Table: 1

from the first table, University of Ibadan is the one that has Maximum of 76 years ago since from the day of established and while University of Abuja has the minimum of  36 years ago since From the of established. 

Table: 2 

From the table 2, Lagos State University of Education its the most older university with 66 years ago from the day of established the university and while Ladoke Onabanjo University of Technology was established in 1990, now 34 years ago.

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