Universities in Nigeria

The University of Ibadan is Nigeria's oldest degree-awarding institution, founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London, a public research university known for medicine, sciences and postgraduate study.

Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, founded in 1962, is one of Nigeria's leading public universities, known for its large, architecturally distinctive campus.

Covenant University is a private Christian university in Ota, Ogun State, founded in 2002, known for engineering, sciences, business and a fully residential campus.