Lists of 25 Universities with fully Accredited Courses In Nigeria 2021

 Lists of  25 Universities with fully Accredited Courses In Nigeria for 2021 ranking

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In Nigeria presently, only 25 universities have their courses fully accredited. This was revealed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in its 2021 universities ranking on Tuesday.

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25 Universities with fully Accredited Courses In Nigeria 2021 

NUC stated that less than 70 per cent of courses offered by the other ivory towers are accredited.

Only 8 out of the 113 universities that the NUC focused on, including the Nigeria Army University, Biu, in Borno State and Air Force Institute of Technology, have none of their courses accredited by the NUC the document showed. Nigeria has 170 public and private universities.

The commission made it clear that none of the 113 universities has a full complement of professors.

Best Universites in Nigeria not having its courses fully Accredited

In its “2021 Nigeria University system rankings” dated December 11, 2021, the NUC also rated the University of Ibadan (UI) as the country’s best with 454.56 points.

The premier university is trailed by Redeemers University (RUN) with 384.96 points; Covenant University (368.11 points); Ladoke Akintoka University, Ogbomoso (315.23 points) and Federal University of Technology Akure (264.14 points).

Despite ranking the best Universities in Nigeria, none of the these institutions was listed among the 25 institution that have their courses 100 per cent accredited.

Lists of  25 Universities with Fully Accredited Courses In Nigeria

1. Adeleke University Osun State;
2. Al-Qalam University, Katsina State;
3. Caleb University, Lagos State;
4. Chrisland University, Lagos State;
5. Crescent University, Ogun
6. Hallmark University, Ogun State;
7. Hezekiah University, Imo State;
8. Ibrahim Babangida University, Niger State;
9. Igbenedion University, Edo State;
10. Kano University of Science and Technology, Kano;
11. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology,
12. Kogi State University and  Maitama
13. McPherson University, Ogun State;
14. Mountain Top University, Ogun State;
15. Niger Delta University,
16. Delta State; Nigeria Defence Academy;
17. PAMO University of Medical Science, River State;
18. Rivers State University;
19. Samuel Adegboyega University, Edo State;
20. Summit University, Kwara State;
21. Umaru Musa Yar’Ardua University, Katsina State.
22. Sule University, Kano State.
23. Federal University Lokoja,
24. Federal University, Wukari,
25. Federal University, Kashere.

According to NUC, the ranking was coordinated by a team of experts drawn from the academic planning units of 91 universities, with former NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Peter Okebukola as head of the team.

Reports has it that 31 universities have over 90 per cent of their courses accredited. Twenty have over 80 percent accredited; 11 have above 70 per cent and 11 with between zero and 50 per cent accredited courses.

List of Universities with Zero Course Accreditation

There other Six universities without a single course accreditation except the Nigeria Army University and Air Force Institute of Technology.

The six universities are;

• Admiralty University,
• Bayelsa Medical University,
• Dominion University,
• Skyline University,
• Spiritas University, and
• The Technical University.

Other universities missing from the ranking include; Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Taraba State University, Bukar Abba University (Yobe State university),  Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Novena University, Federal University of Petroleum Studies, Maritime University among those missing from the ranking.

This is the latest update about Nigerian university ranking and course accreditation for the year 2021. Stay updated for next year (2022) ranking of the Universities.

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