UTME and direct entry applicants continue to ask for Top Ten Most Competitive Universities In Nigeria With Highest Numbers Of Applicants using 2022/2023 JAMB statistic. Its on this request that, we compiled list of Nigerian universities that are so competitive and became so difficult to gain admission due to huge numbers of their yearly applicants.
It is not new that, many university applicants continue to search for various top universities in Nigeria to study one course or the other.
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They continue to ask us for list of top universities in Nigeria for medicine, top universities in Nigeria for engineering, top universities in Nigeria for law, accounting, pharmacy and many others.
One may ask for why applicants continue to search for top universities, the answer is not far fetched as nobody wants to obtain degree from unrecognized universities or schools where most of their courses is not accredited.
Though, there are lot of universities in Nigeria, but we have compiled the list of top ten most sough-ted after universities in Nigeria.
Note: This is not in anyway related to ranking of the universities, rather than that of the most applied for universities in Nigeria through UTME.
List of Most Competitive Universities In Nigeria To See Admission
This is based on the JAMB newly released statistics of applicants into each school in Nigeria in the 2022/2023 academic session.
1. University of Lagos, UNILAG: Unilag is a wester university on the list and the second most applied university in Nigeria. It can said to be the most populous university in the south westt and off course it also fall among the most sough-ted after universities in Nigeria.
In 2021/2022 UTME, Unilag had a total number of 120,000 applicants. Unilag minimum cut off mark was 180 in 2022 .
2. University of Ilorin, UNILORIN (Better By Far): For some years now, university of Ilorin (my alma mata) has been on the lead of Nigerian universities by having the highest applicants in UTME. Yet again in 2022, University of Ilorin topped the list with 102,000 Candidates. Check out the list of most competitive courses in UNILORIN.
UNILORIN minimum UTME cut off mark for 2022 was 180, while the highest was 265. The school admission capacity is slightly less than 12,000 per year. You can now reason why admission is so competitive in UNILORIN.
3. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN): Just like the top three Universities, UNN is also a Federal university in Nigeria. In 2021/2022 UTME exercise, UNN was ranked number four universities in Nigeria with high numbers of applicants with 66,486 candidates that seek for admission into the school. The cut off mark was 200 2022.
4. University of Ibadan, UI: UI is a pioneer university in Nigeria and well known for it reputable academic excellence. In 2022/2022, university of Ibadan had a total numbers of 63,791applicants. University of Ibadan’s cut off mark is always 200. See University of Ibadan school fees here.
5. University of Benin, (UNIBEN): University of Benin is a great school with strong academic repute. UNIBEN offers many courses in various faculties and departments. Every year, thousands of UTME and direct entry applicants do turn out and apply for admission into UNIBEN.
In 2021/2022 UTME, 49,361 Candidates applied for admission into UNIBEN. That placed it on the third position on the list. UNIBEN minimum cut off mark is always 200.
6. Bayero University Kano, BUK: In 2021/2022 UTME, Bayero University Kano also had a great numbers of admission seekers who applied for admission into their school with the total numbers of 56,261 applicants.
This places BUK in the 6th position of the most applied universities in Nigeria. BUK cut off mark was 180. You can check the list of courses offer in BUK here.
7. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU: Just like IFE students will hail. “Great Ife”… The school is a Federal university in Nigeria with total number of 48,646 UTME admission applicants in 2021/2022. OAU minimum cut off mark is 200. OAU is the 7th most applied university in Nigeria.
8. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (UNIZIK): UNIZIK is also a Federal University in Nigeria. It was placed on the 8th position in 2021/2022 UTME with 48,554 applicants list. UNIZIK offers degree and post graduate programmes in various faculties and courses. UNIZIK cut off mark was 180.
10. University of Jos, UNIJOS: This is the last on the list, with the total number of 46,082 admission seekers into University of Jos it maintain the 10th position. UNIJOS cut off mark was 200 in 2022.
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