Nigerian Universities Offering Open & Distance Learning Courses
List of Universities in Nigeria offering Distance Learning Education (Open & Distance Learning) in Nigeria.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has published the list of universities approved to operate Distance Learning Centres in Nigeria.
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) means that students should not be required to attend classes or have face-to-face contact unless there are compelling reasons to justify it. Such as Examinations, periodic facilitation and practicum.
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), with 72 study/resource centres nationwide, is currently the only Uni-mode university mandated for Open and Distance Learning in the delivery of university education.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved seventeen (17) universities which may be regarded as dual-mode universities with limited capacity to deliver degree programmes by open and distance learning (ODL) in addition to the conventional face-to-face mode
See also:
- List of Federal Universities in Nigeria.
- List of State Universities in Nigeria.
- List of Private Universities in Nigeria.
- List of Illegal Universities in Nigeria
- Top 100 Universities in Nigeria.
Universities Approved to Operate Distance Learning Centres in Nigeria
Below are the list of Distance Learning Centres in Nigeria and the programmes they offer.
| S/N | UNIVERSITIES | ODL CENTRES |
| 1 | University of Ibadan, Ibadan | UI Distance Learning Centre |
| 2 | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife | OAU Centre for Distance Learning |
| 3 | University of Lagos, Akoka | UNILAG Distance Learning Institute |
| 4 | University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri | UNIMAID Centre for Distance Learning |
| 5 | Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola | MAUTECH Centre for Distance Learning |
| 6 | University of Abuja, Abuja | UNIABUJA Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education |
| 7 | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso | LAUTECH Distance Learning Centre |
| 8 | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria | Distance Learning Centre ABU, Zaria |
| 9 | Lagos State University | Lagos State University Open and Distance Learning and Research Institute |
| 10 | Joseph Ayo Babalola University University | JABU Center for Distance Learning |
| 11 | University of Nigeria Nsukka | UNN Center for Distance and e-Learning |
| 12 | Babcock University Ilishan | Babcock Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning |
| 13 | Federal University of Technology Minna | FUTMINNA Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning |
| 14 | University of Ilorin | UNILORIN Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning |
| 15 | Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti | ABUAD Open and Distance Learning Centre |
| 16 | Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye | OOU Open and Distance Learning Centre |
| 17 | Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Portharcourt | IAUE Institute of Distance Education |
Follow the link below to access the programmes they are allowed to run.
Approved Programmes of Distance Learning Centers in Nigeria (PDF 76KB)
