Approved Schools

The Council has approved Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, Post Basic Nursing, and Departments of Nursing with the Accreditation Status and Admission Quota On State Basis.

Presently there are Two Hundred and Ninety (400) Nursing Training Institutions in Nigeria. Find below the list of Nursing Training Institutions in Nigeria approved by the Council as at January 2025.

SUMMARY/STATISTICS OF APPROVED SCHOOL

 

S/N

KEY

DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL

Total No

No ON EMBARGO

  1 SON School of Nursing (Basic)

117

  2 SOMBP Schools of Midwifery (Basic/ Post Basic)

111

  3 SOPN Schools of Post Basic Nursing Specialties

72

  4 DON Departments of Nursing Sciences

43

  5 CMP Community Midwifery Programme

27

  6 CNP Community Nursing Programme

30

DEPARTMENTS OF NURSING UNDER ACCREDITATION PROCESS

The following institutions have been visited on advisory capacity by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and were granted permission to admit based on their available resources annually pending accreditation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The institutions and their admission quota are indicated below:  

NAME OF INSTITUTION                   

  1. Department of Nursing, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State
  2. Department of Nursing Science, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
  3. Department of Nursing Science, Abundance Wisdom University, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
  4. Department of Nursing Sciences, Topfaith University, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
  5. Dept. of Nursing, Peters University, Achina, Anambra State                    
  6. Faculty of Nursing Science, Federal University of Health Science, Azare, Bauchi State                
  7. Department of Nursing Sciences, Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State
  8. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Otueke, Bayelsa State                         
  9. Department of Nursing Bayelsa Medical University Sciences, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.          
  10. Department of Nursing Science, Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State 
  11. Department of Nursing Sciences, Al- Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State
  12. Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State                                 
  13. Department of Nursing Sciences, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Delta State                   
  14. Department of Nursing Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State       
  15. Department of Nursing Science, David Umahi University of Medical Sciences, Ebonyi State.             
  16. Department of Nursing Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti Ekiti State       
  17. Faculty of Nursing, Hillside University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State                       
  18. Department of Nursing Sciences, Olusegun Agagu University, Ekitipupa, Ondo State                
  19. Faculty of Nursing, Maduka University, Enugu, Enugu State
  20. Department of Nursing Sciences, Coal City University, Enugu, Enugu State.                            
  21. Department of Nursing Science, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Enugu State                        
  22. Department of Nursing Sciences, Peaceland University, Enugu State
  23. Department of Nursing Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe, Gombe State                     
  24. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Claretian University, Nekede, Imo State
  25. Department of Nursing Science, Khadijat University, Majia, Jigawa State                                
  26. Department of Nursing Science, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.                               
  27. Department of Nursing Science, Kaduna State University, Kachia, Kaduna State                      
  28. Department of Nursing Science, Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State                                   
  29. Faculty of Nursing, Franco- British University, Kaduna Kaduna State                             
  30. Department of Nursing Science, Skyline University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State                        
  31. Department of Nursing Science, Capital City University, Kano, Kano State                       
  32. Department of Nursing Sciences, Al-Qalam University, Katsina State
  33. Department of Nursing Sciences, Kebbi State University, Birning-Kebbi, Kebbi State                  
  34. Department of Nursing, Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State        
  35. Department of Nursing Science, Prince Audu Abubakar University, Anyigba, Kogi State           
  36. Department of Nursing Sciences, Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State                                   
  37. Department of Nursing Sciences, Kwara State University, Malelte, Kwara State                       
  38. Faculty of Nursing Caleb University, Lagos, Lagos State                   
  39. Department of Nursing Sciences, Anchor University, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State                         
  40. Department of Nursing Sciences, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State.                       
  41. Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Medical Science, Lagos, Lagos State                  
  42. Department of Nursing Science, Ave Maria University, Lafia, Nasarawa State                          
  43. Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State                           
  44. Department of Nursing Science, New Gate University, Minna, Niger State                               
  45. Department of Nursing Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State          
  46. Department of Nursing Sciences, Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Ogun State                         
  47. Department of Nursing Science, Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State                            
  48. Department of Nursing Science, Sam Maris University, Supare, Akoko, Ondo State                  
  49. Department of Nursing Science, Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State       
  50. Faculty of Nursing, University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State          
  51. Department of Nursing Science, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State
  52. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Osun State
  53. Department of Nursing Sciences, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State.
  54. Dept. of Nursing, Nort-West University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  55. Department of Nursing Science, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State.
  56. Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
  57. Department of Nursing Sciences, Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
  58. Department of Nursing Sciences, Zamfara State University, Talatar Mafara, Zamfara State
  59. Department of Nursing Sciences, Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT.
  60. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, FCT.
  61. Department of Nursing Science, Lawrence Margaret Galili University, Abuja, FCT.
  62. Department of Nursing Sciences, Baze University, Abuja, FCT.
  63. Department of Nursing Sciences, University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
  64. Department of Nursing Sciences, Western University
NOTE:
  • FULL ACCREDITATION STATUS LASTS FOR FIVE (5) YEARS
  • PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION STATUS LASTS FOR TWO (2) YEARS
  • EMBARGO ON STUDENTS’ INTAKE IS INDEFINITE UNTIL DEFICIENCIES ARE RECTIFIED & RESOURCE VERIFICATION VISIT  CONDUCTED AND DECISION TAKEN TO LIFT THE EMBARGO  BY THE BOARD
  • DENIED/WITHDRAWN ACCREDITATION STATUS IS INDEFINITE UNTIL DEFICIENCIES ARE RECTIFIED & RE-ACCREDITATION VISIT CONDUCTED AND DECISION TAKEN BY THE BOARD
  • THE ABOVE LIST IS SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE ABOVE WILL ALSO SERVE AS A GUIDE TO PARENTS/GUARDIANS SEEKING ADMISSION FOR THEIR CHILDREN/WARDS.