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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 July 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. Department 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. Department of Nursing Science, Venite University Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State  
  18. Faculty of Nursing, Hillside University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State                         
  19. Department of Nursing Sciences, Olusegun Agagu University, Okitipupa, Ondo State
  20. Faculty of Nursing, Maduka University, Enugu, Enugu State
  21. Department of Nursing Sciences, Coal City University, Enugu, Enugu State.
  22. Department of Nursing Science, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Enugu State
  23. Department of Nursing Sciences, Peaceland University, Enugu State
  24. Department of Nursing Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe, Gombe State          
  25. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Claretian University, Nekede, Imo State
  26. Department of Nursing Science, Khadijat University, Majia, Jigawa State.
  27. Department of Nursing Science, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.
  28. Department of Nursing Science, Kaduna State University, Kachia, Kaduna State          
  29. Department of Nursing Science, Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
  30. Faculty of Nursing, Franco- British University, Kaduna Kaduna State
  31. Department of Nursing Science, Skyline University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
  32. Department of Nursing Science, Capital City University, Kano, Kano State      
  33. Department of Nursing Sciences, Al-Qalam University, Katsina State
  34. Department of Nursing Sciences, Kebbi State University, Birning-Kebbi, Kebbi State      
  35. Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State
  36. Department of Nursing Sciences, Prince Audu Abubakar University, Anyigba, Kogi State
  37. Department of Nursing Sciences, Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State          
  38. Department of Nursing Sciences, Kwara State University, Malelte, Kwara State
  39. Faculty of Nursing Caleb University, Lagos, Lagos State  
  40. Department of Nursing Sciences, Anchor University, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State
  41. Department of Nursing Sciences, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State.
  42. Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Medical Science, Lagos, Lagos State      
  43. Department of Nursing Science, Ave Maria University, Lafia, Nasarawa State
  44. Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State
  45. Department of Nursing Science, New Gate University, Minna, Niger State
  46. Department of Nursing Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
  47. Department of Nursing Sciences, Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Ogun State
  48. Department of Nursing Science, Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State
  49. Department of Nursing Science, Sam Maris University, Supare, Akoko, Ondo State      
  50. Department of Nursing Science, Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State
  51. Faculty of Nursing, University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State                
  52. Department of Nursing Science, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State
  53. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Osun State
  54. Department of Nursing Sciences, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State
  55. Department of Nursing, Nort-West University, Sokoto, Sokoto State                          
  56. Department of Nursing Science, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State.
  57. Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
  58. Department of Nursing Sciences, Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
  59. Department of Nursing Sciences, Zamfara State University, Talatar Mafara, Zamfara State     
  60. Department of Nursing Sciences, Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT.                                    
  61. Faculty of Nursing Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, FCT.
  62. Department of Nursing Science, Lawrence Margaret Galili University, Abuja, FCT.                      
  63. Department of Nursing Sciences, Baze University, Abuja, FCT.     
  64. Department of Nursing Sciences, University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State          
  65. 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.