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 August 2022.
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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
- Department of Nursing, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
- Department of Nursing Science, Abundance Wisdom University, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Topfaith University, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
- Department of Nursing, Peters University, Achina, Anambra State
- Faculty of Nursing Science, Federal University of Health Science, Azare, Bauchi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State
- Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Otueke, Bayelsa State
- Department of Nursing Bayelsa Medical University Sciences, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
- Department of Nursing Science, Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Al- Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Delta State
- Department of Nursing Science, Novena University, Delta State.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
- Department of Nursing Science, David Umahi University of Medical Sciences, Ebonyi State.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Well-Spring University, Edo State
- Department of Nursing Science, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Department of Nursing Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Department of Nursing Science, Venite University Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Faculty of Nursing, Hillside University, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Faculty of Nursing, Maduka University, Enugu, Enugu State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Coal City University, Enugu, Enugu State.
- Department of Nursing Science, Enugu University of Science and Tech, Enugu State.
- Department of Nursing Science, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Enugu State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Peaceland University, Enugu State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe, Gombe State
- Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Claretian University, Nekede, Imo State
- Department of Nursing Science, Khadijat University, Majia, Jigawa State
- Department of Nursing Science, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.
- Department of Nursing Science, Greenfield University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
- Department of Nursing Science, Kaduna State University, Kachia, Kaduna State
- Department of Nursing Science, Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
- Faculty of Nursing, Franco- British University, Kaduna Kaduna State
- Department of Nursing Science, Skyline University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
- Department of Nursing Science, Capital City University, Kano, Kano State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Al-Qalam University, Katsina State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Kebbi State University, Birning-Kebbi, Kebbi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Prince Audu Abubakar University, Anyigba, Kogi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko, Kwara State
- Faculty of Nursing Caleb University, Lagos, Lagos State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Anchor University, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Medical Science, Lagos, Lagos State
- Department of Nursing Science, Ave Maria University, Lafia, Nasarawa State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State
- Department of Nursing Science, New Gate University, Minna, Niger State
- Department of Nursing Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Ogun State
- Department of Nursing Science, Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Olusegun Agagu University, Ekitipupa, Ondo State
- Department of Nursing Science, Sam Maris University, Supare, Akoko, Ondo State
- Department of Nursing Science, Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State
- Department of Nursing Science, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State
- Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Osun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Ajayi Crowder University, Oyo, Oyo State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Department of Nursing, Nort-West University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Saisa University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Taraba State University, Taraba State
- Department of Nursing Science, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Zamfara State University, Talatar Mafara, Zamfara State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT.
- Faculty of Nursing Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, FCT.
- Department of Nursing Science, Lawrence Margaret Galili University, Abuja, FCT.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Baze University, Abuja, FCT.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Veritas University, Kubwa, Abuja, FCT.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
- 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..