Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) — Updated List of Approved Colleges of Nursing and Departments of Nursing with their Accreditation Status (December 2025). Reconciled 2026-08-29 — 334 institutions across 37 states. Full accreditation lasts 5 years; provisional lasts 2 years; an embargo on intake is indefinite until the NMCN lifts it.
North Central
North East
North West
South East
South South
South West
Departments under accreditation (not yet approved)
The NMCN also lists 17 university nursing departments still going through the accreditation process. They are not yet approved — graduating from one before accreditation is granted can leave you unable to sit the professional exam. Confirm status with the NMCN before accepting admission:
- Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Lagos, Lagos State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Khadija University Majia, Jigawa State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Ave Maria University, Nasarawa State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Yobe State University, Yobe State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ebonyi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Abundance Wisdom University, Akwa-Ibom State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Saisa University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
- Prince Audu Abubakar University, Anyigba, Kogi State
- Faculty of Nursing Sciences, University of Ilesa, Ilesa Osun
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