A Must Read! 19 Nigerian Universities and Their Catchment Areas!!!

It has been the practice of all Nigerian Federal
Universities to admit students within their
catchment first before considering other students
outside their catchment area, so I have decided
to make a research on this and here a list of
some universities and their catchment areas:
1 Ahmadu Bello University: Kaduna Adamawa ,
Bauchi, Benue,Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,
Gombe, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Katsina, Niger,
Plateau, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Yobe, Zamfara,
Taraba
2 ATBU: Bauchi Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno,
Gombe, Taraba,Yobe
3 BAYERO UNIVERSITY: Kano Jigawa, Kaduna,
Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara
4 FUTA : Ondo Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo
5 FUTMinna: Minna Niger, Benue, Kebbi, Kogi,
Kwara, Nasarawa,Niger, Plateau,Sokoto, Zamfara
6 FUTO: Imo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu
7 FUT Yola: Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe,
Taraba, Yobe
8 OAU: Osun Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo
9 UDU: Sokoto Jigawa, Kwara, Kebbi, Katsina,
Kano, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger, Sokoto,
Zamfara
10 UNN : Enugu Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross-
River, Delta,Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Rivers
11 UNIBEN: Edo Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-
River, Delta, Edo, Rivers
12 UNICAL: Cross-Rivers Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa,
Cross-River, Delta,Edo, Rivers
13 UNIJOS : Plateau Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara,
Nasarawa, Niger,Plareau
14 UNILAG : Lagos Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo,
Ogun
15 UNILORIN: Ilorin Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara,
Nasarawa,Plareau, Sokoto, Zamfara and some
South Western States
16 UNIMAID : Borno Adamawa, Borno. Bauchi,
Gombe, Taraba,Yobe
17 UNIUYO: Akwa-Ibom Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa,
Cross- River, Delta,Edo, Rivers
18 UNIZIK: Anambra, Abia, Anambra, Enugu,
Ebonyi, Imo
19 UNIABUJA: UI, UMUDIKE, MAKURDI,
UNIPORT , UNAAB , FUPRE , All States of the
Federation.
There are also some states which are accepted
as catchment states in any federal university,
and they are called EDUCATIONAL LESS
PRIVILEGED STATES (ELPS) and you seem lucky
if you are from any of these states, namely:
Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-
River, Ebonyi Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,
Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger,
Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara.
According to the Federal Government
(NUC) Admission Policy; 20% of those offered
admission are supposed to be from ELPS.
NOTE!!!: If the university you chose during JAMB
registration doesn’t have your State of Origin as
their catchment area, it doesn’t mean that’s the
end of the world but it means you have a low
probability of gaining admission into that
university. Just be prayerful.
We wish you success!