This is a list of the current and active vice-chancellors of universities in Nigeria.
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a federal university in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria.
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), also known as UDUSOK, is a public research university located in the city of Sokoto, in north-western Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by the federal government in 1975.
Gombe State University (GSU) is located in Tudun Wada, an area in Shamaki Ward, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. It is located in the Northern part of Nigeria. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The state university has a Chancellor and 11-members of the governing council, as well as principal officers and management staff. Abdullahi Mahadi was the first vice chancellor of the university.
Kaduna State University is located in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was established in 2004. It has sixteen faculties with over 50 departments. The School has two main campuses: Kafanchan and Kaduna.
Federal University of Technology Minna (FUTMinna) is a Federal Government owned University located in Minna, Nigeria.
Federal University Gashua (FUGashua) is a university based in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. It is a learning and research institution that seeks to solve the immediate needs of society and give every person the opportunity to acquire knowledge.
Muhammad Yahuza Bello is a Nigerian mathematician who served as the 10th vice chancellor of Bayero University Kano.
Fatima Batul Mukhtar is a Nigerian academic, a professor of botany and the current Vice Chancellor of Azman University Kano. Her research interest are centered on "growth regulation, biostatistics, biotechnology and plant conservation". she was appointed Vice Chancellor of Federal University Dutse by President Muhammadu Buhari. she served between 2016 and 2021.
Ibrahim Adamu Kolo was a Nigerian academic. He lived in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.
Angela Freeman Miri is a Nigerian Professor who became the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lokoja in 2017. She is a professor of English and a published poet also.
Adamu Abu Kasim is a Nigerian botanist and professor of science. He was appointed as vice chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai by Abubakar Sani Bello, assumed office in December 2019.
Lawal Suleiman Bilbis is an educator and lecturer in the department of Biochemistry at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University appointed as the Vice chancellor of the University in July 2019, replacing Abdullahi Zuru. He previously served as the deputy chancellor academics at Usmanu Danfodiyo University and had served as the pioneer vice chancellor of the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi in 2013.
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. The university has four colleges, three schools, 18 faculties, 110 academic departments, 17 centres, and seven institutes with over 600 professors, about 3000 academic staff and over 7000 non-teaching staff. The university has over 400 postgraduate programmes reflecting its strife to become a postgraduate studies-centred university. The university operates from two campuses in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Zaria, the Samaru Campus where the Senate Building and most of the faculties are located and the Kongo Campus, hosting the faculties of Law and Administration. It has been adjudged to be the largest university in Sub-Saharan Africa, in terms of land occupied, owing to the numerous buildings it has.
Benard Ifeanyi Odoh is a Nigerian politician and professor of applied geophysics who served as the vice-chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, for 22 days. He was the Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government from 2015 to 2018. He also was the gubernatorial nominee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Ebonyi State in 2023.
Olayemi Durotimi Akinwunmi is a Nigerian professor of African history who became the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria since 2021. He was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi until his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja.
Timothy Abiodun Adebayo is a Nigerian academic. He is a professor of Entomology and Pesticide Toxicology and the fourth Vice Chancellor of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State.
Muhammad Zaiyan-Umar is a professor of Political Science at Usman Danfodio University and the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi taking over from Bello Bala Shehu after 5 years in office. He was the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Usman Danfodio University before he was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birnin Kebbi by the governing council of the school in 2022.
Ibrahim Umar is a Nigerian professor of crop protection and the 9th vice-chancellor of Modibbo Adama Federal University of Technology, Yola (MAUTECH).
Muazu Abubakar Gusau is a professor of Toxicology and the third Vice chancellor of the Federal University of Gusau.
