The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a federal public university founded in 1962 on a 802-acre lagoon-front campus at Akoka, Yaba, in Lagos, Nigeria. It enrolled roughly 52,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the 2024/25 session and was ranked the top university in Nigeria in the 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The university is best known for Law, Medicine, Accounting, and Mass Communication, and operates its own teaching hospital, LUTH, for clinical training.
UNILAG was ranked the number-one university in Nigeria in the 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, giving it a standing among domestic employers and graduate schools that few other Nigerian institutions can match. Its 802-acre Akoka campus sits on the Lagos Lagoon in Nigeria's commercial capital, putting students within reach of the country's largest concentration of banks, media houses, and multinational corporate headquarters for internships and recruitment. The university runs its own teaching hospital, LUTH, giving medical and allied-health students direct clinical placement rather than relying on an external partner institution. With roughly 52,000 students and a federal-university fee structure, tuition remains a fraction of private-university costs in Nigeria while retaining strong graduate outcomes in Law, Medicine, and Accounting.
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| Program | Level | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Law | BACHELOR | 3-4 YRS |
| Medicine and Surgery | MASTER | 1-2 YRS |
| Accounting | PHD | 3-5 YRS |
| Computer Science | MBA | 12-24 MO |
| Mass Communication | BACHELOR | 3-4 YRS |