List of Catchment Areas in Some Nigeria Federal Universities

List of Catchment Area in Some Federal Universities

What is Catchment Area

In every merit admission list of every school in Nigeria, the admission list is based on three category; The School Merit Cutoff Mark, EDUCATIONAL LESS PRIVILEGED STATES (ELPS), and Catchment Area. 

From the name of ELDS, I guess you already know what it means. So I will just focus on explaining what catchment area means. Catchment Area means states near a particular University.

To break it down a little bit, we can also say the geographical areas in which an institution is located.

Every Federal Government universities in Nigeria have their own catchment areas that they primarily serves.

This does not mean that the school will not admit students outside the catchment area, but the catchment areas are given special considerations.

Catchment Area of some Federal Universities in Nigeria.

1. Ahmadu Bello University (ABU): Kaduna Adamawa , Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Gombe, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Katsina, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto,
   Nasarawa, Yobe, Zamfara, Taraba
2. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU): Bauchi Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe
3. Bayero University Kano (BUK): Kano Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara
4. Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA): Ondo Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo
5. Federal University of Technology Minna (FUTMinna): Minna Niger, Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Zamfara
6. Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO): Imo Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu
7. Federal University of Technology Yola (FUT Yola): Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe
8. Federal University Oyo-Ekiti (FUOYE): Ekiti ,Ondo,Osun and Ibadan.
9. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU): Osun Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo
10. Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDU): Sokoto Jigawa, Kwara, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara
11. University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN): Enugu Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Rivers
12. University of Benin (UNIBEN): Edo Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Rivers
13. University of Calabar (UNICAL): Cross-Rivers Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Rivers
14. University of Jos (UNIJOS): Plateau Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plareau
15. University of Lagos (UNILAG): Lagos, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Ogun
16. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN): Ilorin Benue, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Plareau, Sokoto, Zamfara
17. University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID): Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe.
    
18. University of Uyo (UNIUYO): Akwa-Ibom Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Rivers
19. Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK): Anambra, Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo
20. University of Abuja (UNIABUJA): UI, UMUDIKE, MAKURDI, UNIPORT, UNAAB, FUPRE, All States of the Federation.
21. Federal University Otuoke (FUOTUOKE): Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo,  Rivers.

Good luck to you all!