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