If you are looking for information on universities in Nigeria where you can study Christian Religious Studies, Then this writeup will come handy.
You can get on this list a total of 29 universities in Nigeria where you can study Christian Religious Studies.
The list contains both the Federal Universities, State Universities, as well as Private Universities that offer Christian Religious knowledge/studies.
Universities Requirement for CRK/CRS
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Basically you can get admission into any Nigerian university to study CRS/CRK through direct entry or UTME.
Irrespective of whichever means of admission there are requirements for studying CRK/CRS. Therefore I will be telling you what is required to get either the Direct entry or UTME admission to study CRS or CRK.
Direct entry requirements
If you intend to use your A-level certificate/NCE to get a direct entry admission to study CRS here is the requirement.
Requirement: Two A-Level passes/NCE and it must include a pass in Christian Religious Studies.
UTME requirements
If you intend to use your O-level certificate to get admission to study CRS here is the requirement.
Requirement: Five O-Level credit passes in CRK, English language and three passes in any other subjects.
Note that for the JAMB UTME subject selection; English language is compulsory and you must also select CRK plus two other subjects.
Universities To Study Christian Religious Studies/Knowledge
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The following Nigerian universities are institutes where you can offer CRS or CRK. They are also listed on your JAMB brochure, therefore, you can confirm:
- Ajayi Crowder University, Oyo State
- Anchor University, Lagos
- Alex Ekwueme Federal Univesity, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo
- Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo
- Bauchi State University
- Benson Idahosa University
- Bowen University Osun state
- Bingham University
- University of Calabar (UNICAL)
- Caleb University, Lagos State
- Clifford University, Abia State
- Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU)
- Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Edo State University
- Federal University of Kashere
- Gombe State University
- Hezekiah University, UNIHEZ
- The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA)
- Kaduna State University
- Kogi State University
- Kwara State University
- Lagos State University (LASU)
- Life Theological Seminary (LTS)
- Ekiti State University
- University of Jos (UNIJOS)
- Nasarawa State University
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU)
- Taraba State University, Jalingo
- University of Ilorin
These universities are not limited to these courses only. You can check your JAMB Brochure to see other courses offered by these universities.
More Nigeria University might start offering CRK/CRS in the future, therefore, expect this list to change also.
Check out: NUC: Approved Universities to run Postgraduate Programmes in Nigeria
Best universities to study Christian Religious Studies?
There are several top universities where you can study CRS/CRK. A few of them include
- University of Ilorin.
- Obafemi Awolowo University.
- University of Calabar, etc.
There are several other top schools on our list above. However, these Nigeria universities don’t usually have issues with NUC accreditation.
Therefore they are in the list of best Universities in Nigeria to run a degree in CRS/CRK.
In conclusion
Gaining admission to study CRS/CRK is not competitive in Nigeria. Therefore, satisfying the cut off mark in JAMB UTME and Post UTME should be enough to get you admission into the university to study CRK/CRS.
You must also take note of the fact that the universities above have slightly varying requirements. To know those requirements read JAMB & WAEC Subject Combination For CRS/CRK.
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