The University of Ilorin [UNILORIN] has for the 7th year in a role has emerged the most popular and most sought after university in Nigeria, statistics from EduCeleb.com have shown.

WuzupNigeria reports that in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) institutional first choice statistics, UNILORIN ranked top among candidates who sat for the examination in March this year.

The institution’s University Director of Media and Publicity, Alhaji Kunle Akogun, in a statement, said that UNILORIN got “103,582 applications representing 5.31 per cent of all applications into higher education for 2020.”

He said,

“For the seventh year running, the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has maintained its position as Nigeria’s university of first choice.

“With not less than 103,582 applications representing 5.31 per cent of all applications into higher education for 2020, the UNILORIN has maintained being the most subscribed tertiary institution in Nigeria.

“This is based on data EduCeleb.com obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

“The data also showed that like in previous years, degree programmes are the first choice of the over 1.9 million candidates who registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

“95.13 per cent of applicants chose universities and degree awarding institutions above other tertiary institutions. Those interested in obtaining the National Diploma (ND) offered in monotechnics and polytechnics are next with 2.99 per cent.

“Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) awarding institutions follow with 1.86 percent and National Innovation Diploma (NID) institutions had 0.02 of first choice applications.

”Percentage of first choice preferences of candidates in the UTME between 2018 and 2020 UTME universities of first choice

“UNILORIN is closely followed by Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, which came second for the fourth year and received 82,984 applications or 4.26 percent of all applications.”