Medical + Dental Council of Nigeria
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) is the sole accreditation body “responsible for regulating doctors and ensuring good medical practice.”
Please visit the website of the MDCN for additional information, including:
- Guidelines on Registration as a Medical and Dental Practitioner in Nigeria
- Requirements for Temporary Registration of Foreign Doctors
Nigerian Medical Schools
An updated list of approved medical schools in Nigeria is maintained by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
FULLY ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State
- College of Health Sciences,Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.
- College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi Araba, Lagos State
- College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State
- College of Health Sciences, University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
- College of Health Sciences, Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
- College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State
- College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Kwara State
- College of Health Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State
- College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Ikeja, Lagos State
- College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Plateau State
- Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano, Kano State
- Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Sagamu, Olabisi Onabanjo (formerly Ogun State) University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State
- College of Health Science, Madonna University Okija
- College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin-City, Edo State
- Oba Okunade College of Health Sciences Igbinedion University Okada, Benin -City, Edo State
- College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Ozara-Ituku. Enugu State
- College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Anambra State
- Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State
- College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State
- College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State
- College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State
- College Of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Cross River State
PARTIALLY ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
- College of Health Sciences, Bingham University Karu, Nasarawa.State
- College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State
- College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State
This list was updated on April 27, 2012 with information available from the MDCN website.
Nigerian Dental Schools
An updated list of approved dental schools in Nigeria is maintained by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
FULLY ACCREDITED DENTAL SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
- College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi Araba, Lagos State
- College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State
- College of Health Sciences, University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
- College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State
- College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Ikeja, Lagos State
- College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin-City, Edo State
- College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Ozara-Ituku. Enugu State
- College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State
This list was updated on April 27, 2012 with information available from the MDCN website.
Journals & Medical Sites
- Index of African Medical Journals
- African Index Medicus
- African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
- Nigerian Journal of Medicine
- Nigeria Health Watch
- Nigerian Health Journal
- Nigerian Medical Journal
- Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
- Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHiA)
- African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
- Annals of Nigerian Medicine