If you’re an art student, then certainly you’d be interested in knowing the art courses offered in Nigerian universities.

Nigeria currently has over 170 universities approved by the NUC. Among them you’ll find conventional universities dedicated for the study of art courses.

Wikipedia defines art as a diverse range of human activities related to creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author’s imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.

In general, courses that meet up with the definition above are referred to as art courses, and they can be found in the faculty of Art. However, some universities in Nigeria place all art courses under the faculty of Art and Humanity.

Basically, the secondary schools in Nigeria group their Senior Secondary School Students into Art, Commercial, Technical & Science Classes.

However, when we’re talking about institutions of higher learning, the so-called Art subjects in Nigerian secondary schools (or subjects offered by students in Art class) are further grouped into other faculties aside from Art.

As a result of the above facts, our list will include some courses under social sciences, like economics, history, etc.

Here are the art courses offered in Nigerian universities:

1. African & Asian Studies
2. Arabic and Islamic Studies
3. Arabic Language and Literature
4. Arabic Studies
5. Archaeology & Tourism
6. Arts
7. Chinese Studies (found in UNIZIK and several other universities)
8. Christian Religious Studies (CRS) / Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK)
9. Christian Studies
10. Classics / Classical Studies
11. Communication and Language Arts
12. Communication Arts
13. Communication Studies
14. Comparative Religious Studies
15. Counselling and Psychology
16. Creative and Visual Arts
17. Creative Arts
18. Criminology and Security Studies
19. Drama / Dramatic Arts
20. Economics (Some Universities in Nigeria place Economics under the faculty of Social Sciences)
21. Economics and Development Studies
22. Efik-Ibibio Language
23. English and International Studies
24. English and Literary Studies
25. English Language
26. English Language and Communication Studies
27. English Language and Literature
28. English Literature and Language
29. English Studies
30. European and Nigerian Languages
31. Fine and Applied Arts
32. Fine Art
33. Foreign Language and Literature
34. French
35. French and German
36. French and Russian
37. French and International Relations
38. French and International Studies
39. Fulfulde Language
40. Geography
41. Geography and Environmental Studies
42. German
43. German and French/Russian
44. Hausa Language
45. History
46. History and Archaeology
47. History and Diplomacy
48. History and Diplomatic Studies
49. History and International Relations
50. History and Political Studies
51. History and Strategic Studies
52. History/International Studies
53. Igbo Language
54. Igbo and Linguistics
55. International and Comparative Politics
56. International Relations and Diplomacy
57. International Studies and Diplomacy
58. Islamic Studies
59. Kanuri Language
60. Kiswahili Language
61. Language and Linguistics
62. Language and Literature
63. Languages
64. Languages Arts
65. Languages Arts and Yoruba
66. Law
67. Linguistics
68. Linguistics and African Languages
69. Linguistics and Communication Studies
70. Linguistics, Igbo and Other African Languages
71. Linguistics and Edo
72. Linguistics and Urhobo
73. Linguistics and Yoruba
74. Linguistics and Nigerian Languages
75. Literature in English
76. Mass Communication
77. Modern European Languages
78. Modern Language and Translation
79. Music
80. Nigerian Languages
81. Performing Arts
82. Performing Arts and Culture
83. Philosophy
84. Philosophy and Religious Studies
85. Political Science
86. Political Science and Conflict Resolution
87. Portuguese
88. Portuguese and English Languages
89. Psychology and Human Development
90. Religion and Philosophy
91. Religion and Science
92. Religious Management and Cultural Studies
93. Religious and Human Relations
94. Religious Studies
95. Religious Studies and Theology
96. Russian
97. Russian and French / German
98. Sociology
99. Sociology and Anthropology
100. Theatre and Film Studies
101. Theatre and Media Arts
102. Theatre and Performing Arts
103. Theatre Arts
104. Theology
105. Yoruba
106. Yoruba and Communication

Subject Combination for The Art Courses in Nigerian Universities

There’s no general subject combination for all the Art courses in Nigerian universities. In other words, schools in Nigeria have their respective preferences.

If you’re interested in knowing the subject combination for your University of interest, please refer to your JAMB brochure or visit the official website of your desired university.

Best Art course to choose

After seeing our list of over 100 art courses available in Nigerian universities, it is completely normal for some certain level of confusion to set in; especially if you didn’t make up your mind — from the outset — on the art course to study.

Reading our list of the 10 best art courses to study in Nigeria will clear your confusions to some certain extent. That’s if you you’re targeting a highly marketable course, with a very high employment rate.