List of vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities

• Cordelia Agbebaku^[1]
• Charity Angya^[1]
• Osita Chinedu Nebo, former Vice Chancellor of University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• Celestine Onwuliri (born 17 February 1952 - 3 June 2012) – professor of Zoology, former Acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Jos and former Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Owerri
• Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh (October 1933 – October 1997) – physician
• Akinpelu Oludele Adesola (born 1927) – professor of surgery
• Ekanem Ikpi Braide^[1]
• Friday Okonofua, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ondo State University of Medical Sciences
• Abubakar Kundiri, Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State
• John Obafunwa  – pathologist, former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University
• J. F. Ade Ajayi (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014) – historian^[2][3]
• Joseph Atubokiki Ajienka (born 10 January 1955) – professor of petroleum engineering
• Fatiu Ademola Akesode (born 1940) – professor of paediatrics
• Isaac Folorunso Adewole
• Nurudeen Oladapo Alao – professor of geography
• Charles Ayo^[4][5][6]
• Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun (born 1953) – professor of biochemistry
• Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo (born 2 May 1934) – emeritus professor of English language
• Rahmon Ade Bello (born October 1948) professor of chemical engineering
• Saburi Biobaku (1918–2001) – scholar and historian
• Kenneth Dike (17 December 1917 – 26 October 1983) – historian and emeritus professor^[7]
• Micheal Oladimeji Faborede (born September 1956) – professor of agricultural engineering
• Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe (born July 1951) – professor of systems engineering
• Attahiru Jega – academic^[8][9]
• Thomas Adeoye Lambo (29 March 1923 – 13 March 2004) – scholar, administrator and psychiatrist
• Nahzeem Olufemi Mimiko (born May 1960) – educational administrator and professor of international relations
• Bashiru Ademola Raji
• Adewale Oke Adekola (1932 - 1999) professor of civil engineering.

Felix Kolawole Salako (1961 -) Professor of Soil Science Current Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)

• Abel Idowu Olayinka
• Eni Njoku (born 1917)^[10][11]
• Aize Obayan (born March 1960) – professor of counselling^[12][13]
• Bashiru Ademola Raji
• Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi (born 30 January 1945) – professor of medical microbiology and parasitology
• Jacob K. Olupona – professor of African religious traditions^[14]
• Idowu Bantale Omole (born September 1954) – professor of international relations
• Jelili Adebisi Omotola (1941–2006) – professor of property law
• Oyeleye Oyediran
• Olusola Bandele Oyewole (born 1955) – professor of food science and technology
• Abdulmumini Hassan Rafindadi (born 15 January 1957) – professor of pathology
• Abubakar Sani Sambo, OON (born 31 July 1955) – mechanical engineer; director-general, Energy Commission of Nigeria
• Babatunde Adetokunbo Sofoluwe (15 April 1950 – May 2012) – computer scientist
• Tekena Tamuno (born 1932) – historian
• Orishejolomi Thomas (1917–1979) – academic
• Oyewale Tomori (born 3 February 1946) – professor of virology
• Sonni Gwanle Tyoden (born 22 September 1950) professor of political science; former vice-chancellor, University of Jos
• Ibrahim Umar – scientist and university administrator; vice-chancellor, Bayero University (1979–1986)^[15]