The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the list of institutions approved to run distance learning centres in Nigeria. In the release, it disclosed that only the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is currently the only approved open university in the Nigerian University System (NUS). NOUN has 72 study/resource centres nationwide, wherestudents take advantage of the window for flexible learning, which the university provides. Eleven universities in the Nigerian University System, currently have the approval of the NUC to operate distance learning centres. They are as follows: If you are enrolled in a university not listed above, it is possible that you are in an illegal distance learning programme. You can also check out other lists of NUC approved universities in Nigeria for full-time and part-time programmes, approved universities and affiliated institutions, illegal universities in Nigeria, and universities approved for postgraduate programmes in Nigeria on .