List of Innovation Enterprise Institutions in Nigeria – Do you want to learn skills that will help you factor yourself in to meet the high demand for technical manpower in the various economic sectors of the nation?Â
Then you need to know the various innovation enterprise institutions in Nigeria and their locations.
In today’s article, I will be sharing with you a comprehensive list of the Innovation Enterprise Institutions in Nigeria.
These institutions offer professional training and skills to students, so if you are interested in knowing more about these institutions, please keep reading this article to the end, for full details.
About Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs)
These are institutions that offer vocational, technical, technology, or professional education and training to their students. They run 2-year full-time diploma programs and 3-year part-time programs.
Students who successfully graduate from this institution will be offered a National Innovation Diploma, (NID), while those who are for Vocational Enterprise Institute, will be offered National Vocational Certificate (NVC), at their graduation.
Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs) are institutions that are founded by private individuals but are approved by the federal government. Meanwhile, some of these institutions are also established by the government.
List of Innovation Enterprise Institutions in Nigeria
They offer training to post-basic and tertiary levels that will smoothen and equip post-secondary school students and even adults with the vocational skills and knowledge to meet the high demand for technical manpower in the various economic sectors of the nation.
A Table Showing a Breakdown of the List of Innovation Enterprise Institutions in Nigeria.
| S/N | STATE | INSTITUTION NAMES | INSTITUTIONS ABBREVIATIONS |
| 1 | ABIA | LITERACY COLLEGE OF MGT AND TECH | LITERACY |
| 2 | AKWA-IBOM | CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLGY, | IMT-CORN |
| 3 | AKWA-IBOM | FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | FCTI |
| 4 | AKWA-IBOM | IBOM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, | IBOM-IMT |
| 5 | AKWA-IBOM | IMFI, ICT ACADEMY | IMFI |
| 6 | AKWA-IBOM | MAURID INSTITUTE OF MGT AND TECH | MAURID |
| 7 | AKWA-IBOM | MERCHANT SEAMAN ACADEMY, IKOT ADAUTO ESSIEN ACADEMY | SEAMAN |
| 8 | AKWA-IBOM | NIIT-UYO CENTRE | NIIT-UYO |
| 9 | AKWA-IBOM | PEACE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY | PEACE-IMT |
| 10 | ANAMBRA | BUCKINGHAM ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | BUCKINGHAM |
| 11 | ANAMBRA | ONIT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MBAUKWU, ANAMBRA STATE | ONIT |
| 12 | ANAMBRA | ST. RITA INNOVATION INSTITUTE | ST. RITA |
| 13 | ANAMBRA | UA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | UA-COLLEGE |
| 14 | BAYELSA | GLORY LAND INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT | GLORY-LAND |
| 15 | BAYELSA | NIGERIA-KOREA FRIENDSHIP INST. OF VOCATIONAL & ADVANCED TECH | NIG-KOREA |
| 16 | CROSS RIVER | AMBASSADOR COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECH | ACOMAT |
| 17 | CROSS RIVER | BONNY VOCATIONAL CENTRE, ISLAND | BONNY |
| 18 | CROSS RIVER | CENTRE FOR CREATIVE ARTS EDUCATION | CCAE |
| 19 | RIVER | HOMIK OIL AND GAS FACILITY ENGINEERING SCHOOL, PORT HARCOUT | HOMIK |
| 20 | RIVER | LASER PETROLEUM GEO-SCIENCES CENTRE, PORT HARCOURT, | LASER |
| 21 | CROSS RIVER | MAGIC BRUSH FILM SCHOOL, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE | MAGIC |
| 22 | CROSS RIVER | UPTONVILLE OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE | UPTONVILLE |
| 23 | DELTA | CONARINA MARITIME ACADEMY, ORIA, ABRAKA, DELTA STATE | CONARINA |
| 24 | DELTA | GLOBAL MARITIME ACADEMY, OGONI-OLOMU, UGHELLI SOUTH | GLOBAL |
| 25 | DELTA | IZISCO OBOS INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES AND TECH. | IZISCO |
| 26 | DELTA | NATION BUILDERS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, ASABA | NBCT |
| 27 | DELTA | NIIT-WARRI CENTRE, EFFURUN | NIIT-WARRI |
| 28 | DELTA | ROLOF COMPUTER ACADEMY, WARRI | ROLOF |
| 29 | DELTA | THE FILM AND BROADCAST ACADEMY WESTIN HALL | FABA |
| 30 | DELTA | YEFMADEC INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MOSOGAR | YEFMADEC |
| 31 | EBONYI | THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, ABAKALIKI | SIMTECH |
| 32 | EBONYI | UMUEBE FARM COLLEGE, ABAKALIKI | UMUEBE |
| 33 | EDO | BENSON IDAHOSA SCHOOL OF BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES, BENIN CITY | BISBAS |
| 34 | EDO | CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY, EGBA | CIBTECH |
| 35 | EDO | COMPLETE COMPUTERS AND TECH INST BENIN, | CCTI |
| 36 | EDO | METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENIN CITY | MIT |
| 37 | EDO | OSENI ELAMAH INSTITUTE, AUCHI | OSENI |
| 38 | EDO | UNIVAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENIN CITY | UNIVAL |
| 39 | EKITI | FIRSTMARK INNOVATION SCHOOL OF TECH, UREJEÂ | FIRSTMARK |
| 40 | ENUGU | ESTAC INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, TRANS-EKULU | ESTAC |
| 41 | ENUGU | CALVARY FOUNDATION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU | CAFITECH |
| 42 | ENUGU | FOUNDATION FOR ENERGY HEALTH INT. COL. OF SCIENCE AND TECH.,, ENUG | FEHIC-TECH |
| 43 | ENUGU | INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, AWGU, | IICT |
| 44 | ENUGU | MARIO INSTITUE OF HOSPITALITY MGT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUC. NSUKKA | MARIO |
| 45 | ENUGU | ROCANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, EMENE | ROCANA |
| 46 | ENUGU | TRIZAS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, | TRIZAS |
| 47 | FCT | COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIMT |
| 48 | FCT | DAMSON INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, FCT | DAMSON |
| 49 | FCT | EL-ACADEMY, CADASTRAL DISTRICT, GADUWA, FCT | EL-ACADEMY |
| 50 | FCT | AFLON DIGITAL INSTITUTE | AFLON |
| 51 | FCT | AFRIHUB ICT INSTITUTE | AFRIHUB |
| 52 | FCT | ARMED FORCES ELECTRICAL AND MECH | AFEMEMS |
| 53 | FCT | FLYINGDOVE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, | FLYINGDOVE |
| 54 | FCT | GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE AND TECHNOLOGY,  | GLOBALINST |
| 55 | FCT | INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND MODELS SKILLS TRAINING CENTRE | ITFMSTC |
| 56 | FCT | KINGS AND QUEENS BEAUTY INSTITUTE | K&Q-BEAUTY |
| 57 | FCT | LADELA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTTE, GARKIÂ | LEI |
| 58 | FCT | LINCOLN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, FCT | LINCOLN |
| 59 | FCT | MASTERMIND CATERING AND CULINARY INSTITUTE | MASTERMIND |
| 60 | FCT | MY PROJECT INSTITUTE OF SECURITY AND TECH. MGT. | MYPROJECT |
| 61 | FCT | NAOWA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | NAOWA |
| 62 | FCT | NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WOMEN DEVELOPMENT, FCT | WOMEN-DEV |
| 63 | FCT | NSPIRE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED FCT | NSPIRE |
| 64 | FCT | PAN-AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PARALEGAL STUDIES, GWARIMPA | PANAFRICAN |
| 65 | IMO | ICCN-INSTITUTE OF FINANCE AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT | ICCN-IFIM |
| 66 | IMO | INT’L CHAPLAINCY CORPS NETWORK INST. OF SECURITY TECH AND MGT | ICCN |
| 67 | IMO | KUNOCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING COLLEGE, OWERRI | NIIT-OWERR |
| 68 | IMO | MBARA OZIOMA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, EHIME-MBANO | EHIME |
| 69 | IMO | OLUAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI | OLUAKA |
| 70 | IMO | SOUTHERN EASTERN COL. FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND INFO. TECH | SOUTH-EAST |
| 71 | JIGAWA | KAZAURE INNOVATION ENTERPRISE INST. | KIEI |
| 72 | KADUNA | DAGAMA’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE, ZARIA | DAGAMA |
| 73 | KADUNA | DIALOGUE COMPUTER INSTITUTE, KADUNA | DIALOGUEKD |
| 74 | KADUNA | FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, MECHANISATION, AFAKA | AFAKA-IEI |
| 75 | KADUNA | AREWA PARALEGAL INNOVATION ENTERPRISE, KADUNA | AREWA |
| 76 | KADUNA | BEST GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SCHOOL | BGBF |
| 77 | KADUNA | INNOVATION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | IITK |
| 78 | KADUNA | KADUNA BUSINESS SCHOOL | KBS |
| 79 | KADUNA | NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY, ZARIA, | NITT |
| 80 | KADUNA | PAN LEARNING CENTRE, KUKURI | PAN |
| 81 | KADUNA | TASHIBA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ZARIA, | GYALLESU |
| 82 | KADUNA | YAHAYA HAMZA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCE STUDIES | MALLAM |
| 83 | KANO | DIGITAL BRIDGE INSTITUTE, KANO | DIGIBRID |
| 84 | KANO | ENTREPRENEURSHIP, VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | MATAN-FADA |
| 85 | KANO | FILAPS MEDIA TRAINING INSTITUTE, GYADI-GYADI | FILAPS |
| 86 | KANO | IMAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY, KANO | IMAN |
| 87 | KANO | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF ADVANCED STUDIES | IMPERIAL |
| 88 | KANO | INSTITUTE OF CORPORATE SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE STUDIES | ICSIS |
| 89 | KATSINA | DIALOGUE COMPUTER INSTITUTE, KATSINA | DIALOGUE |
| 90 | KATSINA | CHERISH ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, BATSARI | CHERISH |
| 91 | KATSINA | KATSINA STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT | KSITM |
| 92 | KOGI | CLARA SCHOOL OF MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS | CLARA-MPA |
| 93 | KOGI | LINET PAUL INNOVATIVE INSTITUTE | LPII |
| 94 | KOGI | NIGER-DELTA INNOVATION ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | NIEI |
| 95 | KOGI | YENAGOA ENTERPRISE SCHOOL, YENOGOA | YENAGOA |
| 96 | KWARA | INTERNATIONAL VOCATIONAL, TECH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COLLEGE | IVTEC |
| 97 | KWARA | LENS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, OFFA | LENS |
| 98 | KWARA | NIIT STUDY CENTRE, OFFA | NIIT-OFFA |
| 99 | LAGOS | DALEWARES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURULERE | DALEWARES |
| 100 | LAGOS | DEL-YORK CREATIVE ACADEMY, IKOYI | DEL-YORK |
| 101 | LAGOS | DIABO PARALEGAL TRAINING INSTITUTE | DIABO |
| 102 | LAGOS | DIGITAL BRIDGE INSTITUTE, OSHODI | DIGITALLAG |
| 103 | LAGOS | EKO COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | EKO-CMT |
| 104 | LAGOS | EMDEE SHIPPING AND MARITIME COLLEGE | EMDEE |
| 105 | LAGOS | ENVILLE INSTITUTE OF ENVIROMENTAL AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT | ENVILLE |
| 106 | LAGOS | AMBASSADOR COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND PARALEGAL STUDIES | ACOTECH |
| 107 | LAGOS | BUSINESS EDUCATION EXAMINATION COUNCIL | BEEC |
| 108 | LAGOS | CIFMAN INST OF TECH AND MANAGEMENT | CIFMAN |
| 109 | LAGOS | GRAIG-PHILLIPS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | GRAIG-PHIL |
| 110 | LAGOS | GRAJOS COLLEGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION | GRAJOS |
| 111 | LAGOS | INSTITUTE OF MARITIME AND SAFETY | IMS |
| 112 | LAGOS | INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT AND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY | ITMT |
| 113 | LAGOS | IRISH BUSINESS SCHOOL, EGBEDA IDU | IRISH-BS |
| 114 | LAGOS | KARROX -UGRL COMPUTER EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTRE | KARROX |
| 115 | LAGOS | LAGOS AVIATION AND MARITIMEÂ | LAMB |
| 116 | LAGOS | LAGOS CITY COMPUTER COLLEGE | LAGOS-CITY |
| 117 | LAGOS | LAUREL SCHOOL OF MINES | LAUREL |
| 118 | LAGOS | LUFODO ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS | LAPA |
| 119 | LAGOS | NIIT IDM, 9/20, OBA AKRAN AVENUE | NIIT |
| 120 | LAGOS | NIIT-IDM FESTAC CENTRE | NIIT-FESTA |
| 121 | LAGOS | NIIT-IDM IKORODU CENTRE | NIIT-IKORO |
| 122 | LAGOS | NIIT-IDM SURULERE CENTRE, LAGOSÂ | NIIT-SURUL |
| 123 | LAGOS | OLAWOYIN AWOSIKA SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE STUDIES, ISHERI, LAGOS | OASIS |
| 124 | LAGOS | PEFTI FILM INSTITUTE, LAGOS, LAGOSÂ | PEFTI |
| 125 | LAGOS | PRIME INNOVATION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | PRIME |
| 126 | LAGOS | RISK CONTROL ACADEMY | RCA |
| 127 | LAGOS | ROYAL ARTS ACADEMY, SURULERE, LAGOSÂ | ROYAL-ARTS |
| 128 | LAGOS | SCHOOL OF BANKING HONOURS | BANK_LAG |
| 129 | LAGOS | ST. AUGUSTINE INNOVATION ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | STAUG |
| 130 | LAGOS | STARS MARITIME ACADEMY (MERCHANT NAVY INST) | STARS |
| 131 | LAGOS | THE CERTIFIED INSTITUTE OF SHIPPING OF NIGERIA | CISN |
| 132 | LAGOS | TIMEON KAIROS EDUCATIONAL & VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE | TIMEON |
| 133 | LAGOS | TOTAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE | TOTAL |
| 134 | NASARAWA | CITY INSTITUTE OF MGT. & TECH | IDOGBO |
| 135 | NASARAWA | MARVEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | MARVEL |
| 136 | NASARAWA | SENTONA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | SENTONA |
| 137 | NIGER | MINNA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION | MITI |
| 138 | OGUN | DOTS ICT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | DOTS |
| 139 | OGUN | ASTEVEN RENEWABLE ENERGY ACADEMY | ASREA |
| 140 | OGUN | CALVARY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | CALVARYTEC |
| 141 | OGUN | GATEWAY INDUSTRIAL AND PETRO-GAS INSTITUTE | GIPI |
| 142 | OGUN | IFO COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | IFOTECH |
| 143 | OGUN | NIIT OTA CENTRE, OTA | NIIT-OTA |
| 144 | OGUN | OWU COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY | OCMTECH |
| 145 | OGUN | SAGAMU BUSINESS AND ART INSTITUTE | SAGAMUBAI |
| 146 | ONDO | AFRICAN COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, VOCATIONAL AND TECH | ACAVATS |
| 147 | ONDO | INNOVATION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | IIIT |
| 148 | OSUN | DISTINCT INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | DIMT |
| 149 | OSUN | ELERINMOSA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | EIT |
| 150 | OSUN | GRACE CITY INSTITUTE OF TECH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | GRACE |
| 151 | OSUN | IFE BUSINESS SCHOOL | IFE-BUS |
| 152 | OSUN | ILESHA CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | ICCT |
| 153 | OSUN | IPETU-IJESHA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | IPETU-ICT |
| 154 | OSUN | LIVING SPRING COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION | LIVINGSPRI |
| 155 | OSUN | OFFER CENTRE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE | OFFER |
| 156 | OSUN | SOUTHERN-NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE | SOUTHERNIG |
| 157 | OYO | AQUATECH COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY | AQUATECH |
| 158 | OYO | CITY GATE INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY | CITYGATE |
| 159 | OYO | COLLEGE OF BANKING AND FINANCE | COBFI |
| 160 | OYO | HIGHLAND COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND FURTHER EDUCATION | HIGHLAND |
| 161 | OYO | HON. JUSTICE L. O . AREMU’S ACADEMY FOR BASICS STUDIES | HON-ACAD |
| 162 | OYO | INSTITUTE OF BANKING AND FINANCE | IBF |
| 163 | OYO | SMART IMAGE FILM AND THEATRE INSTITUTE | SMARTIMAGE |
| 164 | OYO | SOFTQUEST INCORPORATED COLLEGE | SOFTQUEST |
| 165 | OYO | SOTERIA BUSINESS SCHOOL | SOTERIA |
| 166 | OYO | ST. WINIFRED INNOVATION INSTITUTEÂ | STWINI |
| 167 | OYO | TOWER INNOVATION COLLEGE, IBADAN | TOWER-IEI |
| 168 | PLATEAU | ECWA INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | EICT_JOS |
| 169 | PLATEAU | NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE | NFI |
| 170 | PLATEAU | NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY, TELEVISION COLLEGE | NTA-TVC |
| 171 | PLATEAU | UNITED SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | UNITECH |
| 172 | PLATEAU | ZIBEH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ZIBEH |
| 173 | RIVER | UNICEM COMMUNITY DEV. INITIATIVE TRAIN. INST. | UNICEM |
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Conclusion
Innovation is the key, take a bold step now towards realizing your goal, by choosing from the list the Innovation Enterprise Institution that you want to learn your skill.