Top 10 best countries for Nigerians to study abroad and what you need to know

8. United Arab Emirates

Universities in UAE have been featured in world university ranking. In addition, a number of highly ranked universities based in other countries have branch campuses in the UAE. These include branch campuses run by Australia’s University of Wollongong, the UK’s Middlesex University and the USA’s Michigan State University. Of more than 200 international branch campuses in the world in 2012, 39 were located in UAE, making UAE the home to more branch campuses than any other countries in the world. This is as part of the ambition of the Emirates, in particular Abu Dhabi and Dubai, to become educational hubs, without compromising quality. About 1,249 Nigerian students were reported studying in UAE in 2012.