The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the 2022 updated list of Nigerian universities that have been approved to operate Distant Learning Centers in the country.
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), with 72 study/resource centers nationwide, is the only approved open university in the Nigerian University System (NUS), while 12 universities were also accredited to operate DLC.
Five more universities have now been added to the list making it a total of 17 approved distant learning centres. They are as follows;
| S/N | UNIVERSITIES | ODL CENTRES |
| 1 | University of Ibadan, Ibadan | Distance Learning Centre |
| 2 | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife | Centre for Distance Learning |
| 3 | University of Lagos, Akoka | Distance Learning Institute |
| 4 | University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri | Centre for Distance Learning |
| 5 | Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola | Centre for Distance Learning |
| 6 | University of Abuja, Abuja | Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education |
| 7 | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso | LAUTECH Distance Learning Centre |
| 8 | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria | Distance Learning Centre ABU, Zaria |
| 9 | Lagos State University | Lagos State University Open and Distance Learning and Research Institute |
| 10 | Joseph Ayo Babalola University University | JABU Center for Distance Learning |
| 11 | University of Nigeria Nsukka | UNN Center for Distance and e-Learning |
| 12 | Federal University of Technology Minna | Center for Open Distance and e-Learning |
| 13 | Babcock University Ilishan | Center for Open Distance and e-Learning |
| 14 | University of Ilorin | Center for Open and Distance Learning |
| 15 | Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti | Open and Distance Learning Centre |
| 16 | Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye | Open and Distance Learning Centre |
| 17 | Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Portharcourt | Institute of Distance Education |
