Problems Faced by University Education in Nigeria and way Forward

University education is an organized education designed for the production of manpower for the social, economic and technology development of the society. This paper discussed the problems faced by Nigerian public universities. Secondary data were used in the paper to support the points raised. The secondary data were generated from print and online publication that focused on university Education. The paper concludes that inadequate funding, shortage of academic staff, inadequate infrastructural facilities, corruption, insecurity programme, Brain-drain, poor quality output, strike actions, ineffective research programme and political influences are some the problems faced by public universities in Nigeria. To address these problems, the paper suggested the following: that the government should increase the funding of all public universities in the country. This will aid the infrastructural development of the universities. This will help Universities administrators to implements policies and programme that will aid the development of the universities etc.