Mountain Top University

Mountain Top University (MTU) is a private university in Makogi Oba, Ogun State, Nigeria, at Kilometre 12 on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in « Prayer City, » about 12km northeast of Lagos. It was founded by the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), a Pentecostal Christian denomination established in 1989 by Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya. The National Universities Commission granted MTU a provisional licence in 2015, and the university held its formal opening and inaugural matriculation ceremony on 21 December 2015. MTU is structured as a confederation of two colleges: Basic and Applied Sciences, and Humanities, Management and Social Sciences, spanning 15 departments, and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and open distance e-learning (ODeL) programmes.

MTU’s motto is « Empowered to Excel. » The university is known for strict enforcement of spiritual activities and for having one of the strongest music departments in Nigeria. Following a 2024 NUC evaluation, MTU received full accreditation for programmes including Food Science and Technology, Biology, Biotechnology, Mass Communication, and Music.