The Benson Idahosa University is a private, Christian university in Benin City, Nigeria.

Benson Idahosa University is named after Archbishop Benson Idahosa, a minister from Benin City, Nigeria. The University named after him was founded on the principle of evangelism which he preached and lived for throughout his life here in mortality. Benson Idahosa University was established to raise for God an army of academics and professionals who will go in the name of Jesus Christ to the ends of the world to impact truth by precept and example.

Benson Idahosa University is fully accredited by Nigeria's higher education accreditation body, the National Universities Commission (NUC), and was ranked 2nd among private universities offering undergraduate degrees in the country by the NUC in their national ranking.

All our academic programmes are accredited by recognised bodies, both nationally and internationally.