This post brings to you facts
about universities in Nigeria.
Some of these facts are actually
obsure. Expect more on this topic later.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) was designed by an Isreali
architect Arieh Sharon. He designed many buildings in Isreal.
He was a foremost architect who won the Isreali Prize for
Architecture in 1962. You may
want to visit here for more
architectural details about OAU.
Federal University of Technology
Yola (FUTY) has been renamed
Modibbo Adama University of
Technology (MAUTECH).
Modibbo Adama was the founder of Fombina Kingdom (Adamawa Emirate Council).
Tafawa Balewa University (in
Bauchi, Bauchi State) actually
belongs in the ‘university of
technology’ category. Many
prospective university students
are not aware of this fact
because it has no ‘technology’ in its nomenclature.
The only university in Nigeria that offers a program in metereology is Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State. Though, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUSTECH), Enugu State offers a program in geography and metereology.
University of Benin (UNIBEN) was actually a state university. In 1975, it became a federal
university at the request of the
state.
Nigeria has 3 federal universities
of agriculture:
1) Federal University of
Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State
2) University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta, Ogun State
3) Michael Okpara University of
Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia,
Abia State.
The 9 new federal Universities
established by President
Goodluck Jonathan are:
Federal University, Lafia,
Nasarawa State
Federal University, Wukari,
Taraba State
Federal University, Dutsin-ma,
Katsina State
Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State
Federal University, Ndufu-Alike,
Ebonyi State
Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Federal University, Otuoke,
Bayelsa State
Federal University, Kashere,
Gombe State
Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi
State
Grace Alele-Williams was
Nigeria’s first female vice-
chancellor. She was vice-
chancellor of UNIBEN from
1985-1991. She got her
doctorate in Mathematics
Education from the University of
Chicago in 1963. The present
vice-chancellor of University of
Uyo (UNIYO) Prof. (Mrs) Comfort
Memfin Ekpo is a female—the
second ever.
Federal universities with no
catchment areas are the 3 federal agriculture universities listed above, University of Abuja
(UNIABUJA), University of Ibadan (UI), University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT), Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE).
The only university that offers a
program in archeology is
University of Ibadan (UI). At present, Nigeria has more
private universities than state
universities (24 state unis and 40 private unis). It should be noted that these numbers are ever changing.
Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) is usually
referred to as the only university
of education in Nigeria. This is
wrong. There is another one
called Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port-Harcourt, River. Both are state universites. TASUED was established in 2005 while IAUE came into existence in 2009.
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