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The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) is a federal government university in Owerri West, Owerri, the capital of Imo State, Nigeria. [1] The university is bounded by the communities of Eziobodo, Ihiagwa, Obinze, Okolochi and Emeabiam. [2] It is the premier federal university of technology in the South-East and South-South parts of ...
University of Ibadan, main gate. This is a list of universities in Nigeria.Nigeria is organised into 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary level of education was expanded to reach every sub-region of Nigeria.
It was established in 1975 [5] as University College, Port Harcourt and was given university status in 1977. [1] The University of Port Harcourt was ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher Education in 2015. [6] In July 2021, Owunari Georgewill was appointed substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university. [7]
The Federal University of Technology Akure (also known as FUT Akure or simply FUTA) is a federal government-owned university located in Akure, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. It was founded in 1981, [ 1 ] as part of efforts by the federal government of Nigeria to create universities that specialize in producing graduates with practical as ...
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi, north eastern part of Nigeria. The university is named after Nigeria's first and only prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. The motto of the university is "Doctrina Mater Artium", which means "Education is the mother of the practical arts". [1]
Rivers State University (RIVSU or RSU), formerly known as Rivers State University of Science and Technology (UST or RSUST), is a government-owned university located in Diobu (Mile III) area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. [3] As of 2021, the vice chancellor of the university is Professor Nlerum Sunday Okogbule. [4]
The University of Benin was established in 1970, initially starting as an Institute of Technology. It was officially recognized as a full-fledged university and accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) on 1 July 1971. [8] [9] [10] On 1 April 1975, the university became a federal government-owned institution. [11] [12]
The African University of Science and Technology is an international undergraduate and post-graduate university located in Abuja, Nigeria. It was founded in 2007 as the first part of a pan-African university system concept developed by the Nelson Mandela Institution .