Nigeria
Ekiti State University
Ekiti State University
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti is a state government-owned and -operated Nigerian university, located in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was established as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti on 30 March 1982 by the administration of Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first civilian governor of Ondo State. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, as it is known today, is the only university in Nigeria that has within a quarter of a century had its name changed four times. The name was changed to Ondo State University in 1985, University of Ado-Ekiti in November 1999, and to its present name Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti in September 2011. It was ranked 3rd best state university in Nigeria in 2021 by webometrics.
On 14 January 1981, Chief Adekunle Ajasin-led civilian government of Ondo State, announced its intent to establish a multi-campus university in the state and a 16-member planning committee was set up. The outcome of the exercise led to the founding of the university in March 1982, when the state government created a university named Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti and appointed Prof. I.O. Oladapo as the first vice-chancellor with the composition of the first council headed by Chief B.A. Ajayi and Adeyemi Sultan on 28 March 1982.
The university started off in a modest way from an old catering rest house in Akure and moved to a temporary site in Ado-Ekiti where lectures started soon after with 136 students spread across the Faculties of Arts, Science and Social Sciences. During the 1983/84 session, new courses were established to strengthen the existing faculties; these included geology, biology, chemistry, French, Yoruba studies, philosophy, religious studies, political science and psychology. A fourth faculty, the Faculty of Education, was established in 1983/84 session increasing the student population to 724. In the 1985/86 session, the Faculty of Engineering (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical) and a Department of Banking and Finance were established. The Faculty of Law was established during the 1991/92 session and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was established in 2001, bringing the Faculties to 8 in total and a student population of 10,000. The student population is now in excess of 25,000 spread across the various academic programmes.
Today the university is running degree programmes in at least 66 fields of academic specialisations across the existing faculties and academic programmes, from the School of Postgraduate Studies, Directorate of Continuing Education, Directorate of Part Time Programme, Directorate of Sandwich Education Degree Programme, Affiliate Colleges, Institute of Education, Institute of Science Laboratory Technology, Directorate of Pre-Degree Programmes, General Studies Unit, Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Centre for Research and Development, among others. The faculties have increased from 8 in 2001 to 10 in 2010 with the creation of the College of Medicine which houses the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences and Faculty of Clinical Sciences while making use of the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital Complex, Ado-Ekiti.
In 1984, the ownership of the university came under the military administration of Ondo State since the governance of the country came under the military junta. In 1985, the government as proprietor of the university cancelled the multi-campus and non-residential policy of the university and changed the name to Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti. (The change of the University's name did not affect the site/location of the campus at Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Reference can be made in records of the National Universities Commission (Nigeria), Association of Commonwealth Universities and other public records.)
The following are some of the principal members of the University administration:
The university is partially residential, with halls of residence for both male and female students. Private hostels are run off-campus adjacent to the university and in the university town by respective owners. There is also provision for accommodation of limited number of students, the halls are listed below:
Satellite Hostel (mixed)
Ajasin/Abiola hostel (female) Solely female hostel comprises two blocks located very close to the Faculty of Education and Art.
Government Hostel (AKA Tatan, mixed) comprises four Hall of residence A, B, C and D. Block A and B are Male Hostels while Block C and D are female hostels.
Below are a list of affiliate institutions of the Ekiti State University approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun state
Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, technology entrepreneur and presenter at Channels TV.
Kunle Ajayi, Professor of Political Science and Conflict Management at the university
Ayodeji Awoyomi, award winning fine art photographer.
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