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University of Ibadan

Coordinates: 7°26′30″N 3°54′00″E / 7.44167°N 3.90000°E / 7.44167; 3.90000
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University of Ibadan
File:Logoui.png
TypePublic
Established1948
ChairmanChief Wole Olanipekun
ChancellorAlhaji Ado Bayero
Vice-ChancellorIsaac F. Adewole
Location
Ibadan
,
Oyo
,
Nigeria
Websitewww.ui.edu.ng

The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university,[1][2] and is located five miles (8 kilometres) from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria. It has over 12,000 students.

The University was founded on its own site on 17 November 1948. The site of the University was leased to the colonial authorities by Ibadan native chiefs for 999 years.[3] The first students began courses in January of that year. Arthur Creech Jones, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, inaugurated the new educational institution. The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London, then it was called the University College, Ibadan. Some of the original buildings were designed by the English modernist architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.[3] A 500-bed teaching hospital was added in 1957. The University of Ibadan became an independent university in 1962.

In late 1963, on the University playing fields, with the celebration marked by talking drums, the Rt. Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria, became the first Chancellor of its independent University. The first Nigerian vice chancellor of the university was Kenneth Dike, after whom University of Ibadan's library is named.

Besides the College of Medicine, there are now ten other faculties: Arts, Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, Law, Public Health and Dentistry.

The University has residential and sports facilities for staff and students on Campus, as well as separate botanical and zoological gardens.

Administration

The current principal members of the University administration are:[4]

People
Title Position
Chief Wole Olanipekun Pro-Chancellor & Chairman
Alhaji Ado Bayero Chancellor
Isaac F. Adewole Vice-Chancellor
Elijah Afolabi Bamgboye Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
vacant Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Omotayo O. Ikotun Registrar
Ibrahim O. Aponmade Bursar
Benedict A. Oladele Librarian

Faculties

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Arts
  • Basic Medical Sciences
  • Clinical Sciences
  • Dentistry
  • Education
  • Law
  • Pharmacy
  • Public Health
  • Science
  • The Social Sciences
  • Technology
  • Veterinary Medicine

Units

  • The Registry
  • The Bursary
  • Careers Placement and Counselling Unit
  • Foreign Students Unit
  • The Sports Council
  • The Library
  • The Computing Centre
  • The Press
  • The Bookshop
  • The Botanical Garden
  • The Zoological Garden
  • University Media Centre, which houses the campus radio station, DIAMOND 101.1 FM.
  • The Abadina Media Resource Centre
  • Advancement Centre
  • The University Health Services
  • Works and Maintenace
  • Academic Planning
  • Internal Audit

Halls of residence

The University is primarily residential with Halls of residence for both male & Female students. There is also provision for accommodation of post-graduate students, the halls are listed below:

  • Tedder Hall ---- (Male, Undergraduate)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Hall ---- (Female, Undergraduate)
  • Mellanby Hall ---- (Male, Undergraduate)
  • Sultan Bello Hall ---- (Male, Undergraduate)
  • Kuti hall ----- (Male, Undergraduate)
  • Queen Idia Hall ----- (Female, Undergraduate)
  • Obafemi Awolowo Hall ----- (Mixed, Undergraduate & Postgraduate)
  • Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall ----- (Male, Undergraduate)
  • Independence Hall ----- (Male, Undergraduate)
  • Tafawa Balewa Hall ----- (Mixed, Postgraduate)
  • Alexander Brown Hall ----- (Mixed, clinical medical, dental & physiotherapy students)
  • Abdulsalam Abubakar Hall ----- (Mixed, Postgraduate)
  • Enemuo Chukwuebuka Hall----- (Male, Undergraduate)

Notable alumni

Notable former staff

Notes

  1. ^ Teferra et al. 2003, pp.492-499
  2. ^ Van. den Berghe 1973, p.15
  3. ^ a b Mellanby 1958
  4. ^ "University of Ibadan Principal Officers | UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN". Ui.edu.ng. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e July, Robert W (1987). An African Voice. Durham (NC): Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-0769-3. p. 64
  6. ^ a b c d e Laurence, Margaret (2001). Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952-1966. Alberta: University of Alberta Press. ISBN 978-0-88864-332-2. p. viii.
  7. ^ "Emeka Anyaoku - Imo State Investment Summit". imoinvestmentsummit.com. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  8. ^ "African Success : Biography of John PEPPER CLARK". 05/04/200. Retrieved 2010-07-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "The Life and Times of Amadi Ikwechegh". Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  10. ^ Ndjebela, Toivo (25 January 2011). "NDF hails new chief". New Era.
  11. ^ "C. Okigbo 1932-1967". Christopher Okigbo Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  12. ^ David Diai (20 July 2008). "Gamaliel Onosode: Ways Of Mr Integrity At 75". The Guardian (Nigeria). Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  13. ^ "BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON MARTIN IHOEGHIAN UHOMOIBHI PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOR 2008-2009" (Press release). Human Rights Council. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Executive Chairman, EFCC". Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  15. ^ "Niyi Osundare at 60 Literary Fete". 4 February 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  16. ^ Gbenga Ogundare (10 May 2004). "Article: A Historian At 75". AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  17. ^ "Kole Omotoso". Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  18. ^ Wumi Raji (14 February 2007). "Churchill College Celebrates Abiola Irele". Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Africultures - Biographie de Stephen Adebanji Akintoye". africultures.com (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  20. ^ "Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Joins LMU". lmu.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  21. ^ "The University of New Orleans - English Department". english.uno.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

References

  • Damtew Teferra; et al. (2003). African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253341860. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  • Kenneth Mellanby (1958). The birth of Nigeria's university. Methuen.
  • Pierre L. Van den Berghe (1973). Power and Privilege at an African university. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9780870739675.

Further reading

  • Tekena Tamuno (1981). Ibadan Voices: Ibadan University in Transition. Ibadan University Press. ISBN 978-9781211096.

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