Abia State University

Abia State University
Motto	Excellence and Service
Type	Public
Established	1981
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Uchenna Eleazer Ikonne
Students	20,389
Undergraduates	18940
Postgraduates	1139
Doctoral students	310
Location	Uturu, Abia, Nigeria
Campus	Rural/suburban
Website	http://www.abiastateuniversity.edu.ng

Abia State University is one of the state owned universities in Nigeria. These state academic institutions were created to expand admissions and bring professional skills, expertise and modern research facilities close to the city and rural dwellers, and have helped talented students to obtain higher education.^[1]

The inception of the university was in 1981 in the former Imo State under the name of Imo State University, Etiti.^{[citation needed]} The university was established by Sam Mbakwe when he was Governor of old Imo State. The main campus was located at Etiti, Imo State, while the Law Department was located in a separate Campus at Aba. Between 1984 and 1985 under the military governorship of General Ike Nwachukwu, the university moved to its permanent site at Uturu Okigwe. Following the creation of Abia State in 1991, the Uturu campus of the University was ceded to Abia State, and is now known as Abia State University Uturu, Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria.^{[citation needed]} The university is organized in colleges and schools having been founded on the same collegiate system operated by University of Nebraska.

Abia State University offers undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees. It has two campuses- its main campus in Uturu; and the College of Law, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine housed by the campus in Umuahia, Abia State capital.

Academics

The university offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs across ten colleges.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
College of Biological and Physical Sciences
College of Business Administration
College of Education
College of Engineering and Environmental Studies
College of Law
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
College of Optometry
College of Postgraduate Studies

Centres, directorates and institutes

Centre For Entrepreneurial Education
Student Affairs Department
Counseling Centre
Centre for Primary and Non-Formal Education
General Studies
Centre for Igbo Studies
Academic Planning
SIWES
Sandwich Programme
Centre for Remedial Studies
University Examination Centre
Business Resource Centre
Institute for Distance Education (IDEA)
Institute for Computer Studies
Consultancies, Linkages & Revenue Mobilization
Institute of Arts & Sciences
Centre for Quality Assurance

Notes

^ "Home - Abia State University Uturu". abiastateuniversity.edu.ng. Retrieved 2017-09-03.

References

Emmanuel, Korieocha. Imo State: A pictogram of Leadership Mongolism 2009 [1]
The Association of Commonwealth Universities. Abia State University Uturu, Nigeria [2]

External links

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[1] "Home - Abia State University Uturu". abiastateuniversity.edu.ng. Retrieved 2017-09-03.

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