University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan is a public university in Ibadan, Nigeria. It was founded in 1948.
Former names | University College Ibadan |
|---|---|
| Motto | "Recte Sapere Fons" (To think straight is the fount of knowledge). |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1948 |
| Chairman | Nde Joshua Mutka Waklek |
| Chancellor | Saad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Adebola Babatunde Ekanola |
| Students | 41,743[1] |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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The university owned 17 faculties and 92 departments. It got its independency in 1963.[2]
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Gate of University of Ibadan
The opening of Sultan Bello Hall by Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, University College Ibadan, on Second February 1962 (Kenneth Dike to the left, Ahmadu Bello to the right)
Kunle Adepeju, the first student martyr in Nigeria
University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) 2018 Congress Meeting at UI Senate Building
Author and literary critic Chinua Achebe (BA, 1953)
Geographer, Akin Mabogunje (BA, 1953)
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka (BA, 1954)
Pastor and founder of Deeper Life Bible Church William Kumuyi (BSc 1967)
Academic, Tam David-West (BSc 1958)
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References
- ↑ Oyedele, Damilola (8 September 2013). UI Receives Biggest Allocation of Intervention Funds. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ui-receives-biggest-allocation-of-intervention-funds/158465/. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "University of Ibadan | university, Ibadan, Nigeria". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
