The University of Nigeria, UNN, is a federal university in Enugu State, located in Nsukka, Nigeria. The University of Nigeria UNN was founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on October 7, 1960. It has three campuses in Enugu State – Nsukka, Enugu, and Ituku-Ozalla – as well as an Aba campus in Abia State.
The University of Nigeria,UNN, modeled after the American educational system, is Nigeria’s first full-fledged indigenous and autonomous university. It is Africa’s first land-grant institution and one of the country’s top five universities. There are 15 faculties and 102 academic departments within the university. There are 108 undergraduate programs and 211 postgraduate programs available at the university.
University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN
| Former names | University of Nigeria (1960 – 1967)University of Biafra (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970) |
| Motto | To Restore the Dignity of Man |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| Founder | Nnamdi Azikiwe |
| Vice-Chancellor | Charles Igwe Arizechukwu |
| Academic staff | 1,519 |
| Students | 36,000 |
| Website | unn.edu.ng |
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Lists of Faculties in the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN
- Agriculture
- Arts
- Basic Medical Sciences
- Biological Science
- Business Administration
- Dentistry
- Education
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Health Sciences
- Law
- Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Social Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine
- Humanities
- Clinical Sciences
Past and present Vice-chancellors of the University of Nigeria Nsukka
- Professor Charles Igwe Arizechukwu: June 2019–Present
- Professor Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba: June 2014–June 2019
- Professor Bartho Okolo: 2009 – June 2014
- Professor Osita Chinedu Nebo: June 2004 – June 2009
- Professor Ginigeme Francis Mbanefoh: 1999 – 2004
- Professor Umaru Gomwalk: May 1994 – (appointed as the Sole Administrator)
- Professor Oleka K. Udeala:1992 – 1995
- Professor Chimere Ikoku: 1985 – 1992
- Professor Frank Nwachukwu Ndili: 1980 – Oct. 1985
- Professor Umaru Shehu: 1978 – 1979
- Professor James O. C. Ezeilo: 1975 – 1978
- Professor Herbert C. Kodilinye: 1971 – 1975
- Professor Eni Njoku: July 1966 – 1967; 1967 – 1970
- Professor Glen L. Taggart: 1964 – 1966
- Dr. George Marion Johnson: 1960 – 1964
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