University of Abuja

The UofA of Nigeria was established in 1988 with three colleges namely: College of Arts and Education; College of Law, Management and Social Sciences; and College of Science and Agriculture. The total population of students at inception was less than five hundred, but today, the UofA has twelve faculties and about to start three new ones, and has more than forty thousand students! The UofA has continued to witness tremendous and rapid growth in terms of academic programmes, infrastructural development, staff strength, students’ population, research, and innovation.

The University of Abuja is the model University in Nigeria, and has developed robust developmental strategies to meet and sustain that status and remain a pride of Nigerians and humanity in the provision of higher education. It is dedicated to quality teaching, learning, and research. It offers both staff and students a serene and conducive environment for living, working, teaching, learning, and research.

In developing to be a global University, we are strengthening electronic technology through smart classrooms, computer laboratories, empowerment of staff and students with strong technological skills for teaching, learning and research. The UofA was recently designated The Centre of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE), through an award to Professor Olumide Owolabi, Director Information Technological Management System and Professor Obiageli Nnodu, Director, Centre for Sponsored Projects, under the framework of the Excellence in Africa (EXAF) initiative of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, in partnership with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco. The goal of the initiative is to support scientific research throughout the African continent by providing STEM students enrolled in Master and PhD programmes across Africa access to educational material and tools of a world class quality, and relevant to local research programmes and the needs of Africa. Under this award, a digital production studio will be built in the University of Abuja to produce digital content. In 2020 alone, the UofA external grants attracted to campus by academic staff was worth more than 300 million Naira, despite the global coronavirus pandemic and the disruption it caused higher education globally. Every year, more and more grants and external collaborations are attracted to the University.

Given our contemporary reality in Nigeria and to ensure peaceful and motivational environment on campus to pursue excellent research and learning and support national developmental goals, ongoing institutional focus include: Providing adequately trained security personnel and partnering with all national security agencies. Encouraging learning of local and international languages, instituting foreign language requirement for all students. Requiring Entrepreneurial skill acquisition by all students, no matter what discipline. Enforcement of discipline and moral standards. Enhancement of sporting and cultural activities. Peaceful coexistence with the host indigenous community through the creation of the Centre for Community Development charged with community developmental activities Local and international partnership and collaborations, with a strong International Centre as one-stop centre for everything international – immigration, international student admission, international programming, study abroad, international collaborations, and many more Providing students with the very best learning experiences and opportunities, in addition to opportunity for study abroad programs, institutional commitment to recruiting strong international staff and students to the UofA