University of Ibadan

University of Ibadan
Former names
University College Ibadan
Motto Recte Sapere Fons = To think straight is the fount (of knowledge)
Type Public
Established 1948
Chairman Chief Wole Olanipekun
Vice-Chancellor Abel Idowu Olayinka
Students 33, 481[1]
Location Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria
Website http://www.ui.edu.ng/

The University of Ibadan(UI) is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Nigerian universities,[2][3] and is located five miles (8 kilometres) from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria.

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.

History

Kenneth Onwuka Dike University Library

The origins of the university are in Yaba College, founded in 1932 in Yaba, Lagos as the first tertiary educational institute in Nigeria. Yaba College was transferred to Ibadan, becoming the University College of Ibadan, in 1948.[4] The university was founded on its own site on 17 November 1948. In late 1963, on the university playing-fields, with a 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 the University of Ibadan's library is named.

Administration

The current principal members of the university administration are:[5]

People
Title Position
Muhammadu Buhari Visitor
Dr. Umar Mustapha Pro-Chancellor & Chairman
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar Chancellor
Abel Idowu Olayinka Vice-Chancellor
Emilolorun Ambrose Aiyelari Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
Gbemisola Oke Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Olujimi I. Olukoya 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
  • Social Sciences
  • Technology
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • School of business studies

In August 2011 Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i, the Nigerian Minister of Education announced that the University of Ibadan would host the Nigerian node of the Pan-African University, the Institute of Earth and Life Sciences.[6]

Entrance into the university is rigorous, most especially into the College of Medicine.

Centres

Units

Kenneth Onwuka Dike Library, University of Ibadan (old postcard)

Halls of Residence

The university is primarily residential with magnificent halls of residence for male and female students. There is provision for the accommodation of post-graduate students. There are Internet cafés, Knowledge Hubs, cafeterias, Laundry Centres, Mini Marts, Press Boards, common-rooms, gymnasia (in some halls), kitchenettes, etc. There is impressive water and electricity supply. Electricity supply is also augmented by the inverter system. Football, table tennis and lawn tennis are sports often played and watched by students. The Halls of Residence are semi-autonomous. Each Hall of Residence has a Management Committee, which is responsible for matters of general policy for the social, cultural and intellectual activities of the Hall. The Management Committee is given powers to arrange its own social, cultural and intellectual activities designed to preserve, develop and enrich the traditions of the Hall and make life in the Hall generally interesting and worthwhile. The Management Committee consists of the Hall Master/Mistress, the Hall Warden and Assistant Wardens, the Hall Supervisor and the Hall Executives, which consists of students who are elected every session by the students of each hall to handle internal student matters, as well as act as an intermediary between the Hall Administration and the generality of students. Accommodation in the Halls range from 1 to 4 per room. The halls are listed below:

It has a cafeteria, a common room for relaxation, a small football field and a volleyball court. Th hall also has clubs such as The Literary and Debating Club and a press organization. The Mellanby Hall Press Organization is arguably one of the best in the school, and has in recent years won the award for the best press organization, awarded by The Union of Campus Journalists, the school's highest press body.

Represents the biggest hall in the University of Ibadan and, arguably, the biggest in the rest of west Africa.

Commonly known as Zik Hall, and its occupants as Zikites. It accommodates 999 students every session and it is normally referred to as the Heartbeat of the University of Ibadan. It is also known as the Baluba Republic and shares a long standing rivalry with Independence Hall. It is located on El-Kanemi Road just before Independence Hall. Zik Hall is well known for its "Aroism"-an avenue where Zikites make gest of themselves and other non-residents especially females.

Location: at the end of El-Kanemi Road. "The Republic of Katanga", as it is fondly called, was formally opened in 1961, in commemoration of Nigeria's attainment of Independence on 1 October 1960. Members are known as "Katangites". It is also regarded as the "Only Living Hall In UI", in reference to the fact that it is named after Nigeria's independence, which is still "living". It has a capacity of about 1000 students.

Location: in the College of Medicine campus at the University College Hospital, Ibadan

The designs of the halls are deliberately not identical. For example, the older halls - Mellanby, Tedder, Kuti, Sultan Bello and Queen Elizabeth II halls - were designed by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew who, in appreciation of their contribution to the physical development of the University were honoured with honorary degrees in 1965. Messrs Watkins Gray and Partners designed Alexander Brown Hall as a part of the overall design of the University College Hospital Complex. The two undergraduate halls, Independence and Nnamdi Azikiwe Halls, were designed by Messrs Design Group (Nigeria) Ltd. Obafemi Awolowo Hall was designed by Allied Group of Architects, while Tafawa Balewa and Idia Halls were designed by Messrs Aderele-Omisore-Adebanjo Associates. The Federal Ministry of Works designed the Abdusalami Abubakar Hall. Students are usually very passionate about their respective halls.

Notable alumni

See also Category:University of Ibadan alumni

Notable faculty

Notes

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