The Anchor University is a private Christian

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

owned by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. The university is located at Ayobo, Ipaja,

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, southwestern

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History

The process of founding Anchor University billed for September 2012, but suffered a huge setback as the representatives of the NUC coming for final inspection and approval of their multi-billion projects were in the ill-fated Dana Air crash. Professor Celestine Onwuliri, husband of a serving minister and an executive director with the Nigerian Universities Commission was among the over 157 victims that died in the Dana Air crash which occurred on Sunday, June 3, 2012. He was the leader of the team. Construction began in 2013. The University was founded in 2014 by Deeper Christian Life Ministry. It was approved by the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) on Wednesday, 2 November 2016.

Faculties

There are three faculties in the university. *Faculty of Humanities *Faculty of Science and Science Education *Faculty of Social and Management Sciences

NUC approval

*Faculty Of Humanities *Faculty Of Natural & Applied Sciences *Faculty Of Social & Management Sciences

Programmes

(a) Faculty of Humanities *B.A.

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

& Diplomatic Studies *B.A.

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Literary Studies Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. T ...

*B.A. Christian Religious Studies *B.A. French (b) Faculty of Social and Management Sciences *B.Sc.

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

*B.Sc.

Business Administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

*B.Sc.

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

*B.Sc.

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

*B.Sc. Mass Communication *B.Sc.

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

*B.Sc.

Banking A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Becau ...

and Finance (c) Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences *B.Sc.

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

* B.Sc. Microbiology * B.Sc. Biochemistry * B.Sc. Mathematics * B.Sc. Computer Science * B.Sc. Physics * B.Sc. Chemistry * B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry * B.Sc. Information Technology * B.Sc. Biotechnology * B.Sc. Physics with Electronics * B.Sc. Applied Geophysics * B.Sc. Geology * B.Sc. (Ed) Chemistry * B.Sc. (Ed) Biology * B.Sc. (Ed) Computer Science * B.Sc. (Ed) Mathematics * B.Sc. (Ed) Physic

References

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History

Faculties

NUC approval

Programmes

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