The University of Ibadan (UI) is a

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Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...

, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the

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. It became an independent university in 1962 and is the oldest degree-awarding institution in

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. Through its graduate network, the University of Ibadan has contributed to the political, industrial, economic and cultural development of

. The history and influence of the University of Ibadan have made it one of the most prestigious universities in

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. The University of Ibadan is made up of 92 academic departments organized into 17 faculties, namely Arts, Science, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Agriculture, the Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Technology, Law, Public Health, Dentistry, Economics and Management Sciences, Renewable Natural Resources, Environmental Design and Management, and Multidisciplinary Studies. The Faculties of the

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, Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Dentistry are organized as a College of Medicine. The university has other academic units, among which are: Institute of Child Health, Institute of Education, Institute of African Studies, Centre for Child Adolescent and Mental Health, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT), Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Centre for Drug Discovery, Development & Production (CDDDP) and Centre for Control & Prevention of Zoonosis (CCPZ). The recently established Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), School of Business (UISB) and National Institute for Maternal, Child & Neonatal Health (NIMCNH) have commenced operation. The University of Ibadan has 15 halls of residence that provide accommodation for about 30% of the population of students in the regular studies mode. Some of the popular halls in the university include Lord Tedder Hall,

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Hall, Sultan Bello Hall,

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Hall, Independence Hall, Tafawa Balewa Hall, Kuti Hall,

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Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the

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Hall – which is the largest female hall in

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. The university has a total staff strength of 5,339, with 1,212 housing units for both senior and junior staff. The university has residential and sports facilities for staff and students on campus, as well as separate botanical and zoological gardens. The

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has educated many notable alumni, including a

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, eminent mathematicians, scientists, politicians, lawyers, business icons, philosophers, writers, monarchs, countless technocrats, recipients of the Nigerian National order of merit, Fellows of the various learned academies. In September 2016, it became the first Nigerian university to make the top 1000 in

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rankings. Prior to that, it had always made the top 10 African Universities in

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Rankings. UI is currently ranked No. 1 in Nigeria and 1196 in the world according to Webometrics. University of Ibadan gate

History

The origins of the university are in the

. It was established in 1948 as the University College Ibadan, as a college of the

, which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees until 1967. The establishment came as a result of recommendation of the Asquith and the Elliot Commissions on Higher Education in the then

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, that two University Colleges of the University of London be set up in

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and

. Prior to 1948,

Yaba College Yaba Higher College was founded in 1932 in Yaba, now a suburb of Lagos in Nigeria to provide tertiary education to Africans, mostly in vocational subjects and teaching. The college staff were transferred to start the University of Ibadan in 1948 ...

had been founded in 1932 in

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, as the first tertiary educational institute in

, focused primarily on providing post-secondary vocational education and teacher training to Africans. However, the limited aims of Yaba College and clamor by Nigerian nationalists for self-improvement and uninhibited education led to the establishment of University College Ibadan as the first university in Nigeria in 1948. Staff and students from Yaba Higher College were transferred to

to form the new University College Ibadan. Modeled after the

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system,

was appointed in 1947 as its first principal, and he started the university college on 18 January 1948. The sod of its permanent site was cut on 17 November 1948, and the date is now known as Founders' Day. Following Nigeria's independence in 1960 and subsequent drive to domesticate several institutions, UCI became a full-fledged independent university in early 1962 and the name changed to University of Ibadan. In late 1963, on the university playing-fields, with a celebration marked by

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s, the Rt. Hon. Sir

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, 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 Kenneth Onwuka Dike (17 December 1917 – 26 October 1983) was a Nigerian educationist, historian and the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the nation's premier college, the University of Ibadan. During the Nigerian civil war, he moved to Harva ...

, after whom the university library is named.

Rankings and reputation

The university consistently ranks as the best in Nigeria.

Administration

The current principal members of the university administration are:

Faculties

* Agriculture and Forestry * Arts * Basic Medical Sciences * Clinical Sciences * Dentistry * Education * Law * Pharmacy * Public Health * Science * Technology * The Social Sciences * Veterinary Medicine * Renewable Natural Resources * Environmental Design and Management * Economics In August 2011,

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, the then Nigerian Minister of Education, announced that the University of Ibadan would host the Nigerian node of the

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, the Institute of Earth and Life Sciences. A major arm of the College of Medicine (which comprises the faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Dentistry and Public Health) is located about five kilometres from the main university, within the structure of The

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. The college has a dormitory, the Alexander Brown Hall for students who are in their clinical years of study. The college was created in August 1980. Some of the past provosts are Oluwole Akande,

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, and Akinyinka Omigbodun.

Institutes

* Institutes of African Studies ** IFRA-Nigeria (''Institut français de recherche en Afrique'') – an institute funded by the French government to promote research in the social sciences and the humanities, and improve collaborative work between academics in France and

. * Institute of Child Health * Institute of Education * Advanced Medical Research and Training * Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies * LES Institute of PAU

Centres of excellence

* Centre For Excellence in Teaching & Learning] * Centre for Child & Adolescent Mental Health * Centre for Control & Prevention of Zoonoses * Center for Drug Discovery, Development and Production (CDDDP)

Affiliate institutions

Below is a list of affiliate institutions of the University of Ibadan, approved by the

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. * Bigard Seminary, Enugu, Enugu, State *

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* St Augustine's College of Education Akoka, Lagos * Osun State College of Education, Ilesa * Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Ogun State. * Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State. *

SS Peter And Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan SS is an abbreviation for ''Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to: Places *Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China *Province of Sassari, Italy (vehi ...

* Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Samonda, Ibadan * Dominican Institute, Samonda, Ibadan * ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja * Nigeria Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso * Life Seminary, Ikorodu * Redeemed Bible College * UMCA Seminary, Ilorin, Kwara * Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe Lagos State

Library

Among the notable structures in the university is the central Kenneth Dike Library, located just beside the Faculty of Arts. The library, which has a large capacity for students, contains books relating to virtually all fields of knowledge both in and outside the university community. To ensure its easy access, students are made to carry out their library registration in their first year of admission. The Library is named after Professor

, who was the first indigenous Principal and former Vice-Chancellor of the university. it was established out of the desires of the founding fathers and matriarch of the institution in order to cut a niche for research and sound teaching. Today, the library is ranked favourably among other libraries in the Commonwealth of nations. The library contains 700,000 volumes of information and more than 1,250 seats for readers. It is open to all senior staff, students of the institution, senior staff of the

,
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Ibadan as well as alumni of the university. The library will also admit anyone else with cogent reasons be it research, reference purposes, as well as study into the library on provision of letter of introduction from a recognized university official (i.e. dean of a faculty, head of department from the visitor's school or director of an organization).

Dispute with students' union

Kunle Adepeju First Student Martyr in Nigeria

On 29 May 2017, the management of the school stopped academic activities for undergraduate students. This was as a result of the protest by the student union. The student body was in disagreement with the school authorities over their failure to issue identity cards to the students and the outlaw on some electrical appliances. On 9 June, it was announced that school will be reopened on 20 June. The school resumed activities on 2 July.

Vice Chancellors

The vice chancellors since 1947 include: *

(Principal): 1947 – 1953 * J. T. Saunders (Principal): 1953 – 1956 *

J. H. Parry John Horace Parry CMG, MBE ( Handsworth, Birmingham, England, 26 April 1914 – Cambridge, Massachusetts, 25 August 1982) was a distinguished maritime historian, who served as Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard Univer ...

(Principal): 1956 – 1960 *

(Principal/Vice Chancellor): 1960 – 1967 * Thomas Adeoye Lambo: 1968 – 1971 * Orishejolomi Thomas: December 1972 – November 1975 * Tekena Tamuno: December 1975 – November 1979 * Samson Olajuwon Kokumo Olayide: December 1979 – November 1983 *

Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, (Born 2 May 1934) is a Nigerian Emeritus professor of English language, educational administrator, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria as well as former pro-chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University. ...

(acting): November 1983 – November 1984 *

: December 1984 – November 1991 * Allen B. O. O. Oyediran: December 1991 – November 1995 * Oladosu A. Ojengbede (acting): December 1995 – March 1996 * Omoniyi O. Adewoye: March 1996 – September 2000 * Olufunso O. Olorunsogo (acting): March 2000 – September 2000 * Ayodele O. Falase: September 2000 – March 2004 * Olufemi Bamiro (acting): March 2004 – November 2005 * Olufemi Bamiro: December 2005 – November 2010 *

: December 2010 – November 2015 * Abel Idowu Olayinka: December 2015 – November 2020 * Adebola Babatunde Ekanola (acting): December 2020 – October 2021 * Kayode Adebowale: October 2021 until date

Notable alumni

'' * Abdulganiyu Abdulrasaq, lawyer, former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange *

Mufutau Oloyede Abdul-Rahmon Mufutau Oloyede Abdul-Rahmon is a Nigerian Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies. He is from Ileogbo, Ile-Ogbo, Aiyedire Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. Education He had his Primary School education at St Mary African Church Prima ...

, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies. *

John Omoniyi Abiri John Omoniyi Abiri is a Nigerian academic. Life Abiri was born into the family of Pa Abraham 'Muyiwa Abiri (d.1964) at 28, Oke Ayetoro street, Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria. Abiri attended St. Phillips School, Ile-Ife and, Odudwa College Ile ...

, Nigerian academic * Sadique Abubakar, former Nigeria Chief of Air Staff *

Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe (; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature. His first novel and ''magnum opus'', ''Things Fall Apart'' (1958), occupies ...

, novelist, author of ''

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'' p. 64. *

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, Member of House of Representative for Ibadan North East/South Federal Constituency *

Adiele Afigbo Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo (22 November 1937 – 9 March 2009) was a Nigerian historian known for the history and historiography of Africa, more particularly Igbo history and the history of Southeastern Nigeria. Themes emphasised include pre-col ...

, historian *

Ayandiji Daniel Aina Ayandiji Daniel Aina is a Nigerian researcher and a past Vice Chancellor of Caleb University, Nigeria. Education Ayandiji earned his first degree which is the PG Diploma in Journalism from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos in ...

, former Vice-Chancellor,

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* J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian * Wahab Adekola Akande, diplomat *

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, Professor of Political Economy, international scholar and social crusader *

Stephen Adebanji Akintoye Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, also known as S. Banji Akintoye (born 1935), is a Nigerian-born academic, historian and writer. He attended Christ's School Ado Ekiti, Nigeria from 1951–1955, and studied history at the University College (Overseas Co ...

* Lola Akande, author and academic *

Grace Alele-Williams Grace Alele-Williams (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University ...

* Elechi Amadi p. viii. *

Alexander Animalu Alexander Obiefoka Enukora Animalu (born 28 August 1938) is a Nigerian academic, who is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He holds a BSc (London), M.A. (Cantab.) and PhD (Ibadan), FAS, NNOM, IOM A pioneer of ...

, Emeritus Professor, former Director National Mathematical Centre, Abuja *

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, former

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, former

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and former Director General of the State Security Service *

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of the University of Ibadan in 1984 * Mosun Belo-Olusoga, financial expert * Senator Robert Ajayi Boroffice * Vivian E. Browne, visual artist *

J. P. Clark John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (6 April 1935 – 13 October 2020) was a Nigerian poet and playwright, who also published as J. P. Clark and John Pepper Clark. Life Born in Kiagbodo, Nigeria, to an Ijaw father and Urhobo mother, Clark received hi ...

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, Chief Executive (Africa Region) of

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* Segun Toyin Dawodu, physician, attorney, academic, and entrepreneur who established the first website on socio-political issues of Nigeria. *

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(late), journalist, poet, actor and writer *

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, former Governor of Ekiti State, former Min of Solid Minerals *

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, writer *

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, Nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, journalist *

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, founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry * Yahaya Kuta, author *

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, Nigerian former Federal Minister of Health *

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, Nigerian actress. * Eddie Mbadiwe, Member of the House of Representative *

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figure *

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* Jerome Nriagu, Environmental chemist, academic and researcher * Mark Nwagwu, academics and poet *

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, Governor of Delta State * Isidore Okpewho * Tunji Olaopa, founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, ISGPP * Olufunmilayo Olopade *

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, philosopher * Miriam Olusanya, first female managing director of GTB * Akinyinka Omigbodun *

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, former President of UNESCO General Conference and Ambassador of Nigeria to

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* Zakariyau Oseni *

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, lecturer and playwright known for ''Women of Owu'' *

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, vice-chancellor of Federal University, Wukari *

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, investigative journalist *

Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: ''Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká''; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded t ...

, winner of the 1986

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* Martin I. Uhomoibhi *

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, head of the civil service of the federation

Notable faculty

* Beatrice Aboyade, librarian *

* Rashid Adewumi Aderinoye *

, Professor of English * Ayo Bamgbose, Professor of Linguistics *

Jacob Ade Ajayi Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014) was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and ...

, Professor of History *

F. V. Atkinson Frederick Valentine "Derick" Atkinson (25 January 1916 – 13 November 2002) was a British mathematician, formerly of the University of Toronto, Canada, where he spent most of his career. Atkinson's theorem and Atkinson–Wilcox theorem are nam ...

, mathematician *

Olumbe Bassir Olumbe Bassir (1919–2001) was a Nigerian scientist, author and academic. His primary contributions to research were in the areas of aflatoxins, nutrition, and peace research. Early life and education Born in Senegal to Sierra Leonean Oku p ...

, founding member of Biochemistry and Microbiology departments *

Christine Hamill Christine Mary Hamill (24 July 1923 – 24 March 1956) was an English mathematician who specialised in group theory and finite geometry. Education Hamill was one of the four children of English physiologist Philip Hamill. She attended St Pau ...

, mathematician *

Rosemary Hutton Violet Rosemary Strachan Hutton FInstP FRSE FRAS (22 October 1925 – 1 April 2004), known to her peers as Rosemary, was a Scottish geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics. Her research focused on the use of electromagnetic methods to dete ...

, geophysicist and pioneer of

magnetotellurics Magnetotellurics (MT) is an electromagnetic geophysical method for inferring the earth's subsurface electrical conductivity from measurements of natural geomagnetic and geoelectric field variation at the Earth's surface. Investigation depth ran ...

Molly Mahood Molly Maureen Mahood (17 June 1919 – 14 February 2017) was a British literary scholar, whose interests ranged from Shakespeare to postcolonial African literature. She taught at St Hugh's College, Oxford (1947–1954), the University of Ibadan ...

, literary scholar * Mark Nwagwu, Professor of

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 ...

, and Fellow

Nigerian Academy of Science The Nigerian Academy of Science is the official science academy of Nigeria. The academy of science was established on 18 January 1977, as an association of Nigeria's foremost scientists, but incorporated in 1986. It is the apex scientific organ ...

Olakunbi Olasope Olakunbi Ojuolape Olasope is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She is an expert on Roman social history, Greek and Roman theatre, and Yoruba classical performance culture. Olasope is known in parti ...

, Professor of Classics * Abel Idowu Olayinka *

, Professor of

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 ...

and

Adult Education Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Merriam, Sharan B. & Brockett, Ralp ...

* Folake Onayemi, Professor of

Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and Head of the Department of Classics * Ebun Oni, geophysicist *

H. F. C. Smith H. F. C. Smith was a scholar of West African History of West Africa, history and African culture, culture. He was particularly interested in Arab influence in Nigeria. Smith was one of the first historians to document the complex history of confli ...

* Grace Oladunni Taylor, biochemist, first African to win a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and second female inducted into the

Fabian Udekwu Fabian Anene Ositadimma Udekwu (1928 – 17 November 2006) born in Enugwu Agidi, Anambra State was a Medical Doctor, Cardiac surgeon. He was a distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and a pioneer of open heart s ...

, Professor of Surgery, first Nigerian cardiothoracic surgeon *

Duncan White Major Deshamanya Duncan M. White MBE, ED (1 March 1918 – 3 July 1998) was a Sri Lankan sportsman. He was the first Ceylonese athlete to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Eng ...

Gallery of campus

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