The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in

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 ...

, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. 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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. 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 Nobel Laureate in Literature, 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 Times Higher Education rankings. Prior to that, it had always made the top 10 African Universities in Webometrics 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 University of London. It was established in 1948 as the University College Ibadan, as a college of the University of London, 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 British colonies, 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 19 ...

had been founded in 1932 in Yaba, Lagos, 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 British university 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 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 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, Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i, the then 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. 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, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, 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 National Universities Commission. *

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* Archbishop Vining College of Theology, Akure * 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 * Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Samonda, Ibadan *

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* ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja * Nigeria Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso *

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* 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

,
UCH
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 *

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(Principal): 1956 – 1960 *

(Principal/Vice Chancellor): 1960 – 1967 *

Thomas Adeoye Lambo Thomas Adeoye Lambo, (March 29, 1923 – March 13, 2004) was a Nigerian scholar, administrator and psychiatrist. He is credited as the first western trained psychiatrist in Nigeria and Africa. Between 1971 and 1988, he worked at the World Hea ...

: 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 (acting): November 1983 – November 1984 * Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo: 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 Olufemi Adebisi Bamiro (born 16 September 1947) is a Nigerian professor of mechanical engineering and former vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Early life and education Olufemi was born on 16 September 1947 in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. ...

(acting): March 2004 – November 2005 *

: December 2005 – November 2010 * Isaac Folorunso Adewole: December 2010 – November 2015 *

Abel Idowu Olayinka Abel Idowu Olayinka (born 16 February 1958) is a Nigerian professor of applied geophysics. He is a former deputy vice chancellor and former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is also the president of thWest African Research and I ...

: December 2015 – November 2020 * Adebola Babatunde Ekanola (acting): December 2020 – October 2021 *

Kayode Adebowale Kayode Oyebode Adebowale FRSC (born 11 January 1962) is a Nigerian professor and scientist and the 13th Vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. In October 2021 he became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, having formerly s ...

: October 2021 until date

Notable alumni

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Abdulganiyu Abdulrasaq Abdulganiyu Folorunsho AbdulRazaq (A.G.F) (November 13, 1927 – July 25, 2020) was the first Commissioner of Finance for Kwara State after the state was formed in 1967 under Yakubu Gowon's military administration. He was also the first lawyer ...

, lawyer, former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange *

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, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies. *

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, Nigerian academic * Sadique Abubakar, former Nigeria Chief of Air Staff * Chinua Achebe, novelist, author of ''

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'' p. 64. *

Dapo Lam Adesina Dapo Lam Adesina (; born 25 October 1978) is a Nigerian politician, who was a member of Nigeria's 8th House of Representatives. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He represented Ibadan North East/South East Federal constit ...

, Member of House of Representative for Ibadan North East/South Federal Constituency * Adiele Afigbo, 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 i ...

, former Vice-Chancellor,

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* J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian * Wahab Adekola Akande, diplomat * Claude Ake, Professor of Political Economy, international scholar and social crusader * Stephen Adebanji Akintoye * 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 Universi ...

Elechi Amadi Elechi Amadi (12 May 1934 – 29 June 2016) was a Nigerian author and soldier. He was a former member of the Nigerian Armed Forces. He was an author of plays and novels that are generally about African village life, customs, beliefs, and religi ...

p. viii. * Alexander Animalu, Emeritus Professor, former Director National Mathematical Centre, Abuja * Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General * Kayode Are, former National Security Adviser and former Director General of the State Security Service * Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan in 1984 * Mosun Belo-Olusoga, financial expert * Senator

Robert Ajayi Boroffice Professor Robert Ajayi Boroffice (born 23 April 1949) is a public servant who was elected Senator for Ondo North, in Ondo State, Nigeria on 9 April 2011. Early career Boroffice was born on 23 April 1949 in Oka-Akoko, Ondo State, South Western, ...

* Vivian E. Browne, visual artist * J. P. Clark * Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive (Africa Region) of Standard Bank *

Segun Toyin Dawodu Segun Toyin Dawodu (born 13 October 1960) is a Nigerian Physiatrist and lawyer with the WellSpan Health, he served as an Associate Professor of Pain Medicine at Albany Medical College. Dawodu contributed to the peer-reviewed articles on the ...

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

Adebayo Faleti Adebayo Mosobalaje Faleti (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster, Africa's first stage play director, Nigeria's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa - Western Nigeria Television ( ...

(late), journalist, poet, actor and writer * Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State, former Min of Solid Minerals * Chukwuemeka Ike, writer * Amadi Ikwechegh * Abiola Irele *

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, Nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, journalist *

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, founder and General Superintendent of

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Yahaya Kuta Mohammad Yahaya Kuta (also in short ''MKYahaya'' or ''Prof MKuta''; born 20 October 1962) is a Nigerian academic, writer and professor of Agricultural and Foresty, University of Ibadan. He serves as Secretary to the state government of Nige ...

, author * Eyitayo Lambo, Nigerian former Federal Minister of Health *

Mary Lazarus Mary Lazarus (born 5 May 1989) is a Nigerian actress and movie producer who won the '' City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actress of the Year (English)'' at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2018 and was nominated, for ''Best Actr ...

, Nigerian actress. *

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, Member of the House of Representative *

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figure *

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Jerome Nriagu Jerome Okon Nriagu is a Nigerian-born, American environmental chemist, academic and researcher. He is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He was formerly a Research Scientist at Environment Canada in th ...

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

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* Christopher Okigbo * Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State * Isidore Okpewho *

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, founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, ISGPP * Olufunmilayo Olopade * Sophie Oluwole, 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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* Kole Omotosho *

Gamaliel Onosode Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode (22 May 1933 – 29 September 2015) was a foremost Nigerian technocrat, administrator and a former presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party of Nigeria. Educated at the Government College, Ughelli and t ...

Zakariyau Oseni Zakariyau Idrees-Oboh Oseni, (born 20 December 1950) is a prominent Arabic and Islamic Studies Scholar, an Imam and a poet from Nigeria. He was trained at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Certificate in Arabic & Islamic Studies ( ...

Femi Osofisan Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 16, 1946), known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme ...

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

Niyi Osundare Niyi Osundare is a leading African poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on March 12, 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral poetry of his Yoruba culture, which he capaciously hybridizes with other poet ...

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, vice-chancellor of Federal University, Wukari * Ken Saro-Wiwa *

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, investigative journalist * Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature * Martin I. Uhomoibhi *

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* Folashade Yemi-Esan, head of the civil service of the federation

Notable faculty

* Beatrice Aboyade, librarian * Isaac Folorunso Adewole * Rashid Adewumi Aderinoye * Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, Professor of English *

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, 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, mathematician *

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, founding member of Biochemistry and Microbiology departments * Christine Hamill, mathematician *

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, geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics *

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

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, and Fellow

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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 part ...

, Professor of Classics *

, Professor of

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and Adult Education * Folake Onayemi, Professor of Classics and Head of the Department of Classics *

Ebun Oni Professor Ebun Oni (21 May 1935 - 2 December 2021) known in early life as Ebun Adegbohungbe and later as Ebun Adefunmilyo Oni (spousal title) was a Nigerian geophysicist, university teacher and writer. One of Nigeria's first indigenous female sci ...

, geophysicist *

* H. F. C. Smith * Wole Soyinka *

Grace Oladunni Taylor Grace Oladunni Taylor (also known as Grace Oladunni Lucia Olaniyan-Taylor; born 24 April 1937) is a biochemist, formerly at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She was the second woman to be inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science and the first A ...

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

* Fabian Udekwu, 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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