Al-Hikmah University is an Islamic university located in

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, Nigeria. It was founded in 2005 by AbdulRaheem Oladimeji Islamic Foundation (AROIF) based in Nigeria and World Assembly of Muslim Youths (WAMY) based in

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. Professor Muhammed Taofeek Olalekan Ibrahim is the immediate past

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. He was succeeded by Professor Noah Yusuf. who is now the current Vice-chancellor. The goal of Al-Hikmah University is to be a center of intellectual and moral excellence. The University came into existence via the granting of an operating license to run as a Conventional Private University by the Federal Government of Nigeria License No. 010 on 7 January 2005. It commenced academic activities during the 2005–2006 academic session with 70 students spread across the three take-off colleges: Humanities, Management Sciences and Natural Sciences.

Vice chancellors

*Professor Musbau Adewumi Akanji *Professor Abdullahi Ahmad * Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem *Professor Muhammed Taofeek Olalekan Ibrahim. *Professor Noah Yusuf

Faculties and Programmes

The university has several Faculties which are spread across two campuses (Ilorin and

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) in

. * FACULTY OF EDUCATION (i) B. Agriculture * FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (i) B.Sc. Public Health (ii) B. Nursing Science (iii) B.Sc. Physiology (iv) B. Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) (V) B.Sc. Human Anatomy * FACULTY OF LAW (i) LL.B. Common Law (ii) LL.B. Common and Islamic Law * FACULT OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (i) B.Sc. Computer Science (vii) B.Sc. Biology (ii) B.Sc. Software Engineering (ix) B.Sc. Biochemistry (iii) B.Sc. Cyber Security (x) B.Sc. Microbiology (iv) B.Sc. Information System (xi) B.Sc. Mathematics (v) B.Sc. Geology (xii) B.Sc. Industrial Mathematics (vi) B.Sc. Petroleum Chemistry (xiii) B.Sc. Physics with Electronics (vii) B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry (xiv) B.Sc. Physics (xv) B.Sc. Statistics * FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (i) B.Sc. Sociology (vii) B.Sc. Islamic Studies (ii) B.Sc. Public Administration (ix) B.Sc. History and International Relation (iii) B.Sc. Mass Communication (x) B.Sc. Arabic (iv) B.Sc. Political Science & Conflict Resolution (xi) B.Sc. English * FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (i) B.Sc. Accounting (ii) B.Sc. Economics (iii) B.Sc. Business Administration (iv) B.Sc. Marketing (v) B.Sc. Banking & Finance * FACULTY OF EDUCATION (i) B.Sc. (Ed.) Computer Science (ix) B. Library and Information Science (BLIS) (ii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry (x) B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies (iii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Mathematics (xi) B.A. (Ed.) Arabic (iv) B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology (iv) B.A. (Ed.) Social Studies (v) B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics (v) B.A. (Ed.) English (vi) B.Sc. (Ed.) Education Technology (vi) B.Sc. (Ed.) Political Science (vii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Guidance and Counseling (vii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Business Education (viii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Educational Management (viii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Economics

Sub-Degree Diploma Programmes

(i) Diploma in Common Law (v) Diploma in Accounting (ii) Diploma in Common and Islamic Law (vi) Diploma in Business Administration (iii) Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies (vii) Diploma in Computer Science (iv) Diploma in International Relations *

Collaborations

Al-Hikmah University has collaborated with

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(NDLEA) to counter act drug abuse especially amongst youth. Also with the Economic and Financial crime commission Agency.

References

External links

* Education in Kwara State 2005 establishments in Nigeria Islamic universities and colleges in Nigeria Ilorin Libraries in Nigeria {{nigeria-university-stub