University of Ibadan

The opening of Sultan Bello Hall by Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, University College Ibadan, on Second February 1962 (Kenneth Dike to the left, Ahmadu Bello to the right)

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.[13][14][15] 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 Ghana[16] and Nigeria.[17] Prior to 1948, Yaba College had been founded in 1932 in Yaba, Lagos, as the first tertiary educational institute in Nigeria, focused primarily on providing post-secondary vocational education and teacher training to Africans.

However, the limited aims of Yaba College[18] 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.[19] Staff and students from Yaba Higher College were transferred to Ibadan to form the new University College Ibadan.[20]

Modeled after the British university system, Kenneth Mellanby was appointed in 1947 as its first principal, and he started the university college on 18 January 1948.[21] The sod of its permanent site was cut on 17 November 1948, and the date is now known as Founders' Day. The university's first buildings were designed by eminent modernist architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.[22] Following the tropical modernist style, the 1950s construction comprised administrative blocks, residential colleges and academic facilities.[23]

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.[24]

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 library is named.[25]

The university consistently ranks as the best in Nigeria.[36]

The current principal members of the university administration are:[37]

[39]

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY[40]

1 Agriculture

2. Fisheries and Wildlife Management

2 Fisheries and Wildlife Management

3 Forestry Resources Management

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[41]

1 Medicine and Surgery

2 Dentistry

3 Physiotherapy

4 Biochemistry

5 Physiology

6 Human Nutrition

7 Nursing Science

PHARMACY[42]

1 Pharmacy

LAW[43]

Law

ARTS[44]

1 Arabic Language & Literature

2 Islamic Studies

3 Archaeology

4 Archaeology Combined:

[a] Archaeology with History

[b] Archaeology with Classics

[c] Archaeology with Religious Studies

5 Anthropology

6 Classics

7 Religious Studies

8 Communication & Language Arts

9 Linguistics and African Studies:

[a] Linguistics

[b] Yoruba

[c] Igbo

10 History

11 English Language & Literature

12 Philosophy

European Studies:[41]

[a] French

[b] Russian

[c] German

13 Theatre Arts

VETERINARY MEDICINE[41]

1 Veterinary Medicine

TECHNOLOGY

1 Agricultural & Environmental Engineering

2 Civil Engineering

3 Industrial Production Engineering

4 Petroleum Engineering

5 Electrical & Electronics Engineering

6 Mechanical Engineering

7 Food Technology

8 Wood Products Engineering

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES[45]

1 Economics

2 Geography

3 Political Science

4 Psychology

5 Sociology

EDUCATION[46]

1 Adult Education

2 Educational Management

3 Teacher Education:

[a] Arts

[b] Social Sciences

[c] Science

[d] Pre-Primary Education

4 Special Education

5 Human Kinetics

6 Health Education

7 Guidance & Counselling

8 Library Studies

FACULTY OF SCIENCE[41]

1 [a] Archaeology Single Honours

[b] Archaeology Combined:

• With Geology

• With Geography

• With Zoology

• With Botany

2 Anthropology

3 Chemistry

4 Industrial Chemistry

5 Geography

6 Computer Science

7 Geology

8 Mathematics

9 Physics

10 Statistics

11 Zoology

12 Botany

13 Microbiology

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.[47]

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 University College Hospital. 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.[48]

• Institutes of African Studies[49]
• 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 West Africa.[50]
• Institute of Child Health[51]
• Institute of Education[52]
• Advanced Medical Research and Training
• Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies
• LES Institute of PAU[53]
• School of Economics[54]

Below is a list of affiliate institutions of the University of Ibadan, approved by the National Universities Commission.[61][62]

• Bigard Seminary, Enugu, Enugu, State
• 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,[63] Ogun State.
• Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State.[64]
• SS Peter And Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan
• 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

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.[65]

The Library is named after Professor Kenneth Dike, 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.[66] Today, the library is ranked favourably among other libraries in the Commonwealth of nations.[67]

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 University College Hospital, (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).

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.[68] On 9 June, it was announced that school will be reopened on 20 June.[69] The school resumed activities on 2 July.[70]

The vice chancellors since 1947 include:[71]

• Kenneth Mellanby (Principal): 1947 – 1953
• J. T. Saunders (Principal): 1953 – 1956
• J. H. Parry (Principal): 1956 – 1960
• Kenneth Dike (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 (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 (acting): March 2004 – November 2005
• Olufemi Bamiro: December 2005 – November 2010
• Isaac Folorunso Adewole: 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 UI alumni include:
• 
  Author and literary critic Chinua Achebe (BA, 1953)
• 
  Geographer, Akin Mabogunje (BA, 1953)
• 
  Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka (BA, 1954)
• 
  Pastor and founder of Deeper Life Bible Church William Kumuyi (BSc 1967)
• 
  Academic, Tam David-West (BSc 1958)
• 
  Civil rights activist James Meredith
• 
  British Scholar, Jeremy Joyner White (PhD 1970)
• 
  Writer, theatre director, novelist, critic, Femi Osofisan (BA, 1969)
• 
  Physician & former Nigerian Minister of Health, Babatunde Osotimehin (MB.BS, 1972)
• 
  Gynaecologist & Nigerian former minister of health, Isaac Adewole (MB.BS 1978)
• 
  Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki (BA, 1979)
• 
  CEO of Standard Bank Group Sola David-Borha (BSc, 1981)
• 
  Former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa (MB.BS, 1981)
• 
  Founder of Air Peace, Allen Onyema (LL.B. 1987)
• 
  Former governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade (B.Sc 1988)
• 
  National chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje (PhD, 1993)
• 
  Actress Ibinabo Fiberesima (BA, 1994)
• 
  Comic actor, Afeez Oyetoro (MA, PhD)

• Abdulganiyu Abdulrasaq, lawyer, former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange[72]
• Mufutau Oloyede Abdul-Rahmon, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies.[73]
• John Omoniyi Abiri, Nigerian academic
• Sadique Abubakar, former Nigeria Chief of Air Staff[74]
• Chinua Achebe, novelist, author of Things Fall Apart[75]
• J. K. Acquaye, Professor of Haematology, president of the West African College of Physicians (2003–2004)
• Dapo Lam Adesina, Member of House of Representative for Ibadan North East/South Federal Constituency
• Adiele Afigbo, historian
• Ayandiji Daniel Aina, former Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University[76]
• J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian
• Wahab Adekola Akande, diplomat
• Claude Ake, Professor of Political Economy, international scholar and social crusader
• Stephen Adebanji Akintoye[77]
• Lola Akande, author and academic
• Grace Alele-Williams[78]
• Elechi Amadi[75][79]
• Seth Amoama, Ghanaian Chief of the Defence Staff
• Alexander Animalu, Emeritus Professor, former Director National Mathematical Centre, Abuja
• Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General[80]
• Kayode Are, former National Security Adviser and former Director General of the State Security Service
• Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan
• Mosun Belo-Olusoga, financial expert
• Senator Robert Ajayi Boroffice
• Vivian E. Browne, visual artist[81]
• J. P. Clark[75][79][82]
• Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive (Africa Region) of Standard Bank
• Segun Toyin Dawodu, physician, attorney, academic, and entrepreneur who established the first website[83] on socio-political issues of Nigeria.
• Adebayo Faleti(late), journalist, poet, actor and writer
• Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State, former Min of Solid Minerals
• Chukwuemeka Ike, writer
• Amadi Ikwechegh[84]
• Abiola Irele[85]
• Funmi Iyanda, Nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, journalist
• William Kumuyi, founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry[86][87]
• Yahaya Kuta, author
• Eyitayo Lambo, Nigerian former Federal Minister of Health
• Mary Lazarus, Nigerian actress.
• Eddie Mbadiwe, Member of the House of Representative
• James Meredith, Civil Rights Movement figure
• Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah[88]
• Aniebiet Inyang Ntui, EU Ambassador, University Librarian of University of Calabar and Professor of Library and Information Science.
• Jerome Nriagu, Environmental chemist, academic and researcher
• Mark Nwagwu, academics and poet
• Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani[89][90]
• Christopher Okigbo[75][79][91]
• Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State
• Isidore Okpewho
• Nduka Otiono, journalist and author
• Tunji Olaopa, founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, ISGPP
• Olufunmilayo Olopade[92][93]
• Sophie Oluwole, philosopher
• Miriam Olusanya, first female managing director of GTB
• Akinyinka Omigbodun[94]
• Michael Omolewa, former President of UNESCO General Conference and Ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO[95]
• Kole Omotosho[96]
• Gamaliel Onosode[97]
• Zakariyau Oseni
• Femi Osofisan, lecturer and playwright known for Women of Owu
• Niyi Osundare[89]
• Jude Rabo, Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Wukari
• Ken Saro-Wiwa[98][99][100]
• Kashim Shettima, Vice President-elect of Nigeria
• Fisayo Soyombo, investigative journalist
• Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature[75][79]
• Martin I. Uhomoibhi[101]
• Farida Waziri[102]
• Folashade Yemi-Esan, head of the civil service of the federation

• Notable present and past UI faculty include:
• 
  Kenneth Dike
• 
  Charles Thurstan Shaw
• 
  Wole Soyinka
• 
  Mark Nwagwu
• 
  Michael Omolewa
• 
  Grace Oladunni Taylor
• 
  Isaac Adewole
• 
  Kayode Fayemi
• 
  Olanike Adeyemo
• 
  Chinedum Peace Babalola
• 
  Richard Lindsey Batten
• 
  Tam David-West
• 
  Akin Mabogunje
• 
  John Mackintosh (Scottish politician)
• 
  Samuel Manuwa
• 
  Louis Joachim Munoz
• 
  Eni Njoku
• 
  Cyril Agodi Onwumechili
• 
  Femi Osofisan

UIAA meeting

• Beatrice Aboyade, librarian
• Isaac Folorunso Adewole
• Rashid Adewumi Aderinoye
• Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, Professor of English
• Ayo Bamgbose, Professor of Linguistics
• Jacob Ade Ajayi, Professor of History[103]
• F. V. Atkinson, mathematician
• Olumbe Bassir, founding member of Biochemistry and Microbiology departments[104]
• Grace Gbotosho, senior lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics[105]
• Christine Hamill, mathematician
• Rosemary Hutton, geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics
• Molly Mahood, literary scholar
• Mark Nwagwu, Professor of Biology, and Fellow Nigerian Academy of Science
• Olakunbi Olasope, Professor of Classics
• Abel Idowu Olayinka
• Michael Omolewa, Professor of History and Adult Education
• Folake Onayemi, Professor of Classics and Head of the Department of Classics
• Ebun Oni, geophysicist
• Niyi Osundare
• H. F. C. Smith
• Wole Soyinka[106]
• Grace Oladunni Taylor, biochemist, first African to win a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and second female inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science
• Fabian Udekwu, Professor of Surgery, first Nigerian cardiothoracic surgeon
• Duncan White

• Campus of UI
• 
  Facult of Arts, University of Ibadan
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  CBT Centre, University of Ibadan
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  Second gate of the prestigious University of Ibadan 2
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  Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan
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  Post-graduate administrative building, University of Ibadan
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  Tekena Tamuno Building, UI
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  University of Ibadan (VC's office)
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  University of Ibadan College of Medicine
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  Love Garden, University of Ibadan
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  University of Ibadan
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  Senator Abiola Ajimobi Foundation Resource center
• 
  International Conference Center University of Ibadan

• Diamond FM (Ibadan)
• List of universities in Nigeria

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• Tamuno, Tekena N., ed. (1981). Ibadan Voices: Ibadan University in Transition. Ibadan University Press. ISBN 978-978-121-109-6.

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