Afe Babalola University
| ABUAD | |
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| Motto | Labor Servitum Et Integritas (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Labor for service and Integrity |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2009 |
| Chancellor | Afe Babalola |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof M. O. Ajisafe |
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Administrative staff
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1255 |
| Students | 6,850 |
| Location |
Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria 7°40′15″N 5°18′25″E / 7.670929°N 5.307051°ECoordinates: 7°40′15″N 5°18′25″E / 7.670929°N 5.307051°E |
| Campus | Ado-Ekiti |
| Website | www.abuad.edu.ng [1] |
Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) is a non-profit private university located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. It was founded by the lawyer and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, in 2009. Afe Babalola University offers academic programmes in six Colleges: Sciences, Law, Engineering, Social and Management Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Studies.
Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) was established in 2009 by Aare Afe Babalola (b. 1929), a prominent lawyer and fish farming entrepreneur from Ekiti State, Nigeria.
It graduated its first set of students in 2013. A total of 101 students graduated, 18 students with first class honors.
Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), a Federal Government-licensed, Non-Profit Private University is a model which is unique in many ways.
It is located on 130 hectares of land at an altitude of over 1500 feet above sea level.
The university has one main campus which is located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State,Nigeria. The campus is situated in the hilly part of the town directly opposite the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti. The campuses houses 5 undergraduate colleges, a post graduate school,conference halls, a teaching hospital for medical students which is currently under construction, student and staff accommodation, sporting facility and other auxiliary services such as cafeteria for staff and students, a laundry, a bakery and a water processing plant. The Afe Babalola University holds a reputation for being one of the few Nigerian universities to begin academic works in the campus permanent site. However due to the requirement by the National University Commission that the school must possess a functioning teaching hospital, a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian federal government to make use of the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State as its teaching hospital for a period of ten years beginning from October 2014.
The admission requirement for the school varies between the different colleges. However as with all Nigerian universities, for undergraduate programs the candidate is required to have at least 5 credits in subjects such as mathematics, English language and any other 3 subjects that are relevant to the course of study. The student is alot required to have passed the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). After which the candidate is expected to take an oral interview with an academic staff of the prospective college before admission can be given. The university also offers direct entry admission to students who wish to transfer from another university or have undergone either an Advanced Level program or a degree foundation program. The level at which they are admitted into is decided by the college and varies among them.
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