University of Nigeria, Nsukka
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Former names
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University of Biafra (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970) |
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| Motto | To Restore the Dignity of Man |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| Founder | Nnamdi Azikiwe |
| Chancellor | Oba Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi (Ooni of Ife) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Benjamin Ozumba |
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Academic staff
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1,519 |
| Students | 36,000 |
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Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria 6°51′24″N 7°23′45″E / 6.85667°N 7.39583°E |
| Campus | Rural 871 hectares (2,150 acres) (Nsukka campus) Urban 200 hectares (490 acres) (Enugu campus) 500 hectares (1,200 acres) (Ituku-Ozalla campus) |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Nickname | Lions and Lionesses |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Website | unn.edu.ng |
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The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has three campuses – Nsukka, Enugu and Ituku-Ozalla – located in Enugu State.
The University of Nigeria was the first full-fledged indigenous and first autonomous university in Nigeria, modelled upon the American educational system. It is the first land-grant university in Africa and one of the five elite universities in the country. The university has 15 Faculties and 102 academic departments. The University offers 82 undergraduate programs and 211 postgraduate programmes.
The university celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 2010.
A law to establish a University in the Eastern Region of Nigeria was passed on 18 May 1955. While that date marks the formal beginning of the history of the University of Nigeria, the enactment of this legislation by several Nigerian leaders, and inspired particularly by the then Premier of the Eastern Region, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.
One of the first steps taken by the Eastern Nigeria Government towards the implementation of its commitment was an invitation to both the United States of America and the United Kingdom to send advisers to help in the planning of physical and educational aspects of the proposed university.
Under the joint auspices of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education and Overseas and the International Co-operation Administration (now the United States Agency for International Development), J.W. Cook, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, Dr John A. Hannah, President of Michigan State University and Dr Glen L. Taggart, Dean of International Programs at the same university, came to Nigeria in 1958. The team surveyed the site at Nsukka, and extensively investigated a great variety of factors pertinent to the establishment of a new university.
The results of their efforts were contained in a white paper issued by the Eastern Nigeria Government on 30 November 1958. They had recommended "that the development of the University of Nigeria based upon the concept of service to problems and needs of Nigeria, is a desirable project and one that should receive support from any source which could help to make it a sound endeavor".
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