West Africa Region
Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO)
The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) is a federal government university in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, Nigeria. The university is the oldest university of technology in Nigeria and was established in 1980 by executive fiat with the composition and appointment of the first provisional council by Nigeria’s first Executive President, Shehu Shagari. It became the first of three such universities set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria, which sought to establish a University of Technology in each geo-political region and particularly in a state which did not have a conventional university. FUTO began with 225 students and 60 staff, and has since grown to educate more than 25,000 students.
Within FUTO, there are 11 schools:
- School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
- School of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SEET)
- School of Electrical Systems and Engineering Technology
- School of Physical Sciences
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Logistics and Innovation Technology
- School of Health Technology
- School of Environmental Sciences
- School of Basic Medical Sciences
- School of Information and Communication Technology
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU)
Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) is a public technical university in Accra, Ghana, founded in 2005. There are roughly 6,500 undergraduate students and 2,000 postgraduate students enrolled at GCTU. The university provides bachelor’s degrees and graduate programs, particularly in Telecommunications Engineering and Information and Communications Technologies. It also offers certificate programs, with courses that provide credit for the bachelor’s degree, and other professional development seminars and workshops.
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Kumasi Technical University
The Kumasi Technical University was established in 1954, but started actual teaching and learning in 1955, dealing mainly with craft courses. It became a polytechnic in 1963 and a university in 2017. The university has 9 faculties:
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Built and Natural Environment
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Faculty of Applied Sciences
- Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology
- School of Business
- Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
- Institute of Distance and Continuing Education
- School of Graduate Studies, Research and Innovation
For more information on Kumasi Technical University, you can follow the link to their website below:
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife (OAU)
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned university that is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961, and has grown to a university of approximately 35,000 students today.
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University of Cape Coast
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast in the central region of Ghana. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. UCC was established in October 1962 as a university college in response to the country’s dire need for highly qualified and skilled manpower in the education sector. Its original mandate was therefore to train graduate teachers for second cycle institutions, teacher training colleges and technical institutions, a mission that the two existing public universities at the time were unequipped to fulfill. From an initial student enrollment of 155 in 1963, the University of Cape Coast now has a total student population of about 80,000.
The university is organised into 5 colleges, as follows:
- College of Agricultre and Natural Sciences
- College of Distance Education
- College of Education Studies
- College of Humanities and Legal Studies
- College of Health and Allied Sciences
To find out more about UCC, follow the link below to view their website:
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
The University of Nigeria (UNN) is a federal university located in Nsukka, Nigeria, and is the first full-fledged indigenous and first autonomous university in Nigeria, modelled upon the American educational system. It was the first land-grant university in Africa and one of the five most reputed universities in Nigeria. The university has 15 Faculties and 102 academic departments. The university offers 108 undergraduate programs and 211 postgraduate programmes.
The faculties at the university are as follows:
- Agricultural Extension
- Arts
- Basic Medical Sciences
- Biological Science
- Business Administration
- Dentistry
- Education
- Vocational Teachers Education
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Health Sciences
- Law
- Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Social Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine
- Humanities
- Clinical Sciences
To find out more about UNN, check out their website by following the link below:
University of Energy and Natural Resources
The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) is a public-funded university in Ghana, that was established by an Act of the Parliament of Ghana in 2011. The university is a national institution which seeks to provide leadership and management of energy and natural resources and be a centre of excellence in these critical areas. The university approaches its programmes and research emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and taking into account, areas such as economics, law and policy, management, science, technology and engineering as well as social and political issues affecting energy and natural resources.
The university is home to seven schools:
- School of Engineering
- School of Energy
- School of Sciences
- School of Geosciences
- School of Agriculture and Technology
- School of Natural Resources
- School of Graduate Studies
- School of Management Sciences and Law
- School of Mines and Built Environment
Find out more about UENR through their website link below:
University of Port Harcourt
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) is located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It was established in 1975 as a college and was given university status in 1977. UNIPORT was ranked sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher Education in 2015.
The university is home to 12 faculties, as below:
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Management Sciences
- Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Clinical Science
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Faculty of Law
To learn more about UNIPORT, check out their website below:
University of Sierra Leone
The University of Sierra Leone is the name of the former unitary public university system in Sierra Leone. Established in February 1827, it is the oldest university in Africa. As of May 2005, the University of Sierra Leone was reconstituted into the individual colleges of Fourah Bay College and Njala University college.
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Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUSOK)
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUSOK), with the motto ‘The most peaceful university in Nigeria’, is a public research university located in the city of Sokoto, Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by the federal government in 1975.
UDUSOK is home to fifteen faculties, as below:
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Arabic and Islamic studies
- Faculty of Education and Extension Service
- Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Design
- College of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Physical and Computing Sciences
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Management Sciences
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- School of Medical Laboratory Scientist
- Faculty of Dentistry
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