University of Abuja : UNIABUJA

University of Abuja : UNIABUJA at a glance

The University of Abuja was established on 1 January 1988 as a dual-mode university. Its dual-mode design gave the institution responsibility for both conventional university education and distance-learning provision, an arrangement suited to the needs of Nigeria's new Federal Capital and its expanding national population. Official university information records that academic work began in 1990. From its base in Abuja, the university developed within a city that was becoming the administrative centre of the federation and a meeting point for people from every part of the country. Its federal character is therefore visible both in its location and in its broad academic mandate. The institution has grown into a multidisciplinary university with programmes in medicine, health sciences, engineering, agriculture, natural sciences, education, law, management, arts and the social sciences. The original combination of campus-based and flexible learning remains an important part of its identity, even as its conventional teaching, research and community-service functions have expanded. The University of Abuja's history is thus the story of a purpose-built federal institution responding to national capital development, wider access to higher education and the need for graduates who can serve Nigeria's public and private sectors.

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