university of ibadan university of ibadan the university of ibadan (ui) is a public research university in ibadan, nigeria. the university was founded in 1948 as university college ibadan, one of many colleges within the university of london. it became an independent university in 1962 and is the oldest degree-awarding institution in nigeria. through its graduate network, the university of ibadan has contributed to the political, industrial, economic and cultural development of nigeria. the history and influence of the university of ibadan have made it one of the most prestigious universities in africa. university of ibadanui crestformer namesuniversity college ibadanmotto"recte sapere fons" (to think straight is the fount of knowledge).typepublicestablished1948 (1948)chairmanchief john odigie oyegunchancellorsaad abubakar, sultan of sokotovice-chancellorkayode adebowalestudents41,743locationibadan, oyo, nigeria7.4433° n, 3.9003° ecampusurban, over 2,550acrescolours indigo-blue and goldwebsitewww.ui.edu.ng university of ibadan gate the university of ibadan is made up of 92 academic departments organized into 17 faculties, namely arts, science, basic medical sciences, clinical sciences, agriculture, the social sciences, education, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, technology, law, public health, dentistry, economics and management sciences, renewable natural resources, environmental design and management, and multidisciplinary studies. the faculties of the basic medical sciences, clinical sciences, public health and dentistry are organized as a college of medicine. the university has other academic units, among which are: institute of child health, institute of education, institute of african studies, centre for child adolescent and mental health, centre for entrepreneurship and innovation (cei), institute for advanced medical research and training (iamrat), institute of cardiovascular diseases, centre for drug discovery, development & production (cdddp) and centre for control & prevention of zoonosis (ccpz). the recently established infectious diseases institute (idi), school of business (uisb) and national institute for maternal, child & neonatal health (nimcnh) have commenced operation. the university of ibadan has 15 halls of residence that provide accommodation for about 30% of the population of students in the regular studies mode. some of the popular halls in the university include lord tedder hall, kenneth mellanby hall, sultan bello hall, nnamdi azikiwe hall, independence hall, tafawa balewa hall, kuti hall, queen idia hall, queen elizabeth hall and the obafemi awolowo hall – which is the largest female hall in west africa. the university has a total staff strength of 5,339, with 1,212 housing units for both senior and junior staff. the university has residential and sports facilities for staff and students on campus, as well as separate botanical and zoological gardens. the university has educated many notable alumni, including a nobel laureate in literature, eminent mathematicians, scientists, politicians, lawyers, business icons, philosophers, writers, monarchs, countless technocrats, recipients of the nigerian national order of merit, fellows of the various learned academies. in september 2016, it became the first nigerian university to make the top 1000 in times higher education rankings. prior to that, it had always made the top 10 african universities in webometrics rankings. ui is currently ranked no. 1 in nigeria and 1196 in the world according to webometrics. photo showing the gate of university of ibadan history 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. 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 and nigeria. 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 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. staff and students from yaba higher college were transferred to ibadan to form the new university college ibadan. 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. 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. following the tropical modernist style, the 1950s construction comprised administrative blocks, residential colleges and academic facilities. 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. 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. rankings and reputation university rankingsglobal – overallarwu world801-900 (2022)cwur world1172 (2022-2023)the world401–500 (2022)usnwr global=425 (2022) regional – overallthe africa=6 (2022)usnwr africa7 (2022) national – overallarwu national1 (2022)cwur national1 (2022-23)the national1 (2022) national – life sciences and medicineusnwr medical158 (2022) the university consistently ranks as the best in nigeria. administration the current principal members of the university administration are: people office holder visitor muhammadu buhari chancellor sultan sa'adu abubakar, 20th sultan of sokoto pro-chancellor & chairman chief john odigie oyegun vice-chancellor professor kayode oyebode adebowale deputy vice-chancellor (administration) professor e.o. ayoola deputy vice-chancellor (academic) professor aderonke m. baiyeroju deputy vice-chancellor (research, innovation and strategic partnerships) professor oluyemisi a. bamgbose faculties agriculture and forestry arts basic medical sciences clinical sciences dentistry education law pharmacy public health science technology the social sciences veterinary medicine renewable natural resources environmental design and management economics 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. 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. institutes institutes of african studies 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. institute of child health institute of education advanced medical research and training institute for peace and strategic studies les institute of pau centres of excellence centre for excellence in teaching & learning] centre for child & adolescent mental health centre for control & prevention of zoonoses center for drug discovery, development and production (cdddp) affiliate institutions below is a list of affiliate institutions of the university of ibadan, approved by the national universities commission. 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, ogun state. federal college of education (special), oyo, oyo state. 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 library 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. 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. today, the library is ranked favourably among other libraries in the commonwealth of nations. 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). dispute with students' union 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. on 9 june, it was announced that school will be reopened on 20 june. the school resumed activities on 2 july. vice chancellors the vice chancellors since 1947 include: 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 alumni abdulganiyu abdulrasaq, lawyer, former president of the nigerian stock exchange mufutau oloyede abdul-rahmon, professor of arabic and islamic studies. john omoniyi abiri, nigerian academic sadique abubakar, former nigeria chief of air staff chinua achebe, novelist, author of things fall apart 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 j. f. ade ajayi, nigerian historian wahab adekola akande, diplomat claude ake, professor of political economy, international scholar and social crusader stephen adebanji akintoye lola akande, author and academic grace alele-williams elechi amadi seth amoama, ghanaian chief of the defence staff alexander animalu, emeritus professor, former director national mathematical centre, abuja emeka anyaoku, former commonwealth secretary-general 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 j. p. clark sola david-borha, chief executive (africa region) of standard bank segun toyin dawodu, physician, attorney, academic, and entrepreneur who established the first website 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 abiola irele funmi iyanda, nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, journalist william kumuyi, founder and general superintendent of deeper christian life ministry yahaya kuta, author eyitayo lambo, nigerian former federal minister of health mary lazarus, nigerian actress. eddie mbadiwe,