Federal University Oye Ekiti

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Federal University Oye Ekiti
FUOYE CAMPUS.JPG
MottoINNOVATION AND CHARACTER FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Type Public
Established2011
Chairperson Mohammed Yahuza
Chancellor Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni, The Attah of Igala Kingdom.
Vice-Chancellor
Postgraduates 1,500
Location
Aare Afao Road, Oye-Ekiti
,
Ekiti
,
Nigeria

Coordinate : 7.7795923, 5.3154551
CampusOye Campus and Ikole Campus
Colours Green, white and gold
   
Website https://fuoye.edu.ng/

Federal University Oye Ekiti is a government-owned and operated Nigerian university. The university has two campuses located in the ancient cities of Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti respectively. The university was founded in 2011 as one of the federal universities established by the federal government of Nigeria during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. [1]

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Undergraduate

Federal University Oye Ekiti offers undergraduate programmes in fields of specialization which include Agriculture, Arts, Law, Management Sciences, Social Sciences, Engineering, Education, Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Sciences.

The university has twelve faculties and a school of postgraduate studies.

Federal University Oye-Ekiti is poised towards the advancement of education in Nigeria especially in all the fields of interest. Since 2011, offers have been given to students across relevant educational backgrounds to undertake studies in all the faculties in the university. The school had its first graduating set in 2015, with its first convocation in April 2017. [2]

Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) was one of the nine Federal Universities established by the Federal Government of Nigeria, pursuant to an executive order made by the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR. [3] Federal University Oye-Ekiti, whose pioneer Vice Chancellor, was Professor Chinedu Ostadinma Nebo, OON, and was succeeded by Vice Chancellor Professor Kayode Soremekun who was appointed by President Buhari in 2016. The current Vice-chancellor of the school is Professor A.S Fasina, [4] the varsity has two campuses at Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti with the total population of 43000 student and Faculties with over 58 Departments, namely:

The university is looking forward to the start of another faculty in the next academic session, namely; Environmental Science, whose department includes; Architecture, Building, Estate Management, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Quantity Surveying, Urban and Regional Planning with required infrastructures being put in place. [5]

The first vice-chancellor of the new university was Chinedu Nebo succeeded by Kayode Soremekun and the current vice-chancellor is Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina. [6]

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  2. ↑ "FUOYE Pre-Degree Acceptance Fee 2019 /2020 || Payment Procedure". Edutech.com.ng. 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) - About Us". www.fuoye.edu.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. ↑ "VC FUOYE Professor Abayomi Fashina Sunday and dignitaries visit Chef Dammy and her team | Intel Region". 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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