Michael and Cecilia Ibru University

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Michael and Cecilia Ibru University
TypePrivate
Established2015
Chancellor Cecilia Ibru and Michael Ibru
Vice-Chancellor Professor Ibiyinka A. Fuwape
Location, ,
Website mciu.edu.ng

Michael and Cecilia Ibru University is a private university located in Agbara-Otor in Delta State. [1] The University was established and co-founded in 2015 by Michael Ibru and Cecilia Ibru with the aim of reducing poverty. [2]

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Academic division

Michael and Cecilia Ibru University has a number of faculties and courses available, the National Universities Commission (NUC) approved 13 additional courses in 2021 to the institution, some of the courses approved includes LL.B Law, Marketing, Mass Communication, Microbiology, Public Administration and others. [3]

The faculties in the University are listed below: [4]

Vice Chancellor

The vice chancellor of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University is Professor Ibiyinka Fuwape. [5] [6] The professor of Physics is the second substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Michael and Cecilia Ibru University. Before her appointment as the Vice Chancellor of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, she was a professor and Lecturer at Federal University of Technology, Akure. [7]

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References

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