About Afe Babalola University (ABUAD)
Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) is a non-profit private university located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. It was founded by the lawyer and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, in 2009. Afe Babalola University offers academic programmes in six Colleges: Sciences, Law, Engineering, Social and Management Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Studies.
Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) was established in 2009 by Aare Afe Babalola (b. 1929), a prominent lawyer and fish farming entrepreneur from Ekiti State, Nigeria. It graduated its first set of students in 2013. A total of 101 students graduated, 18 students with first class honors.[3]
Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), a Federal Government-licensed, Non-Profit Private University is a model which is unique in many ways. It is located on 130 hectares of land at an altitude of over 1500 feet above sea level.
The university has one main campus which is located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The campus is situated in the hilly part of the town directly opposite the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti. The campuses houses 5 undergraduate colleges, a post graduate school,conference halls, a teaching hospital for medical students, student and staff accommodation, sporting facility and other auxiliary services such as cafeteria for staff and students, a laundry, a bakery and a water processing plant.
The Afe Babalola University holds a reputation for being one of the few Nigerian universities to begin academic works in the campus permanent site. However due to the requirement by the National University Commission that the school must possess a functioning teaching hospital, a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian federal government to make use of the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State as its teaching hospital for a period of ten years beginning from October 2014.
ABUAD Available Undergraduate Courses and the duration for each courses.
(1) COLLEGE OF LAW
B Law – 5years
(2) COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Medicine and Surgery (M.B.B.S) – 6 years,
B. NSc. Nursing Sciences – 5 years
B. MLS. Medical Laboratory Science – 5 years
B. Sc. Anatomy – 4 years
B. Sc. Physiology – 4 years
B. Sc. Human Nutrition and Dietetics – 4 years
B. Sc. Pharmacology – 4 years
B. Sc. Public Health – 4 years
Pharm D. Pharmacy – 6 years
B. DS. Dentistry – 6 years
OD. Optometry – 6 years
(4) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (5 years)
B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering
B. Eng. Mechatronic Engineering
B. Eng. Electrical/ Electronic Engineering
B. Eng. Petroleum Engineering
B. Eng. Civil Engineering
B. Eng. Chemical Engineering
B. Eng. Computer Engineering
B. Eng. Agricultural Engineering
B. Eng. Biomedical Engineering
B. Eng. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
NB: College has 37 Laboratories and is acknowledged as Template for Engineering Education in Nigeria. The College has also won international competitions for invention in Seattle, US and London, England.
(5) COLLEGE OF SCIENCES (4 years)
B. Sc. Microbiology
B. Sc. Human Biology
B. Sc. Biotechnology
B. Sc. Biochemistry
B. Sc. Chemistry
B. Sc. Industrial Chemistry
B. Sc. Computer Science
B. Sc.Geology.
B. Sc. Physics with Electronics
B. Sc. Physics
B. Sc. Petroleum Chemistry
B. Arch Architecture (4 years)
(6) COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (4 years)
B. Sc. Economics
B. Sc. Accounting
B. Sc. Banking and Finance
B. Sc. Business Administration
B. Sc. Tourism and Events Management.
B. Sc. Political Science
B. Sc. International Relations and Diplomacy
B. Sc. Peace and Conflict Studies
B. Sc. Intelligence and Security Studies
B. Sc. Social Justice
B. Sc. Communication and Media Studies
B. Sc. Marketing
B. Sc. Entrepreneurship
B. Sc. Sociology
(7) COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES (4 years)
B. A. Performing Arts
B. A. English
B. A. History and International Studies
B. A. Linguistics
(8) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (5 years)
B. Agric. Animal Science
B. Agric. Agricultural Economics
B. Agric. Extension Education
B. Agric. Crop Science
B. Agric. Soil Science
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