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state nigeria 2 3 the university s main campus sits on an expansive area of land about 5 000 ha 60 000 000 yd 2 in the ancient city of ilorin making it the largest university in nigeria and one of the largest in africa by landmass the university comprises 16 faculties and over 100 academic departments offering 103 programmes it was established by a decree of the federal military government of nigeria in august 1975 the university of ilorin has the highest enrollment of foreign students in nigeria 4 5 the establishment aimed to implement one of the educational directives of the third national development plan which was aimed at providing more opportunities for nigerians aspiring to acquire university education and to generate high level manpower which is vital for the rapidly expanding economy compared 6 to other higher institutions of learning in the country the institution has one of the largest land areas covering approximately 15 000 hectares of land 7 8 it is reported by joint admission matriculation board jamb to be the most sought after nigerian university in 2021 9 and again in 2023 and also in 2024 it was announced by the jamb 10 11 head professor ishaq oloyede to be the sought after university for the 2023 unified tertiary matriculation examinations utme making it for the 10th consecutive year 12 for 2024 2025 times higher education ranked the university 38th in sub saharan africa 13 senate building the faculty of education history edit the university began in 1975 as a university college affiliated to the university of ibadan dr t n tamuno who was a professor and head of the history department at the university of ibadan was appointed the first principal of the college in september 1975 by december 1975 tamuno was appointed the vice chancellor of the university of ibadan as a result professor o o akinkugbe was appointed as the new principal for the university of ilorin then a university college in 1975 akinkugbe was the former dean of the faculty of medicine university of ibadan akinkugbe made several visits to the second military governor of kwara state the late colonel ibrahim taiwo in connection with the new institution such that by march 1976 he had established residence at ilorin the support given to the inexperienced institution by governor taiwo continued even more vigorously under the third military governor of the state brigadier george agbazika innih who ceded a portion of the land of the kwara state college of technology to the university in october 1977 the institution attained full autonomous status with the appointment of professor o o akinkugbe as the first vice chancellor of the university the first set of 200 students were admitted on 23 october 1976 following an entrance examination and academic work started on 25 october 1976 following the principal s address the university college started with three academic faculties arts science and education the university started off on a portion of the temporary campus of the kwara state polytechnic known as the mini campus the mini campus was the site of academic programmes for the faculties of arts science education engineering technology business and social sciences and basic clinical sciences section of the health sciences faculty all operations of the university were conducted on the mini campus until january 1982 when more than 1000 students studying in sciences were moved to the permanent site of the institution following completion of new faculty blocks and residences for natural sciences and engineering in the site in 1983 the law programme was established as a department under the faculty of business and social sciences following a 6 year hiatus the law department was accorded a full fledged faculty status in 1993 the university has fifteen faculties and dozens of over 60 academic departments the faculties existing in university of ilorin now are arts agriculture environmental sciences life sciences management sciences physical sciences social sciences communication and information sciences 14 education engineering and technology pharmaceutical sciences veterinary medicine law basic medical sciences and clinical sciences the last two faculties are operating under the university college of health sciences in addition there are two institutes institute of education and unilorin sugar research institute this is in addition to a full fledged postgraduate school the university also has several centres notably among which are centre for ilorin studies centre for peace and strategic studies ilorin business school and so on undergraduate degree programmes run for 3 5 or 6 years depending on entry qualifications and chosen discipline similarly the postgraduate programmes are run on different dimensions depending on the nature of the program there have been several vice chancellors of the university is haq oloyede was the first alumnus to be appointed as vice chancellor in 2020 the nigerian journal of technological development a quarterly publication of the faculty of engineering and technology was accepted by the scopus database 15 in 2025 the university of ilorin reached a milestone and called for the celebration of its 50years of existence during this period the institution recounted its achievements inventions research and notable alumni vice chancellors edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed may 2020 learn how and when to remove this message prof ladipo akinkugbe 1975 1978 second principal and first vice chancellor 16 prof a o adesola 1978 1981 prof s a toye 1981 1984 prof a adeniyi 1985 1992 prof j o oyinloye 1992 1997 17 prof s o abdulraheem 1997 2002 18 prof s o amali 2002 2007 prof i o oloyede 2007 2012 19 prof a g ambali 2012 2017 prof sulyman age abdulkareem 2017 2022 prof wahab egbewole 2022 present notable alumni edit femi adebayo nollywood actor 20 21 22 ezekiel adebiyi president nigerian society of bioinformatics and computational biology 23 pius adesanmi professor and columnist 24 ifedayo adetifa former director general nigeria centre for disease control abdulfatah ahmed former kwara state governor 25 sarah alade banker former acting governor of central bank of nigeria 26 salamat ahuoiza aliu first woman neurosurgeon in west africa jekwu anyaegbuna writer and poet 27 charles ayo former vice chancellor covenant university ado j g muhammad global programme director d 8 health and social protection programme former executive director national primary health care development agency abdul rasheed na allah former vice chancellor of kwara state university and the university of abuja 28 aize obayan former vice chancellor covenant university and landmark university josephine obiajulu odumakin women s rights activist adenike oladiji vice chancellor federal university of technology akure temi olajide child sleep training consultant johnson bamidele olawumi former director general national youth service corps is haq oloyede the university s first alumni vice chancellor registrar joint admissions and matriculation board nkem owoh comedian 29 30 kemi nanna nandap comptroller general of nigeria immigration service olayemi akinwumi vice chancellor of federal university of lokoja lekan kingkong nigerian content creator and entrepreneur notable faculty edit john omoniyi abiri nigerian academic the first head of department and dean of the faculty of education abdulrazzaq abdulmajeed alaro professor of islamic law 31 academic and physical development edit following an entrance examination 200 foundation students were admitted into residence on saturday october 23 1976 and academic activities commenced on monday october 25 1976 after the principal s maiden address in the africa hall the university college had three foundation faculties namely arts science and education the institution began to develop its programmes in a way that not less than 60 of its effort was directed towards science oriented programmes in october 1977 the institution attained full autonomous status and has since then developed by leaps and bounds the student population of 200 in 1976 has increased to 20 084 by the 2005 2006 session while the total staff strength of the university stood at approximately 3 040 as of march 1 2007 until january 1982 the university carried out its academic programmes involving the faculties of arts science education engineering technology business and social sciences and the pre clinical aspect of the health sciences on the mini campus the completion of the faculty blocks for natural sciences and engineering as well as 8 blocks of student hostels by december 1981 made it possible on 2 january 1982 for the actual movement of over 1 000 science oriented students to the main campus to pursue their various academic programmes the law degree programme was initially established in 1983 84 session as a department in the faculty of business and social sciences though canceled in 1986 87 it was resuscitated in 1993 94 as a full fledged faculty the main campus currently houses the faculties of science communication and information sciences cis 14 engineering technology 32 agriculture education law arts business and social sciences following the completion of the new seven storey senate complex the unilorin sugar research institute postgraduate school the main university library computer services and information technology comsit works yard conference centre unilorin resources development and management board urdmb student canteens the newly completed 2 000 seat multipurpose auditorium and the alumni endowment office the mini campus presently houses the college of health sciences a mini library canteens and shopping complex the institute of education some of the revenue yielding projects which are under the urdmb such as the unilorin computer centre training wing unilorin bookshop the bakery the printing press and the guest houses each campus has a health centre a post office and banking facilities aside from two lecture theatres commissioned in 1997 there is an upsurge from 2002 to date in the physical development of the main campus five new hostels were completed in 2002 other projects were the faculty of education blocks and lecture theatre lecture rooms offices and lecture theatre for the faculty of business and social sciences faculty of science chemistry block department of agricultural engineering block offices for the department of physical and health education comsit building phase i among others a water dam and treatment plant to provide uninterrupted water supply to the main campus has just been completed the university will soon construct a rail line to boost transportation between the university s main campus and the township apart from the renovation of buildings a systematic upgrading of teaching and research facilities are being undertaken by the university within its lean resources this includes the provision of computers laboratory equipment etc growth of faculties edit this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources university of ilorin news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2020 learn how and when to remove this message from three faculties in 1976 today there are fifteen faculties arts 1976 education 1976 engineering technology 1978 agriculture 1982 law 1993 after an initial start up in 1983 basic medical sciences 2004 clinical sciences 2004 communication and information sciences 2008 veterinary medicine 2009 pharmaceutical science 2010 and life science physical science environmental science management sciences and social sciences in 2013 altogether there are over 60 academic departments in the existing ten faculties undergraduate degree programmes run for 3 4 5 or 6 years depending on entry qualifications and discipline 33 34 the university started with the traditional british three term system but later changed into a modified form of the american two semester system called harmattan and rain semesters with effect from 1979 80 session each semester comprises one half of an academic year as determined by senate also instruction in the various faculties with the exception of the health sciences is by the course system these courses are quantified into credits the university has teaching support units which include the computer centre central workshop and stores biological garden community based experience and services cobes medical educational resources unit general studies use of english national awareness division and teaching research farm there are also the public units which are the university primary school the university secondary school the science laboratory technology slt programme institute of education and educational technology centre although an academic unit the library is actively involved in rendering service to the university and the public in addition there is a sugar research institute which is mainly a research unit served by academic mainly from science and agriculture faculties 35 halls of residence edit university owned hostels 36 village i male 500 places in five compounds village ii lagos female 880 places in five compounds village iii abuja and kwara female 434 places in four blocks village iv zamfara female 720 places in seven blocks village v trunil female 240 places in five blocks private hostels 37 academic male 80 places albanic female 250 places al mutawakil female 240 places arafims 1 male 720 places arafims 2 male 512 places asuu female 20 places atlantic heights female 4 blocks bethany female 216 places easy and quiet female edge hostel female 84 places el mubarak hostel female 270 places gulf pearl female 320 places hawa hostel female 324 places healthcare mcs male 200 places ibidun hostel female 252 places kam abioye female 280 places kikelomo runsewe male las vegas female 202 places michael hostel female 276 places probitas mcs female 100 places prime rose female 324 places robiat ajike female 213 places rubiks private hostel female 264 places sanusi hostel male 360 places sanusi hostel female 84 places sasakawa hostel female 44 places scientific hostel female 90 places takleema hostel male 256 bed space vegas 1 hostel tanke male female 14 places vegas 2 hostel tanke male female 18 places zapel hostel male 320 places 2 blocks the case of the 49 sacked lecturers edit 38 39 what eventually assumed the toga of a national crisis started within the domain of university of ilorin in january 2001 those involved are academic staff union of university asuu unilorin branch activists who were battling the then vice chancellor professor s oba abdulraheem and the institution s authority over the delay in the payment of salaries allowances and other sundry welfare issues they were vociferous in their demands and the authorities considered them 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