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GENERAL INFORMATION
Nigeria Universities Offices Abroad. See end of Nigerian
Introduction.
History. Founded in 1982 as Obafemi Awolowo University, and
renamed as Ondo State University in 1985, the University adopted
its present name in 1999.
It is located in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State.
Admission to First-degree courses (see also Nigerian
Introduction). Nigerian applicants: Senior. School Certificate (SSC)
or General Certificate of Education (GCE) O levels, with credits
in 5 relevant subjects, obtained at no more than 2 sittings; and
University Matriculation Exam (UME). Some courses have
additional requirements. International applicants: equivalent
qualifications and UME.
First Degree (see also Nigerian Directory to subjects of Study).
B.A, B.Agric, B.Ed, B.Eng, B.Sc, LL.B.
Full-time courses normally last 3–5 years, while part time and
sandwich courses last 1-4 years.
Higher Degrees (see also Nigerian Directory to Subjects of
Study) M.A MB.A. M.Ed,
M.Eng, MPA, M.Sc, MPhil, Ph.D.
Candidates for admission to Master’s degrees must normally hold
appropriate first degrees with at least second-class honours.
Candidates for admission into Ph.D degree programmes must
possess appropriate Master’s degree, obtained at Ph.D grade.
Master’s degree courses last 1–1½ year full time or 1½ - 2 years
part-time. Ph.D: 3years full time or 4 years part-time.
Libraries. 100,000 volumes, over 1,000 serial titles; Specialist
collection: government documents.
Fees (1999–2000). Home students: $35 – 51.25 (humanities):
$43.6–59.2
Income. N250, 000,000
Statistics: Staff: 1,427 (377 teaching, 1,050 non-teaching).
Student: 9,501 (5904 men, 3,597 women).
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