University of Benin (Nigeria)

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University of Benin (Nigeria)
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founding 1970
Sponsorship federal state
place Benin City , Nigeria
Website www.uniben.edu

The University of Benin (UNIBEN for short) in Benin City , Nigeria is one of the largest universities in Nigeria.

It was founded in 1970 as the Institute of Technology . In July 1971 it was recognized as a university by the National Commission for Universities in Nigeria. After adding a few faculties, the university was called the University of Benin from April 1972. Since April 1, 1975 it has been a university in the federal state of Edo , most of the institutes are now located in Ugbowo .

Faculties

Between 1991 and 1994, Benin University experimented with a college system . As of 1994, the majority of the organization is regulated by faculties. Exceptions are colleges for medicine, dentistry and pediatric medicine.

  • Agriculture
  • Arts
  • Social sciences
  • Business administration
  • Engineering
  • pharmacy
  • Educational science
  • Life sciences
  • physics
  • law Sciences

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Coordinates: 6 ° 23 '58.6 "  N , 5 ° 36' 49.5"  E