An kafa Jami'ar Jihar Imo ( IMSU ) a Owerri, Jihar Imo, Najeriya a 1981 ta hanyar doka mai lamba 4 wacce majalisar dokokin jihar ta Imo ta zartar. Jami'ar ta yarda da karbar daliban farko 392 a ranar 23 ga Oktoba 1981. Bayan kirkirar jihar Abia a 1991, harabar jami'ar Uturu ta zama Jami'ar Jihar ta Abia . Jami'ar Jihar Imo jami'a ce mai cikakken aiki. Yawancin shirye-shiryen jami'ar sun sami cikakken izini daga Hukumar Jami'o'in Kasa (NUC) ta Nijeriya. Sakamakon aikin tabbatar da cancanta na 1999/2000 na Hukumar Kula da Jami’o’i ta Kasa (NUC) ya tabbatar da yawan jama’ar da karbuwar da jama’ar Nijeriya suka yi. Jami'ar jami'a ce ta farko a cikin dukkanin jami'o'in jihohi a Najeriya kuma ta kasance ta 10 a tsakanin jami'o'in jihohi da tarayya. An ba ‘yan asalin jihar Imo a jami’ar jihar Imo ilimi kyauta a karkashin Gwamna Rochas Okorocha amma shirin ya tsaya a 2016.