An kafa Jami'ar Jihar Ekiti Ado Ekiti a matsayin jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo (Obafemi Awolowo university) Ado-Ekiti a ranar 30 ga Maris din 1982 daga gwamnatin Cif Michael Adekunle Ajasin, gwamnan farar hula na farko na Jihar Ondo . Jami'ar memba ce ta ƙungiyar Jami'o'in Commonwealth. Tana da nisan tafiyar mintuna 12 daga tsakiyar garin Ado-Ekiti, Jihar Ekiti a Yammacin Najeriya . Jami'ar Jihar Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti, kamar yadda aka sani a yau, ita ce kadai jami'a a Nijeriya da a cikin kwata na karni aka sauya sunan ta sau huɗu. An canza sunan zuwa Jami'ar Jihar Ondo a 1985, Jami'ar Ado-Ekiti a watan Nuwamba na 1999, da kuma zuwa sunan ta na Jihar Ekiti na Jami'ar Ado Ekiti a watan Satumba na 2011. A ranar 14 ga Janairun 1981, Cif Adekunle Ajasin karkashin jagorancin gwamnatin farar hula ta jihar Ondo, ya ba da sanarwar aniyarshi ta kafa jami’a mai yawan jami’o’i a jihar kuma aka kafa kwamitin tsare-tsare na mambobi 16.