page_title: University of Ibadan
section_title: Notable faculty
hierarchical_section_title: University of Ibadan / Notable faculty
caption_attribution_description: English: University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) 2018 Congress Meeting at UI Senate Building
context_page_description: The University of Ibadan is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within University of London. It became an independent university in 1963 and is the oldest degree awarding institution in Nigeria.
  Through its graduate network, the University of Ibadan has contributed to the political, industrial, economic and cultural development of Nigeria. The history and influence of the University of Ibadan have made it one of the most prestigious universities in Africa.
  The University of Ibadan is made up 92 academic departments organized into 17 faculties namely: Arts, Science, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Agriculture, the Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Technology, Law, Public Health, Dentistry, Economics and Management Sciences, Renewable Natural Resources, Environmental Design and Management, and Multidisciplinary Studies. The Faculties of the Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Dentistry are organized as a College of Medicine.
context_section_description: Beatrice Aboyade, librarian
  Isaac Folorunso Adewole
  Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, Professor of English
  Ayo Bamgbose, Professor of Linguistics
  Jacob Ade Ajayi, Professor of History
  F. V. Atkinson, mathematician
  Olumbe Bassir, founding member of Biochemistry and Microbiology departments
  Christine Hamill, mathematician
  Molly Mahood, literary scholar
  Olakunbi Olasope, Professor of Classics
  Abel Idowu Olayinka
  Michael Omolewa, Professor of History and Adult Education
  Folake Onayemi, Professor of Classics and Head of the Department of Classics
  Niyi Osundare
  H. F. C. Smith
  Wole Soyinka
  Grace Oladunni Taylor, biochemist, first African to win a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and second female inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science
  Fabian Udekwu, Professor of Surgery, first Nigerian cardiothoracic surgeon
  Duncan White
caption: UIAA meeting
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