Jami'ar Uyo

Jami'ar Uyo tana Uyo, babban birnin jihar Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.Jami'ar a da ana kiranta da Jami'ar Jihar Kuros Riba[1].

It must be placed on record that what is today the University of Uyo passed through several metamorphoses. It grew from a Teacher's College (TC) to an Advanced Teacher's College (ATC), College of Education (COE), which became an affiliate of the University of Port Harcourt to run degree programmes at a State University, University of Cross River (UNICROSS), and then to its present status in 1991.

Academic activities commenced during the 1991/92 academic session. The University of Uyo has 13 faculties, the postgraduate school and the school of Continuing Education.

Professor Enefiok Essien is the immediate past Vice-Chancellor. In 2015 the Emir of Hadejia, Adamu Maje was appointed Chancellor.

Professor Nyaudoh Ukpabio Ndaeyo  emerged as the 8th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo in 2020. 

 General information 
The university is in the heart of Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria's second-largest oil-producing state. Uyo is easily accessible by road, although there is an international airport for external use(s). It operates from four campuses:

 The Permanent Site/Main Campus which accommodates Parts of Central Administration, Faculties of Engineering and Natural and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, International Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Research (ICEESR), and the Postgraduate School
 The Town Campus which accommodates Faculties of Arts, Education, Social Sciences, Pharmacy
 The Annex Campus, home for the Business Administration, Law, and General Studies
 The Ime Umana Campus, Ediene Abak, which accommodates the Pre-Degree, JUPEB and other special courses.

The permanent site which houses the main campus of the university along Nwaniba Road is about 4.5 km from the city centre and covers an area of about 1,443 hectares.
The University of Uyo has 12 faculties, the School of Continuing Education and the Post Graduate School. The faculties are as follows:

 Faculty of Agriculture
 Faculty of Arts
 Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
 Faculty of Business Administration
 Faculty of Clinical Sciences
 Faculty of Education
 Faculty of Engineering
 Faculty of Environmental Studies
 Faculty of Law
 Faculty of Science
 Faculty of Social Sciences
 Faculty of Pharmacy
 Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
 Faculty of Vocational Education, Library and Information Science

 Faculties