Federal University Oye Ekiti

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE EKITI
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE EKITI Seal
Motto	INNOVATION AND CHARACTER FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Type	Public
Established	2011
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Kayode Soremekun
Students	about 2,500.
Location	Aare Afao Road, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria
Colours	Green, White and Gold
Website	www.fuoye.edu.ng

Federal University Oye Ekiti is a government-owned and -operated Nigerian university. The university is in the ancient city of Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 2011 as the Federal University Oye Ekiti by the federal government of Nigeria, led by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Academics

Federal University Oye Ekiti offers undergraduate programmes in fields of specialization spanning agriculture arts and humanities, the social sciences, engineering and pure sciences.

The university has 6 faculties

The Federal University Oye-Ekiti is a Federal University of Nigeria poised to take education to the next level not only in sub-saharan Africa but indeed to the rest of the world. Established in 2011, offers students from all backgrounds degrees in Agriculture, Engineering Social Sciences and Sciences as well as Arts/Humanities. The school had their first graduating set in 2016

Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) was one of the nine Federal Universities established by the Federal Government of Nigeria, pursuant to an executive order made by the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR. Federal University Oye-Ekiti, whose pioneer Vice Chancellor, was Professor Chinedu Ostadinma Nebo, OON, and the present Vice Chancellor Professor Kayode Soremekun who was recently appointed by the current President, has two campuses at Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti and 6 Faculties and 38 Departments, namely:

• The Faculty of Agriculture (Agricultural Economics and Extension, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Soil Science, Animal Science, Crop Production and Horticulture, Food Science Technology, Water Resources and Agrometerology)

• The Faculty of Engineering (Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Material and Metallurgical Engineering)

• The Faculty of Social Sciences (Demography and Social Statistics, Economics and Development Studies, Psychology, Sociology)

• The Faculty of Arts/Humanities (English and Literary Studies, Theatre and Media Arts)

• The Faculty of Science (Animal and Environmental Biology, Biochemistry, Geology, Computer Science, Geophysics, Industrial Chemistry, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Plant Science and Biotechnology)

• The Faculty of Education (Mathematics Education, English Education, Biology Education, Library and Information Science, Chemistry Education, Business Education, Agricultural Education and Educational Management)

The first vice-chancellor of the new university was Prof. Chinedu Nebo and the current vice-chancellor is Professor Kayode Soremekun.

Coordinates: 7°28′N 4°34′E / 7.467°N 4.567°E / 7.467; 4.567

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