Federal University Oye Ekiti


Federal University Oye Ekiti is a government-owned and -operated Nigerian university. The university is in the ancient city of Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti making it two campuses, 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, Law Management sciences, the Social Sciences, Engineering, Education and Sciences.
The university has 8 faculties and a school of postgraduate studies.
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, Law, Management Sciences and Education.
The school had their first graduating set in 2015, with maiden convocation in April, 2017.
Federal University Oye-Ekiti 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 appointed by President Buhari in 2016, has two campuses at Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti and 8 Faculties with 57 Departments, namely:
• The Faculty of Agriculture
• The Faculty of Engineering
• The Faculty of Social Sciences
• The Faculty of Arts/Humanities
• The Faculty of Science
• The Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Management
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The Faculty of Law
The university is looking forward to the start of three more faculties in the next academic session, namely; Basic Medical Science, Environmental sciences and Pharmacy with physical structures being put in place.
FUOYE started her postgraduate school in February 2018, with Professor Bakare Ojo Rasaki as pioneer Dean, who was recently appointed the Hon Commissioner for Art and Culture of Ekiti state. The present Dean is Professor Mojisola Oyarekua, was formerly the Provost College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti.
The first vice-chancellor of the new university was Prof. Chinedu Nebo and the current vice-chancellor is Professor Kayode Soremekun.