About University of Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri was
created in 1975 as one of the second-generation
Universities,
which formed part of the programmes of the Third National
Development plan (1975-80) by the then Federal Military
Government. At inception, the university did not have
physical structures of its own, but in April 1976 it
inherited the
premises owned by the former North East College of Arts and
Science (NECAS). The structures bequeathed to the University
by NECAS were adequate in terms of office blocks,
classrooms, staff quarters, laboratories and other physical
structures
requirement by a university of its size. The personnel of
NECAS were equally absorbed into the University employment
and
this made it possible for the institution to commence its
academic programmes in October 1976. In its first academic
year, the university enrolled 743 students spread across
three faculties, namely Arts and Education, Science, and
Social
Science & Law. By 1978 the number of faculties expanded to
six with the creation of the Faculty of Agriculture and the
separation of the Faculty from Arts as well as the
separation of the Faculty of Law from Social Sciences.
Similarly, a
two-year School of Basic Studies programme was introduced in
1976 to mop-up the students of NECAS and in 1980 it was
transformed into a single year remedial programme for both
Arts and Sciences. Owing to its unique location in the
north-eastern part of Nigeria that borders Niger, Chad and
Cameroon republics and its cosmopolitan nature, the
University has attracted students from within and outside
Nigeria. Thus, teaching and non-teaching staff have been
employed by the university from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean
Islands and African countries. The University has
experienced tremendous growth in its student population and
personnel in academic, administrative and technical
Departments. Specifically, by 2000 A.D the student enrolment
had reached 26, 000 and the number of faculties had
expanded to eight (8) including a College of Medical
Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine. There were also 77 academic Departments spread
across these faculties. As at the end of 2016 the University
had one college of Medical Sciences, a School of
Postgraduate Studies and 12 Faculties. The faculties
include,
Agriculture, Arts, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Law,
Management Sciences, Pharmacy, Science, Social Sciences, and
Veterinary Medicine.
The University of Maiduguri shall be an institution
dedicated to scholarship and learning in the Arts, Sciences,
Humanities and Technology, and the development of moral and
civic character of all persons who pass through her portals.
The University Shall facilitate and advance scholarship and
learning, especially in the light of her location in the
Sahelian environment in the North-Eastern Nigeria, and at
the crossroads of Africa and Middle-Eastern Culture.Vision
StatementThe University of Maiduguri apart from achieving
competence in the basic Arts and Sciences, aims at
excellence
in Agriculture, Pastoralism, Engineering, Human and
Veterinary Medicine and Information Technology as well as in
Arid
Zone, Trans-Saharan and Inter-African Peace and Strategic
Studies. The University also aims to promote the development
of Private and Public morality, discipline, accountability
and probity, and also international cooperation through
participation, research and dissemination of
information.Objectives of the UniversityAs enunciated in the
University of
Maiduguri Act 1979 the following objectives would be pursued
by the University: Encourage the advancement of learning
and hold out to all persons without distinction of race,
creed, sex or political conviction the opportDepartmenty of
acquiring a higher and liberal education; Provide courses of
instruction and other facilities for the pursuit of
learning in all its branches, and to make those facilities
available on proper terms to such persons as are equipped to
benefit from them; Encourage and promote scholarship and
conduct research in all fields of learning and human
endeavor;
Relate its activities to social, cultural and economic needs
of the people of Nigeria; and undertake any other
activities appropriate for a University of the highest
standard.
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