University of Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt
Former names
 University College, Port Harcourt[1]
Motto For Enlightenment and Self-Reliance
Type Public
Established 1975
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ndokwa Lale
Students 35,000–40,000[2]
Location Port Harcourt, Rivers State,  Nigeria
Campus Urban
Colours Blue and white[2]
Nickname Uniport[3][4]
Website http://www.uniport.edu.ng

The University of Port Harcourt is a university in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. It was established in 1975[5] as University College, Port Harcourt, and was given university status in 1977.[1]

Faculties

The university originally had six schools in 1977:[3]

It changed from a school system to a faculty system in 1982.[3] The university now has twelve faculties:

Notable alumni

Faculty

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "University of Port Harcourt". Institutions. The Association of Commonwealth Universities. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. 1 2 "University of Port Harcourt". Review. 4 International Colleges & Universities. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. 1 2 3 "History of the University". Brief History. University of Port Harcourt. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  4. ↑ Oruh, Nnaemeka (4 September 2008). "Revisiting the University of Port Harcourt 'Gang War'". Nigeria Matters. Nigerians in America. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  5. ↑ About Uniport

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.