University of Benin (Nigeria)

The University of Benin was founded in 1970. It started as an Institute of Technology and was accorded the cachet of a full-fledged University by National Universities Commission (NUC) on 1 July 1971. In his Budget Speech in April 1972, the again Military Governor of Mid-Western State, Col. S. O. Ogbemudia(then aswell Visitor to the University) formally appear the change of the name of the Institute of Technology to the University of Benin. Optometry affairs was aswell founded (established) aural the Adroitness of Science in 1972 beneath the headship of Dr.Paul Ogbuehi (debpartment of Physics). By 1976, Optometry affairs in UNIBEN had on its adroitness able able with convenance licences from Canada, England, and United States of America. The affairs had a faculty-student arrangement of 2:1, abounding from College of Medicine and Medical Sciences becoming its accepted On 1 April 1975 the University at the appeal of the State Government, was taken over by the Federal Government and became a Federal University.

Today, the University has connected to abound from backbone to backbone with a amount of Faculties, Departments, Institutes and Units. Following NUC’s directives, the University experimented with the Collegiate System in 1991/92 and 1992/93.

However, in the ablaze of new developments, the University changed to the Adroitness System except for the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences, and Institute of Child Health which changed to the Collegiate System in August, 1999, with a Provost as its authoritative head. The Commonsense as anon constituted are those of Agriculture, Arts, Education, Engineering, Law, Life Science, Pharmacy, Physical Science, Social Science, and the College of Medical Sciences (which has three Schools: Basic Medical Sciences; Dentistry and Medicine; and the Institute of Child Health).In January 2006, the Federal Government accustomed the yield off of the College of Petroleum and Gas Engineering of the University of Benin at Effurun, abreast Warri, in Delta State, with the antecedent citizenry of 100 acceptance in two departments; Petroleum Engineering and Gas Engineering

The University offers courses at assorted levels: Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Diploma and Certificate. Presently, the absolute apprentice acceptance stands at over 40,000 fabricated up of both full-time and part-time acceptance aggregate a allotment of the assorted Faculties.

In 1985, Grace Alele-Williams became Nigeria's aboriginal changeable Vice-Chancellor if she was appointed to arch the University of Benin. She served as its Vice-Chancellor until 1991.

The University is aswell acclaimed for arena breaking analysis plan with added universities about the apple and with both bounded and all-embracing bodies such as USAID, Ford Foundation, UNCF (United Negro College Fund), RMRDC (Raw Materials Analysis & Development Council of Nigeria) amidst others in the areas of Agriculture, Public Health and Engineering to name a few.Following NUC's directives, the university experimented with the Collegiate System in 1991/92 and 1992/93. However, in the ablaze of new developments, the university changed to the Adroitness System in January 1994. Presently, the university about operates the Adroitness System except for the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences, and Institute of Child Health, which changed to the Collegiate System in August 1999, with a Provost as its authoritative arch The School of Medicine was accustomed in 1973, again Adroitness of Medicine to Medicine to run a 6-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) full-time amount program. The aboriginal Dean of the School was Professor T. Belo-Osagie. He was Dean from 1973-1975. With the avenue ofProfessor T. Belo-Osagie, Professor K. Diete-Koki became the Dean of the School. Since then, the School has had assorted Deans and Heads of Departmentsin the endure 30years. The actual accomplished Dean of the School was Prof. Dr.(med.) E. Oviasu The present Dean of the School of Medicine is Professor M.Momoh.The School of Dentistry coordinates courses and curricular aural the College arch to the accolade of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree. The School of Dentistry(as it was accepted then) started in 1976 and the aboriginal accumulation of acceptance were accepted in the 1976/77 Session. It was accustomed as an basic allotment of the College of Medical Sciences in 1975 by alteration to the Edict establishing the University of Benin. In 2012 with abutment from the All-embracing Federation of Endodontic Associations(IFEA) and donations from University of Texas at Houston School of Dentistry and the Okwen family, Dr. Mbachan Collins Okwen BDS(Benin), DDS, MBA alien adorning endodontics and avant-garde diminutive endodontics at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital The School of Postgraduate Studies of the University of Benin was accustomed in October 1981. The Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies, in affiliation with the Board of the School, contest all-embracing analysis and administration of postgraduate programs conducted in all colleges, commonsense and institutes of the University. The primary affair of the School of Postgraduate Studies is to advance a bright compassionate of its role, authorize and accumulate procedures, aggrandize opportunities for postgraduate training and research, and animate the addition of new programs as able-bodied as afterlight of old ones.

The aim of the School is to be articular with the accomplished standards and traditions of postgraduate training, scholarship and analysis that will advance to above advances and advance in assorted disciplines of learning. Given the superior of training offered, the School has produced high-level animal assets who accept adapted into academia, industry and government.