Abdulrasaq Abubakar Toyin University, Oke-Ogba, Ganmo, Ilorin, Kwara State

Abdulrasaq Abubakar Toyin University (AATU) is a private, not-for-profit university at Oke Ogba, Ganmo, via Ilorin, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was founded in 2024 by Alhaji Abdulrazaq Abubakar Toyin, who serves as Founder, Chancellor and Visitor. The university's stated vision is to develop an excellent academic and research environment for effective blended teaching and learning to a world-class standard, and its mission covers teaching and learning, research, digitalisation and community enlightenment. It describes its approach as resting on academic excellence, character building and global citizenship.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) approved 14 full-time undergraduate programmes after its first Resource Verification Visit (approval letter dated 5 August 2025), to be offered at the main campus from the 2025/2026 session. They are grouped in three faculties:

• Faculty of Science and Computing: Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology.
• Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Sciences (named Faculty of Environmental Sciences in the NUC approval): Architecture, Estate Management, Quantity Surveying, and Urban and Regional Planning.
• Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and History and Diplomatic Studies.

AATU is a fully residential university in which every student is required to live on campus. Hostels provide 24-hour security, high-speed internet access, study lounges, common rooms and recreational areas, and regular cleaning and maintenance. Rooms are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The campus also has a health services unit offering preventive, curative and emergency care, a sports unit that organises inter-faculty competitions and participation in the Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA), and dining options ranging from cafeterias to a central food court.

Entrepreneurship and vocational training are compulsory for all students alongside their degree studies. University management has announced plans to add Nursing and Medical Laboratory Sciences. Governance includes a Board of Trustees chaired by Hon. Justice (Dr.) Isa Ayo Salami, and a Governing Council chaired by Prof. Abdulrasheed Na'Allah, Pro-Chancellor. The Acting Vice-Chancellor is Prof. AbdulRauf Ambali. Student support units include Student Affairs (welfare, counselling, career guidance, student associations), Academic Support Services (library, tutorials, examinations), Registry and a Postgraduate School.