Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State

Amadeus University, Amizi is a private, not-for-profit (public benefit) university in Amizi, Ikwuano Local Government Area, Abia State, south-eastern Nigeria. It was conceived by Dr. Godwin Nwabunka, a development economist and entrepreneur with a long career at the United Nations, and is promoted by Grooming Centre, a social enterprise he founded in 2006 that works on financial services, research, education, health, clean energy, food security and environmental sustainability. Its mission is to produce self-employable, productive graduates; its vision is globally competitive, ethical and practically oriented graduates, with education open to people regardless of background.

The university received Federal Executive Council approval and an NUC licence in June 2023, began teaching in September 2024 with 19 degree programmes in four faculties, and received its Full Operational Licence on 23 September 2026. It now offers 22 degree programmes in seven faculties and colleges: Social and Management Sciences; Science and Computing; Engineering; Allied Health Sciences; the College of Medicine; the Faculty of Pharmacy; and the Faculty of Law, whose LL.B is approved by the Council of Legal Education and takes its first students in 2026/27.

Programmes include Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Microbiology, Biotechnology and Forensic Science in Science and Computing; Computer Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Engineering; Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing Science, Public Health and Physiotherapy (DPT) in Allied Health Sciences; Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Economics, Accounting and Mass Communication in Social and Management Sciences; MBBS; Pharm.D; and LL.B. The academic approach combines a core curriculum with in-depth study in a chosen field.

The campus covers more than 80 hectares and is residential. There are two completed hostels, each with 102 two-person rooms and three common rooms, with a third under construction. Students have four cafeterias, a Student Centre, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a multi-purpose court for basketball, tennis and volleyball, and a gymnasium. A 22-bed medical centre with male and female wards and three private wards serves the campus, and health insurance is arranged through Grooming Health Management Limited.

The university's crest shows an open book, a flame and a palm tree, and its name derives from the Latin for the love of God. Applicants apply through JAMB and the university's admissions portal; admission weighs academic performance together with character, extracurricular and social activity, and opportunities for students from underserved communities.