Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State

Ave Maria University, Piyanko (AMU) is a Catholic private university in Piyanko, Nasarawa State, on the Jikwoyi-Karshi road at the edge of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was founded by the Ave Maria Foundation, an established player in Nigerian education that also operates the Ave Maria group of schools: nursery and primary schools at Nyanya (Abuja) and Mararaba (Nasarawa State), a boys' secondary school at Nyanya, a girls' secondary school at Jikwoyi and a day secondary school at Mararaba. The promoter of the group of schools and Chancellor of the university is Mrs Eucharia Onah.

Undergraduate programmes are organised in the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Basic Sciences, the Faculty of Law and the College of Medicine. Social and management sciences covers Mass Communication, Political Science, Public Administration, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, International Relations and Diplomatic Studies, Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Taxation, Criminology and Security Studies, and Psychology. Basic Sciences offers Biotechnology, Microbiology, Industrial Chemistry, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Software Engineering and Digital Entrepreneurship, Cyber Security, Forensic Science and Physics with Electronics.

Health programmes include Nursing Science, Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health, while the College of Medicine teaches Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Pharmacy, Anatomy, Physiology, Physiotherapy and Radiography. Law is offered as an LL.B. Most first degrees are B.Sc. awards.

The College of Postgraduate Studies admits to Postgraduate Diploma, Master's (including MBA, MPA, Master of Information Technology, Master of Management Information System and Master of Business Analytics) and PhD programmes across administration and management science, social science and science, with more than 30 programmes in eight departments. An IJMB (Interim Joint Matriculation Board) programme is also run for pre-degree candidates.

On-campus accommodation is provided in hostel rooms shared by two, three, four or six students, with a separate rate for Law students. The university has an e-library and charges an ICT, e-library and development fee. Its programmes are described as fully accredited.