Benue State University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Ihugh.

The University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (UAST), Ihugh is a state university in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, owned by the Benue State Government, which is also its Visitor. It is a specialised institution focused on modernising agricultural education, strengthening food security and driving technological innovation. Its vision is to be a centre of excellence in agriculture, science and technology, and its motto is 'Imagine, Aspire, Innovate, Create'. The university is listed in the national register as Benue State University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Ihugh.

Teaching is organised in four pioneer schools: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Allied Health Sciences, and Computing, which together offer 21 undergraduate programmes built on the National Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), with a 30% UAST proprietary component. The School of Agriculture has departments of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Economics and Extension, Fisheries and Forestry, and Environmental Agriculture. Degrees run over five academic years (100 to 500 Levels), with small class sizes and options to complete part of a degree at partner universities abroad.

Ihugh lies in Vandeikya LGA, about 40 kilometres from Gboko and about 120 kilometres from Abakaliki in Ebonyi State and from the Obudu Mountain Resort in Cross River State. The current campus is the Takeoff Campus on the Ihugh-Korinya Road. It offers en-suite hostels, cafes and restaurants, a health care centre, a Wi-Fi enabled campus, a football pitch, track and field facilities, and tennis and basketball courts, with round-the-clock security provided by the UAST Campus Police and the Benue State Police.

The planned UAST Science and Technology Innovation Park (STIP) is organised around eight innovation centres: Digital Agriculture; Food Innovation and Bioeconomy; Environmental, Water and Climate Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Data Science; Computing and Cyber Innovation; Smart Engineering and Renewable Energy; Biomedical and Life Sciences; and Earth Resources and Digital Geoscience. The campus is also conceived as a 'living laboratory' with a solar farm, smart irrigation on demonstration farms, campus IoT sensors, drone corridors and biodigester systems used for teaching and research.

UAST leads the proposed Nigerian Collegiate Sports League and runs football, athletics, basketball, tennis, volleyball and fitness programmes. It has collaborations with institutions in China, the USA, the Netherlands, South Africa and Thailand covering staff exchange, joint research and curriculum development. The university is led by Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Leonard Karshima Shilgba.