Cross River University of Education and Entrepeneurship, Akampa, Cross River State

The University of Education and Entrepreneurship (UEE), Akamkpa, is a Cross River State university on Calabar Road, Awi, Akamkpa. It was formally established in 2025 when the former Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, was transitioned into a university under the Cross River State University of Education and Entrepreneurship Law, No. 10 of 2024, signed by Governor Bassey Edet Otu on 8 January 2025.

The university is built on a twin mandate of education and entrepreneurship. Its motto is "Learning, Work, Enterprise", and it aims to produce graduates who are academically sound, practically skilled and able to create jobs. Its stated values include diversity, innovation, academic and research excellence, integrity, inclusiveness and service. All students, whatever their discipline, undertake structured entrepreneurial ventures alongside their academic studies, and the university operates within National Universities Commission (NUC) guidelines and Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards.

Undergraduate programmes are grouped into areas including Professional Education (guidance and counselling, special education, educational management, curriculum and educational technology, early childhood education, primary education studies, educational psychology, continuing education, human kinetics, library and information science, health education, environmental education and teaching subjects such as computer science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, economics, geography, history, music, English and French); Arts and Humanities (creative and cultural arts education, mass communication); Entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial studies education, agribusiness, hospitality and tourism management); Vocational and Technical Education (home economics, automobile, building, electrical/electronics, woodwork and metalwork technology education, agricultural science, business education); Management and Social Sciences (accounting, business administration, public administration, marketing, social work); Allied Health Sciences (Doctor of Physiotherapy, medical laboratory science, radiography, public health, nursing science); and Sciences (computer science).

An Institute of Education runs NCE, certificate, diploma, IJMB, part-time and sandwich programmes, together with postgraduate diplomas in education and in entrepreneurship. Pre-degree admission is also available. Learning resources include an e-library, e-learning platform, student and staff portals, and the university takes part in TETFund and TERAS programmes.

Students are described as benefiting from teaching facilities, digital learning resources, practical laboratories, entrepreneurship centres and student support services. The university is a state institution in Akamkpa, Cross River State.