Ekiti State University

Ekiti State University (EKSU) is a state-owned university in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, south-west Nigeria. It began in 1982 as a multi-campus university created by the then Ondo State government, and it has been owned by the Ekiti State Government since Ekiti State took over full proprietorship in 1999. It describes itself as a development university, one whose purpose is to identify and help resolve the developmental problems of the state and region through teaching, research and service. Its motto is "For Service and Integrity".

The main campus lies on the Ado-Iworoko road in Ado-Ekiti, where the university moved from its temporary Ajitadidun site in 1985. The vision is to produce graduates equipped to handle contemporary socioeconomic and environmental challenges through research in science, technology and the humanities, driven by information and communication technology.

Academic work is organised in faculties and colleges. Undergraduate admission choices are grouped under Agricultural Science, Arts, Education, Engineering, Law, Management Sciences, Medicine, Science and Social Sciences. The College of Medicine includes the Faculties of Basic Clinical Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences, and the university also has a Faculty of Pharmacy, a Faculty of Multi-Disciplinary Studies and a College of Postgraduate Studies. Agricultural Science offers Agricultural Economics and Extension, Animal Production and Health, Crop and Horticulture, Soil Resources, Forestry and Wildlife, and Fisheries and Aquaculture. Engineering offers Civil, Computer, Electrical/Electronic and Mechanical Engineering. Medicine and Surgery runs for six years and Nursing for five. Law runs for five years, and most other degrees run for four.

The Faculty of Education is broad, with arts and language education, science education, social sciences education, vocational and technical education, guidance and counselling, human kinetics, health education, adult education and educational management. Every student takes General Studies courses (GST) as a graduation requirement, including communication in English, Nigerian peoples and culture, library and study skills and entrepreneurial skills.

Besides the regular full-time programme, the university runs a Directorate of Continuing Education (sandwich and continuing education degrees for working applicants), a Part-Time weekend programme on the main campus, Pre-Degree programmes, JUPEB, a Directorate of Distance Learning, and postgraduate studies. The Directorate of Students Affairs handles orientation, hostel accommodation, students' associations, the Students Union election, counselling and career services, and recommends students for scholarship and bursary awards. The university is regulated by the National Universities Commission and is a beneficiary of TETFund interventions.