University in Nigeria
Jalingo, Taraba State
University profile
Greenland University Jalingo (GLU) is a private university in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State in north-eastern Nigeria. Licensed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in 2025, it was set up to become the foremost entrepreneurial university in Nigeria, producing job-creators rather than job-seekers. Its motto is "Knowledge for Self Reliance". The pioneer Vice-Chancellor is Prof. Ojo Sunday Fayomi.
The university opens with three faculties, five departments and sixteen NUC-approved undergraduate programmes, all four years and taught on campus. The Faculty of Social Sciences and Management covers Accounting, Finance, Economics, International Relations and Diplomatic Studies, and Entrepreneurship Studies. The Faculty of Science and Computing offers Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Biotechnology and Microbiology. The Faculty of Allied Health Science offers Nursing Science (B.NSc.), Public Health, Health Information Management (B.HIM.) and Medical Laboratory Science (B.M.L.S.). A Faculty of Engineering (with planned departments in Agricultural and Biosystems, Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical/Electronics, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering) and a Faculty of Environmental Sciences are announced as the next stage of expansion.
Entrepreneurship education is embedded across the curriculum: Accounting students study start-up financial management alongside IFRS, Entrepreneurship Studies students build and pitch ventures, and computing programmes are built around Python, R, SQL, cloud computing, machine learning and software engineering. Accounting and finance programmes are aligned with the ICAN and ACCA professional pathways.
GLU runs a fully residential system, so all students live on campus, and accommodation is mandatory. Campus facilities include accessibility ramps for students with mobility needs, a supermarket run by the University Consult, a bookshop stocked with texts recommended by the library and faculties, and vendors and cafeterias providing catering. The Library was established in 2026 with the university and offers print and electronic resources, with an e-library. The university also runs the Greenland University Football Academy in Jalingo for talented orphaned young people aged 14 to 15, with 24 places, free accommodation and educational support.
The student body is drawn from every geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Admission is through JAMB UTME with a mandatory online screening exercise. The university is licensed and accredited by the National Universities Commission, and the first (pioneer) intake is for the 2026/2027 session.
Talented orphaned young people aged 14 to 15 selected for the academy receive free accommodation and educational support. There are 24 places, and admission follows the academy's selection and assessment process.
Fees can be paid in full, in two instalments (50% per semester) or in four instalments (25% at the start and end of each semester).
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View scholarships for Greenland University, Jalingo, Taraba State →Admission for the 2026/2027 session is through the UTME. Candidates must choose Greenland University as their first-choice institution on JAMB CAPS, score at least 140 in the 2026 UTME to be eligible for the mandatory online admission screening exercise, and meet the programme cut-off of 150 for each of the sixteen approved programmes. O-Level results must be uploaded to JAMB CAPS.
A minimum of five credits in relevant subjects at O-Level for the chosen programme.
Applicants change their first choice to Greenland University on JAMB CAPS and then complete the online screening and application through the university portal (greenlanduniversity.edu.ng). Only candidates who chose Greenland University as first choice may take part in the screening.
Application fee N20,000 (non-refundable). Fresh students also pay an acceptance fee of N50,000, caution fee of N20,000, student ID card N5,000 and matriculation fee of N20,000. Mandatory on-campus accommodation is N300,000 per bed space for both male and female students.
Full payment; Flexi (50% in first semester and 50% in second semester); or Multi-Flexi (25% at the start and 25% at the end of each semester).
Pioneer students arrive on campus on 25 October 2026 for hostel check-in; orientation week runs 26 to 30 October 2026; lectures begin on 2 November 2026. A limited special enrolment window was opened for qualified candidates, who apply at the university portal or the Admissions Office at the Main Campus, Jalingo.
Main Campus, Jalingo, Taraba State: the university's only campus, hosting all faculties, the Admissions Office and the fully residential student community.
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