Niger Delta University Yenagoa

Niger Delta University (NDU) is a state-owned university at Amassoma on Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Its main campus, known as the Gloryland Campus, houses the Main Auditorium, the Senate building, a sports pavilion and an e-Library. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Allen A. Agih, has described the campuses and facilities as spread across different local government areas, with the Wilberforce Island campus sitting on a cluster of islands on land largely provided by the host communities of Amassoma and Ogobiri.

Academic work is organised into ten faculties and units: Agriculture, Arts, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Law, Management Sciences, Nursing Sciences, Pharmacy, Social Sciences and the General Studies Unit. The Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Nursing Sciences and Pharmacy sit within the College of Health Sciences, headed by a Provost. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, up to PhD level in some departments such as Theatre Arts, are offered.

Faculty departments

• Agriculture: Agricultural Economics, Animal Science, Crop and Soil Science, Fisheries
• Arts: English and Literary Studies, History and Diplomacy, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Theatre Arts, Languages and Linguistics
• Law: Private and Property Law, Jurisprudence/Public Law
• Management Sciences: Accounting, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Management, Marketing, Office and Information Management
• Nursing Sciences: Community Health Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
• Pharmacy: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacology and Herbal Medicine
• Social Sciences: Economics, Geography, Mass Communication, Political Science, Sociology

The Faculty of Law attracts more than 500 applicants a year, with admission guided by approved quotas and regulatory requirements, and was visited for assessment by the Council for Legal Education in September 2026. The Faculty of Nursing Sciences inducted 106 graduands into the profession in September 2026 at its 16th induction and oath-taking ceremony. The Faculty of Clinical Sciences trains medical practitioners through clinical rotations. Beyond the faculties, NDU runs an Institute of Continuing Education, a Natural Medicine Institute and the Institute of Niger Delta Studies.

The University takes part in the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) coordinated through the Industrial Training Fund, and it marks the UNESCO International Day of University Sports each year with a campus health walk.