Spiritan University, Nneochi Abia State

Spiritan University Nneochi (SUN) is a Catholic, faith-based private university in Nneato-Isuochi, Umunneochi Local Government Area, one of the rural LGAs of Abia State. It was founded by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), Province of Nigeria South East, and operates as a private, conventional university. It is the second full university owned by the Spiritans worldwide, after Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA. Its motto is "Learning for Industry and Dignity", with an ecumenical outlook open to diversity.

The university was approved and licensed by the Federal Executive Council on 6 December 2017 on the recommendation of the National Universities Commission (NUC), and it enrolled its first students in 2018/2019 with fifteen departments or programmes. Its academic units are the Faculty of Allied Health and Medical Sciences (Medical Laboratory Science, Human Anatomy, Nursing Science, Physiology, Public Health), the Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences (Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Christian Religious Studies, Economics, History, Language and Linguistics, Political Science), the Faculty of Law (Commercial and Industrial Law, Jurisprudence and International Law, Public Law) and the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences (Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics), together with the General and Entrepreneurial Studies units.

The development plan envisages eight faculties at full maturity (Arts; Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Law; Management and Social Sciences; Medicine; Natural and Applied Sciences; Pharmaceutical Sciences) plus a School of Postgraduate Studies, rolled out in phases over about 25 years. NUC accreditation exercises have been held for the Faculty of Allied Health (2026), and the Council of Legal Education and Nigerian Law School visited for the accreditation of the Faculty of Law (October 2026).

The campus on the Ajali-Ihube-Lomara Road includes faculty complexes, an administrative block, an auditorium, a Library and ICT Centre complex, an Entrepreneurship Centre, male and female hostels, a students' lounge with indoor games facilities, a canteen, a university clinic and staff quarters. The university runs a Moodle learning management system and an e-library. Student life includes the Elite Debates and Talks Club (EDTC), founded in 2021, which holds debates, guest talks and school and parish outreach tours,.

Its mission is to produce knowledgeable, skilled graduates through functional education and value re-orientation, with a focus on all-round development without discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity or religion, and a strong position on the protection of minors and vulnerable adults. The Vice-Chancellor is Very Rev. Fr. Prof. Remy N. Onyewuenyi, CSSp. The university held its maiden convocation on 19 April 2024 and its 8th matriculation ceremony for the 2025/2026 session.