Venite University, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State

Venite University is a private university at Km 2, Ayetoro Road, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State, in south-western Nigeria. Its mission is to provide quality education that fosters total emancipation and to train self-reliant graduates who can secure employment and also create jobs as employers of labour. Its vision is to train and produce knowledgeable, creative and industrious manpower for the nation, and its core values are honesty, creativity and innovation.

Academic work is organised in colleges. The programme listing groups degrees under Allied Health Science (Nursing, Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health), Science and Information Technology (Microbiology, Biochemistry, Forensic Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Technology) and Social and Management Science (Accounting, Economics, Criminology and Security Studies, Taxation, Public Administration, Entrepreneurship Studies). Admission notices for 2025/2026 refer to the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, the College of Agriculture, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, and the College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, and the university has announced Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Doctor of Pharmacy among its offerings. A College of Law project had its groundbreaking on 30 April 2026.

The campus is developing in phases. Projects inspected by the Governing Council in May 2026 included a Central Library extension, an Anatomy Morgue and a Central Laboratory for Medicine and Health Sciences, all at finishing stages. The university runs a health centre, hosts freshers' orientation programmes, game nights, carol services and seminars (including on artificial intelligence), and its nursing students observe NUNSA Week with public health outreach. Students are accommodated on campus and are required to bring bedding, cutlery, buckets and similar items on resumption; formal dress is required during school hours, and mobile phones are restricted in classrooms.

Venite works with partners including Microsoft and Cisco in technology training, and has signed an agreement with the Ekiti State Government on medical training and held talks with Ekiti State Specialist Hospital, Ijero-Ekiti, and Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI), on clinical training, as well as with Obafemi Awolowo University on academic collaboration. In 2026 the Vice-Chancellor reported that the National Universities Commission had approved 48 academic programmes.

The NUC granted full accreditation to Computer Science, Cyber Security and Software Engineering after an October-November 2025 exercise, and in July 2026 awarded five-year full accreditation to the Bachelor of Nursing Science programme (cumulative score 82.80 percent). NUC officials carried out a licence validation visit on 18 May 2026. Prof. Charity Aremu is the Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. Olabisi Aina is Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council.