University in Nigeria
Isiokpo, Ikwerre, Rivers State
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Wigwe University is a private university at Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, about a 15-minute drive from Port Harcourt International Airport. It was founded by the Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe Foundation, set up by banker and philanthropist Herbert Wigwe, co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings PLC. Its stated vision is to ignite Africa's potential for prosperity, nurture thoughtful, fearless leaders and become the leading university in Africa. Core values are excellence, sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation and social responsibility.
Teaching is organised into four colleges. Arts covers Theatre and Performing Arts (BA Theatre Arts), Fine Arts and Design (BA Fine Arts), Film and Screen Studies (BSc Film and Media Studies) and Communications and Digital Media (BA Animation and Visual Arts; BSc Communication and Digital Media Studies). Engineering offers BEng programmes in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer (including a robotics specialisation) and Mechatronics Engineering. Management and Social Sciences covers Economics, Business Administration (BSc Business Administration; BSc Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship) and Accounting and Finance (BSc Accounting and Data Analytics; BSc Finance; BSc Finance and Financial Technology). Science and Computing covers Computer Science (BSc Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Robotics (Artificial Intelligence), Software Engineering and Forensic Science), Information and Communications Technology, and Mathematics and Data Science (BSc Data Science; BSc Mathematics).
All programmes are delivered to an international standard in collaboration with international partners, with links to partner curricula, joint research, exchanges and internships. Sustainability is a defining theme: the campus is planned around eight sustainability pillars aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with native rainforest species being reintroduced, stormwater attenuation, and pedestrian, cycle and electric people-mover routes with forest trails. The campus has its own 10MW natural-gas power plant.
Student life centres on on-campus recreation: an IAAF-standard track and field facility, NBA-standard basketball courts, a FIFA-size football pitch, a fully equipped gym with personal trainers, a campus cinema, breakout rooms for group work, a student union lounge and an outdoor amphitheatre. The university has a medical centre. Students are housed in en-suite and shared dormitories: Premium (one en-suite bedroom), Classic 1 (double occupancy) and Classic 2 (quadruple occupancy), each with token-operated washer/dryer machines.
The university library system comprises a Main Library, temporarily located in the left wing of the Administrative Building, and four college libraries (Arts, Engineering, Science and Computing, and Social Sciences), catalogued under the Library of Congress Classification. Services include book loans, research assistance, selective dissemination of information and indexing and abstracting. Home and international students are both admitted, and the university is licensed by the National Universities Commission, with admissions beginning with the 2024/2025 session. The Vice-Chancellor is Professor Marwan Al-Akaidi.
A merit-based scholarship supports students with exceptional academic achievement, leadership and entrepreneurship capability. Awards are tuition discounts by UTME score:
Candidates must have chosen Wigwe University, Isiokpo as first choice and scored a minimum of 160 in the UTME, and must upload their qualifying results to JAMB (candidates awaiting O'Level results should upload them as soon as released). Candidates who did not choose Wigwe as first choice but meet the cut-off may apply if they change their first-choice institution on the JAMB portal before the change-of-institution window closes.
Arts: N3,840,000 (60%), N4,800,000 (50%), N5,760,000 (40%), N6,720,000 (30%). Engineering, Management and Social Sciences, and Science and Computing: N4,799,520, N5,999,400, N7,199,280 and N8,399,160 respectively.
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View scholarships for Wigwe University, Isiokpo Rivers State →Candidates who score at least 150 in JAMB UTME qualify to apply; the university screens candidates after the UTME through its post-UTME process, and no agent is needed. Applicants need credit passes in five SSC/O'Level subjects, at not more than two sittings, as set by the programme: Arts programmes require English Language and Literature in English (Fine Arts requires English, Mathematics, Fine Arts or Technical Drawing and two of Geography, Chemistry and Economics); Economics requires English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two other relevant subjects; Business Administration requires English Language, Mathematics and one of Economics, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Commerce or Business Methods; Mathematics and Data Science requires English Language, Mathematics, Physics and two other relevant science subjects.
Direct entry candidates are admitted into 200 level of the three-year degree programme with O'Level requirements plus two A-Level passes (GCE or IJMB) in relevant subjects, for example Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for Data Science, or two A-Level passes in social science or management subjects including Economics for Economics. Arts programmes also accept a recognised ND, NCE or diploma in a related field, JUPEB, or IJMB passes. Business Administration accepts an ND or HND at upper credit or better with the five O'Level credits.
Documents required: A-Level or other relevant exam results, one passport-sized photograph, birth certificate or court affidavit, two reference letters (one character, one academic), a sponsorship letter (parents, individuals or organisation), a statement of purpose, proof of English language proficiency if the language of instruction has not been English, an application letter and any other relevant information.
Full tuition (JAMB 150-179): Arts N9,600,000; Engineering, Management and Social Sciences, and Science and Computing N11,998,800 each. Accommodation per space per session: Premium en-suite N3,000,000; Classic 1 (double) N2,000,000; Classic 2 (quad) N1,600,000 (N1,500,000, N1,000,000 and N800,000 per semester respectively).
Isiokpo campus, Ikwerre LGA, Rivers State - the single campus, hosting the four colleges (Arts, Engineering, Management and Social Sciences, Science and Computing), the Administrative Building, the Main Library and college libraries, and the medical centre.
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