Madonna University, Elele

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Madonna University is the first catholic university in Nigeria. It is accredited by National Universities Commission. Madonna University Nigeria has three campuses that are located in Elele - Rivers State, Okija - Anambra State and Akpugo - Enugu State. The campuses have different Faculties with Departments. The Okija campus in Anambra state has the following Faculties: Management and Social Sciences; Arts and Education, and Law.. The Elele campus has Faculties of Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacology. The Akpugo campus has Faculty of Engineering. These campuses have their main libraries as well as libraries attached to Faculties and the Departments. The University graduates first class, second class and third class students.[1] The University also has Post Graduate Programme and Part Time Programme that runs on Fridays and Saturdays.

Madonna university
MottoDecency in education and morals
TypePrivate
Established1999
ChancellorVery Rev. Fr. Professor E.M.P Edeh
Location
Nigeria
ColorsBlue White Maroon and Yellow
       
SportsFootball and basketball
Websitemadonnauniversity.edu.ng

History[]

Founded on 10 May 1999 in Okija, Anambra State, it was established by .[2] Edeh had founded Our Saviour Institute of Science and Technology in Enugu the previous year.[3] In 2004, under the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Madonna University's main campus was moved to Elele in Rivers State.[4]

Description[]

The university offers various courses including Law, Management, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy and Engineering.[4] The courses are accredited by the National Universities Commission, and the admission requirements are a minimum of 5 credits at no more than two sittings of the O-level schools Certificate Examination.[5]

The current Vice-Chancellor is Prof. Chuks E. Ezedum who succeeded Prof. Iwe Akubue.[6] The Elele campus has a University Teaching Hospital which is located a few kilometer away from the other campus at Okija.[citation needed]

Campuses[]

Madonna university has Three (3) campuses, Elele Campus, Okija campus[7][8] and campus.[9] Elele campus consists of medical related courses Medicine, Medical laboratory science, Pharmacy, Optometry, Nursing, Natural sciences etc. Okija campus being the home for Departments of Law, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business administration, Entrepreneurship, International Relations, Political science etc.[7] campus in Enugu State, has the following Departments - Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Petroleum Engineering.[9]

Academic Activities[]

Madonna University Nigeria offers different academic activities. These include Matriculation, Convocation[10] and Scholastic activities. There are also National Universities Commission (NUC) activities for approval of departments, resource verifications and libraries.[11] Other academic activities include, induction of students and graduates in various fields of learning. For instance, the Pharmacists Council Of Nigeria (PCN) inducted 236 fresh pharmacy graduands of Madonna University.[12] The Matriculation activity is done in every campus, every year after admission of new students. But Convocation is usually done collectively in Elele campus, which is the mother campus and the Headquarter where the seat of administration is located in Rivers state.

References[]

  1. ^ "Madonna Varsity marks 16th convocation as 38 Students bag first class". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. ^ "Madonna University Alumni Association website". Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  3. ^ "More About Father Founder". Catholic Prayer Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Elele, Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Madonna University". Madonnauniversity.edu.ng. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Apply To Madonna University, Nigeria – Madonna University". Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  6. ^ "Madonna University, Elele". e.allmixo.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Okija Campus, Madonna University, Nigeria – Madonna University". Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  8. ^ "Madonna University, Okija | Ranking & Review". www.4icu.org. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Akpugo Campus, Madonna University, Nigeria – Madonna University". Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  10. ^ "Madonna Varsity marks 16th convocation as 38 Students bag first class". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  11. ^ Ibijola* , Elizabeth Yinka (2014). "Accreditation Role of the National Universities Commission and the Quality of the Educational Inputs into Nigerian University System" (PDF). Universal Journal of Educational Research. 2 (9): 648–654. doi:10.13189/ujer.2014.020907 – via Horizon Research Publishing.
  12. ^ Etokakpan, Mmokutmfon-Abasi (2021-03-21). "PCN inducts 236 fresh graduands of Madonna university". TODAY. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

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