Al-Hikmah University is an Islamic university located in
Ilorin
Ilorin is the capital city of Kwara State located in the Western region of Nigeria. The city is a major hub for transportation and commerce in the region. . Retrieved 18 February 2007 Although Ilorin is classified under the North-Central g ...
,
Kwara State
Kwara () is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its ca ...
, Nigeria. It was founded in 2005 by AbdulRaheem Oladimeji Islamic Foundation (AROIF) based in Nigeria and
World Assembly of Muslim Youth
The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) is an international Islamic educational organization whose stated purpose is to "preserve the identity of Muslim youth and help overcome the problems they face in modern society". Reportedly the world's ...
s (WAMY) based in
Jeddah
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.
Muhammed Taofeek Olalekan Ibrahim is the immediate past
Vice-chancellor
A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ...
. He was succeeded by Noah Yusuf
who is now the current Vice-chancellor. The goal of Al-Hikmah University is to be a center of intellectual and moral excellence.
The university came into existence via the granting of an operating license to run as a Conventional Private University by the Federal Government of Nigeria License No. 010 on 7 January 2005. It commenced academic activities during the 2005–2006 academic session with 70 students spread across the three take-off colleges: Humanities, Management Sciences and Natural Sciences.
Vice chancellors
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Professor Musbau Adewumi Akanji
*Professor Abdullahi Ahmad
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Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem
*Professor Muhammed Taofeek Olalekan Ibrahim.
*Professor Noah Yusuf
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Professor Razaq Deremi Abubakre
Faculties and Programmes
The university has several Faculties which are spread across two campuses (Ilorin and
Igbaja) in
Kwara State
Kwara () is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its ca ...
.
Agriculture
B. Agriculture
Health Sciences
(i) B.Sc. Public Health
(ii) B. Nursing Science
(iii) B.Sc. Physiology
(iv) B. Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS)
(V) B.Sc. Human Anatomy.
Medical school of natural medicine
In 2023 the school announced the opening of its medical school of natural medicine and natural herbs.
Law
(i) LL.B. Common Law
(ii) LL.B. Common and Islamic Law
Natural and Applied Sciences
(i) B.Sc. Computer Science
(ii) B.Sc. Software Engineering
(iii) B.Sc. Cyber Security
(iv) B.Sc. Information System
(v) B.Sc. Geology
(vi) B.Sc. Petroleum Chemistry
(vii) B.Sc. Biology
(viii) B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry
(ix) B.Sc. Biochemistry
(x) B.Sc. Microbiology
(xii) B.Sc. Industrial Mathematics
(xiii) B.Sc. Physics with Electronics
(xiv) B.Sc. Physics
(xv) B.Sc. Statistics
Humanities and Social Sciences
(i) B.Sc. Sociology
(ii) B.Sc. Public Administration
(iii) B.Sc. Mass Communication
(iv) B.Sc. Political Science & Conflict Resolution
(vii) B.Sc. Islamic Studies
(ix) B.Sc. History and International Relation
(x) B.Sc. Arabic
(xi) B.Sc. English
Management Sciences
(i) B.Sc. Accounting
(ii) B.Sc. Economics
(iii) B.Sc. Business Administration
(iv) B.Sc. Marketing
(v) B.Sc. Banking & Finance
Educations
(i) B.Sc. (Ed.) Computer Science
(ii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry
(iii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Mathematics
(iv) B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology
(v) B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics
(vi) B.Sc. (Ed.) Education Technology
(vii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Guidance and Counseling
(viii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Educational Management
(ix) B. Library and Information Science (BLIS)
(x) B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies
(xi) B.A. (Ed.) Arabic
(iv) B.A. (Ed.) Social Studies
(v) B.A. (Ed.) English
(vi) B.Sc. (Ed.) Political Science
(vii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Business Education
(viii) B.Sc. (Ed.) Economics
Sub-Degree Diploma Programmes
(i) Diploma in Common Law
(ii) Diploma in Common and Islamic Law
(iii) Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies
(iv) Diploma in International Relations
(v) Diploma in Accounting
(vi) Diploma in Business Administration
(vii) Diploma in Computer Science.
Collaborations/initiative
Al-Hikmah University has collaborated with
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is a federal law enforcement agency in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Justice charged with eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard d ...
(NDLEA) to counter act drug abuse especially amongst youth.
Also with the
Economic and Financial crime commission Agency.
Green campus initiative
August 2023 the university begins a green campus, in the school, the initiate deals with planting of tree and
environmental climate change.
Convocation
On 9 December the university hold is 13th
convocation
A convocation (from the Latin ''wikt:convocare, convocare'' meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:ἐκκλησία, ἐκκλησία ''ekklēsia'') is a group of people formally assembled for a specia ...
ceremony in which 1584 students are graduated from the school.
Scholarship
On the 13th convocation ceremony of the school the speaker of the event announces sponsorship for females indigent students of the school.
References
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Education in Kwara State
2005 establishments in Nigeria
Islamic universities and colleges in Nigeria
Ilorin
Academic libraries in Nigeria
Universities and colleges established in 2005