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The Dominican University Ibadan is a

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Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...

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. The Dominican University Ibadan is a private university in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was established to provide quality education to residents of the Oyo State metropolis and Nigeria beyond.

History

The Dominican University Ibadan was established in 2016 by the Order of Preachers (Dominican Order of the province of St. Joseph the Worker, Nigeria and Ghana) under the

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to be an institution of higher learning in Nigeria. It was licensed by the

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(NUC) on 22 November 2016 through a letter addressed to the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. Anthony Akinwale. The university was operating as an institute awarding bachelor's degrees in Philosophy affiliated with the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

since 1993 until its accreditation. Prof. Jacinta A. Opara was appointed in 2024 as the first female and second substantive Vice-chancellor of the university

Administration and Leadership

The current principal members of the university administration and their positions are as follows:

Programmes

The university runs bachelor's degree programs, Masters in Arts Program and Higher National Diploma Conversion programmes. Some of the programmes includes; Bsc Accounting, Bsc Chemistry, BSc economics, BSc Computer Science, BSc Religious Studies, Bsc Business Administration, Bsc Mass Communication, BA Philosophy, MA Philosophy, and MPC Philosophy and Computing.

Activities

The university had its first and Second Combined Convocation Ceremony in December, 2022. The event was graced by the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party Nigeria, Mr Peter Obi who is also the Pro-Chancellor of the university. Governor Seyi Makinde, the

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and the Olubadan of Ibadan were in attendance at the ceremony. The university library is one of the academic libraries in Nigeria. The university graduated 96 students for the 2020/2021 academic Session and 49 students for the 2021/2022 academic sessions respectively.

References

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