Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) is a Nigerian public university. It is owned by theAbia State government.
State government-owned academic institutions were created to expand admissions and bring professional skills, expertise and modern research facilities close to the city and rural dwellers, and have helped talented students to obtain higher education.[4][5]
The inception of the university was in 1981 in the formerImo State under the name ofImo State University, Etiti.[6][7] The university was established bySam Mbakwe when he wasgovernor of old Imo State. The main campus was located at Etiti, Imo State, while the Law Department was located in a separate Campus at Aba. Between 1984 and 1985 under the military governorship of GeneralIke Nwachukwu, the university moved to its permanent site at Uturu Okigwe.[8]
Following the creation ofAbia State in 1991, the Uturu campus of the university was ceded to Abia State, and is now known as Abia State University Uturu,Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria.[9] The university is organized in colleges and schools having been founded on the same collegiate system that theUniversity of Nebraska system operates.[10]
Studies at Abia State University include:undergraduate,graduate anddoctorate degrees. It has two campuses- its main campus inUturu; and the College of Law, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine housed by the campus inUmuahia, capital of Abia State, Nigeria.[11][12]
Abia State University Library was established on 8 February alongside the university in 1981 but started its operation and services on 1 October 1981.[16] The E-library was launched by the National Universities Commission on 3 July 2007 with the aim of enhancing teaching and research programmes of the students and lecturers and primarily serve the university community.[17]
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