About Funai

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU- ALIKE, IKWO

Establishment and Location

The Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI) is a new and modern campus based university located in Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, the Eastern part of Nigeria. The University, under the leadership of Distinguished Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe (former President Nigerian Academy of Science), aspires to be world class university recognised for the delivery of intellectually rigorous, cutting-edge research and excellent teaching and learning.

The University prides itself on offering excellent learning experience for students, informed by up-to-date research and facilitated by high-quality learning environment, with multi-media classrooms, modern library and well equipped laboratories. A significant number of our teaching staff have terminal degrees from the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Belgium, South Africa, Nigeria and other African countries and are recognised international experts in their fields, which means our students learn among and with world-class academics that are leaders in their fields and disciplines.

There are currently three faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Technology, and Basic Medical Sciences. These house 10 Departments or academic areas, including Business Administration, Accountancy, Entrepreneurial Studies, History and Strategic Studies, Languages, Biotechnology Sociology, Political Sciences, History, Anatomy, Physiology, Physics, Computer Science, Informatics, Molecular Biology, Geology, Geophysics, etc. These Departments offer high quality courses and programmes that meet national and international academic standards and the needs of 21^st century students and employers. We value entrepreneurship development and seek to integrate it in all our academic programmes in order to produce graduates that can stand on their own and create jobs. We are particularly committed to providing our students with essential generic foundation skills with a comprehensive understanding of their relevant disciplines. Our students are to display creativity, independent thinking and intellectual rigour, as well as good understanding of the professions, industry and business.