Abia State University

Uturu, Italy

Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) is a Nigerian public university. It is owned by the Abia 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, a

nd have helped talented students to obtain higher education. The inception of the university was in 1981 in the former Imo State under the name of Imo State University, Etiti. The university was established by Sam Mbakwe when he was governor 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 General Ike Nwachukwu, the university moved to its permanent site at Uturu Okigwe. Following the creation of Abia 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. The university is organized in colleges and schools having been founded on the same collegiate system that the University of Nebraska system operates. Studies at Abia State University...

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