Abia State University

{{Short description|Public university in Uturu, Nigeria}}

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{{Infobox university

|name = Abia State University Uturu

|image_name = Abia State University logo.svg

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|motto = Excellence and Service

|established = 1981

|chancellor = Tor Tiv: His Royal Majesty: James Ayatse{{cite web | url = https://guardian.ng/news/tor-tiv-installed-fifth-chancellor-of-abia-state-university | title = HRM: Orchivirigh: Professor James Ortese Ayatse: Tor Tiv Installed Fifth Chancellor of Abia State University: Uturu: Nigeria | date = 31 March 2019 | publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited: Nigeria | access-date = 27 November 2020}}

|vice_chancellor = Professor Onyemachi Maxwell Ogbulu{{cite web | url = https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/427923-ikpeazu-appoints-new-vc-for-abia-university.html | title = Governor Okezie Ikpeazu Approves Appointment of Professor Onyemachi Maxwell Ogbulu New Vice Chancellor of Abia State University: Effective From 1 December 2020 | publisher = Premium Times: Nigeria | access-date = 27 November 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ogbulu-appointed-new-absu-vc-as-ikonne-retires/ | title = Ogbulu Appointed New ABSU: Abia State University Vice Chancellor as Ikonne Retires | date = 25 November 2020 | publisher = Sun News Online: Nigeria | access-date = 27 November 2020}}

|city = Uturu

|state = Abia

|country = Nigeria

|campus = Rural/suburban

|students = 20,400 [https://whed.net/detail_institution.php?JTo2MF0sQzRgCmAK]

|undergrad = 18951

|postgrad = 1139

|doctoral = 310

|type = Public

|affiliations =

|website = {{Official website|http://www.abiastateuniversity.edu.ng}}

}}

Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) is a Nigerian public university. It is one of the state-owned universities in Nigeria. These state 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.{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ez58Dwpa8JcC&pg=PA688 | title = Nigerian History, Politics and Affairs: Collected Essays of Adiele Afigbo | year = 2005 | publisher = Africa World Press: 2005 | isbn = 9781592213245 | access-date = 27 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://abiastateuniversity.edu.ng/|title=Home - Abia State University Uturu|website=abiastateuniversity.edu.ng|access-date=24 February 2022}}

The inception of the university was in 1981 in the former Imo State under the name of Imo State University, Etiti.{{cite web | url = https://www.africanplanningschools.org.za/member-schools/abia-state-university | title = Institutional Biography: Abia State University | publisher = AAPS: Association of African Planning Schools: African Centre for Cities: University of Cape Town: South Africa | access-date = 27 November 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://nginstitutes.com/abia-state-university-absu-admission | title = ABSU: Abia State University: Admission, Scholarships, Tuition, Ranking and Cost of Living | publisher = Nigeria Institutes | access-date = 27 November 2020}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rd1EAQAAIAAJ&q=Okigwe+Uturu+Abia+State+University | title = African Journal of Library: Archives and Information Science: Abia State University, Uturu, Okigwe | year = 2008 | publisher = Archlib and Information Service: 2008 | access-date = 27 November 2020}}

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.{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U6slAQAAIAAJ&q=Uturu+Abia+State+University | title = Management of University Education in Nigeria - Page 10: S. J. A. Mgbekem | year = 2004 | publisher = University of Calabar Press: 2004 | isbn = 9789780071295 | access-date = 27 November 2020}} The university is organized in colleges and schools having been founded on the same collegiate system that University of Nebraska operates.{{cite web | url = https://nigerianscholars.com/school-news/list-of-courses-offered-at-abia-state-university-uturu-absu | title = List of Courses Offered at Abia State University | date = 5 April 2018 | publisher = Nigerian Scholars | access-date = 27 November 2020}}

Studies at Abia State University include: undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees. It has two campuses- its main campus in Uturu; and the College of Law, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine housed by the campus in Umuahia, capital of Abia State, Nigeria.{{cite web | url = http://www.studyhealthscience.com/ud/Abia-State-University/65/show.html | title = Study Health Science: Abia State University | publisher = Study Health Science | access-date = 27 November 2020}}{{cite journal | url = https://www.ikprress.org/index.php/JGEMBR/article/view/1681 | title = Informal Micro Financing and implications on Status of Poverty of Women Farmers in Abia State: Nigeria | journal = Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research | date = 9 June 2015 | pages = 23–32 | publisher = International Knowledge Press | access-date = 27 November 2020 | last1 = Osondu | first1 = C. K. | last2 = Emerole | first2 = C. O. | last3 = Ezeh | first3 = C. I. | last4 = Ogbonna | first4 = S. I. }}