{"id":3125,"date":"2022-07-25T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2022-07-25T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:56:50","slug":"a-brief-history-of-university-of-nigeria-nsukkaunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/a-brief-history-of-university-of-nigeria-nsukkaunn\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of University of Nigeria Nsukka(UNN)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>University of Nigeria<\/strong>, commonly referred to as&nbsp;<strong>UNN<\/strong>, is a Federal university located in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nsukka\">Nsukka<\/a>, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nnamdi_Azikiwe\">Nnamdi Azikiwe<\/a>&nbsp;in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has three campuses in Enugu State\u2013 <em><strong>Nsukka, Enugu, and Ituku-Ozalla \u2013 and the Aba campus in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abia_State\">Abia State<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Nigeria is the first full-fledged indigenous and first autonomous university in Nigeria,&nbsp;modelled upon the American educational system. It was the first&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Land-grant_university\">land-grant university<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>in Africa and one of the five most reputed universities in Nigeria. The university has <em><strong>15 Faculties and 102 academic departments<\/strong><\/em>. The university offers <strong><em>108 undergraduate programs and 211 postgraduate programmes<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka will be 62 years old in October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#EduSAVINGS #EduLOANS #EduSURE #EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE #INTERNSHIP #SCHOLARSHIP #ENTERPRENUERSHIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as&nbsp;UNN, is a Federal university located in&nbsp;Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. 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