University of Ibadan

{{Short description|Public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox university
| name            = University of Ibadan
| image           = University of Ibadan logo.jpeg
| image_size      = 
| caption         = 
| motto           = "''Recte Sapere Fons''" (To think straight is the fount of knowledge).
| established     = {{start date and age|1948}}
| chancellor      = [[Sa'adu Abubakar|Saad Abubakar]], [[Sultan of Sokoto]]
| vice_chancellor = [[Kayode Adebowale]]
| chairman        = Chief John Odigie Oyegun
| city            = [[Ibadan]]
| state           = [[Oyo State|Oyo]]
| country         = [[Nigeria]]
| website         = {{URL|www.ui.edu.ng}}
| students        = 41,743<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ui-receives-biggest-allocation-of-intervention-funds/158465/|title=UI Receives Biggest Allocation of Intervention Funds|last=Oyedele|first=Damilola|date=8 September 2013|access-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216154130/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ui-receives-biggest-allocation-of-intervention-funds/158465/|archive-date=16 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| colours         = {{Color box|#4B0082}}{{Color box|#FFD700}} Indigo-blue and gold
| coordinates     = 7.4433° N, 3.9003° E
| campus          = Urban
| campus_size     = Over 2,550 acres
| former_names    = University College Ibadan
| type            = [[public university|Public]]
}}
[[File:University of Ibadan gate, Ibadan4.jpg|thumb|University of Ibadan gate]]

The '''University of Ibadan''' ('''UI''') is a [[Public Research University|public research university]] in [[Ibadan]], Nigeria. The university was once a college of the [[University of London]]. The college was established in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the [[University of London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Study with the University of London, anywhere in the world |url=https://www.london.ac.uk/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.london.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> It became an independent university in 1962 and is the oldest degree-awarding institution in [[Nigeria]]. Through its graduate network, the University of Ibadan has contributed to the political, industrial, economic and cultural development of [[Nigeria]]. 

[[File:University of Ibadan gate.jpg|alt=Photo Showing the Gate of University of Ibadan|thumb|Gate of University of Ibadan]]

==History==
[[File:ASC_Leiden_-_NSAG_-_van_Dis_4_-_202_-_Prime_minister_of_Northern_Nigeria_Ahmadu_Bello_opens_Sultan_Bello_Hall_-_Ibadan,_Oyo_State,_South_West_Nigeria_-_1-13_February_1962.tif|thumb|The opening of Sultan Bello Hall by Alhaji Sir [[Ahmadu Bello]], University College Ibadan, on Second February 1962 ([[Kenneth Dike]] to the left, Ahmadu Bello to the right)]]
The history of the university is tied to the [[University of London]]. It was established in 1948 as the University College Ibadan (a college of the [[University of London]]), which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees until 1967.<ref>{{cite web |title=History: Department of Medicine |url=http://www.ui.edu.ng/deptmedicine.htm |website=UI Archive |publisher=University of Ibadan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009145219/http://www.ui.edu.ng/deptmedicine.htm |access-date=26 May 2019|archive-date=9 October 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://ui.edu.ng/History |title=History: University of Ibadan |date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=https://litcaf.com/author/tope_litcaf |date=2016-01-13 |title=University of Ibadan |url=https://litcaf.com/university-of-ibadan/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=LitCaf |language=en-US}}</ref> The establishment came as a result of a recommendation from the Asquith and the Elliot Commissions on Higher Education in the then [[Crown colony|British colonies]], that two University Colleges of the University of London be set up in [[Ghana]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana.GOV : The Ghana Government Official Web Portal {{!}} Ghana.GOV |url=https://www.ghana.gov.gh/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.ghana.gov.gh}}</ref> and [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ug.edu.gh/content/establishment-university |title=Establishment of the University |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921192554/https://www.ug.edu.gh/content/establishment-university |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before 1948, [[Yaba College]] had been founded in 1932 in [[Yaba, Lagos]], as the first tertiary educational institute in [[Nigeria]], focused primarily on providing post-secondary vocational education and teacher training to Africans.

However, the limited aims of Yaba College<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yabatech |date=2019-03-02 |title=Yaba College of Technology Lagos Nigeria |url=https://facebook.com/yabatech |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=facebook.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> and clamour by Nigerian nationalists for self-improvement and uninhibited education led to the establishment of University College Ibadan as the first degree-awarding institution in Nigeria in 1948.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ajayi |first=J. F. Ade |date=1975 |title=Higher Education in Nigeria |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/721685 |journal=African Affairs |volume=74 |issue=297 |pages=420–426 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096639 |jstor=721685 |issn=0001-9909}}</ref> Staff and students from Yaba Higher College were transferred to [[Ibadan]] to form the new University College Ibadan.<ref>{{cite book
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ms9Bs9fUmpcC&pg=PA52 |title=Serving the Common Good: an African perspective on higher education |first=Kiluba L. |last=Nkulu |page=54 |publisher=Peter Lang |year=2005 |isbn=0-8204-7626-9}}</ref>

Modelled after the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|British university]] system, [[Kenneth Mellanby]] was appointed in 1947 as its first [[Principal (academia)|principal]], and he started the university college on 18 January 1948.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ejiogu |first1=Aloy |last2=Sheidu |first2=Sule |date=2012 |title=SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: SOME KEY CROSS CUTTING ISSUES |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED567099.pdf |journal=Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion |issue=4 |pages=257 |via=ERIC}}</ref> The sod of its permanent site was cut on 17 November 1948, and the date is now known as Founders' Day. The university's first buildings were designed by eminent modernist architects [[Maxwell Fry]] and [[Jane Drew]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Iain |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/948604978 |title=The architecture of Edwin Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew : twentieth century architecture, pioneer modernism and the tropics |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |others=Jessica Holland |isbn=978-1-315-61249-2 |location=London |oclc=948604978}}</ref> Following the [[Architecture of Nigeria#Tropical modernism of the 1950s and 1960s|tropical modernist style]], the 1950s construction comprised administrative blocks, residential colleges and academic facilities.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=May 1955 |title=Recent Work by Fry, Drew & Partners and Fry, Drew, Drake & Lasdun in West Africa |journal=Architectural Design |volume=25}}</ref>

Following Nigeria's independence in 1960 and the subsequent drive to domesticate several institutions, UCI became an established full-fledged independent university in early 1962 and thus, the name changed to University of Ibadan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of UI {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN|url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/uihistory|website=ui.edu.ng|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>

In late 1963, on the university playing fields, with a celebration marked by [[talking drum]]s, the Rt. Hon. Sir [[Abubakar Tafawa Balewa]], the first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria, became the first Chancellor of this independent university. The first Nigerian vice-chancellor of the university was [[Kenneth Dike]], after whom the university library is named.<ref>{{Citation|last=Livsey|first=Tim|title=Introduction: Nigeria's University Age|date=2017|url=https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56505-1_1|work=Nigeria’s University Age: Reframing Decolonisation and Development|pages=1–18|editor-last=Livsey|editor-first=Tim|series=Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|language=en|doi=10.1057/978-1-137-56505-1_1|isbn=978-1-137-56505-1|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

==Rankings and reputation==
{{Infobox university rankings
| ARWU_W = 801-900 |ARWU_W_year = 2022| ARWU_W_ref =<ref name="ARWU World Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2022|title=A2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities
|website=shanghairanking.com|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
| CWUR_W = 1172 | CWUR_W_year = 2022-2023 | CWUR_W_ref =<ref name="CWUR World Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2022-23.php|title=Center for World University Rankings 2022-2023|website=cwur.org|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
| THE_W = 401–500 | THE_W_year = 2022 | THE_W_ref =<ref name="THE World Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/w%C3%B2rld-university-rankings/2022|title=World University Rankings 2022
|website=timeshighereducation.com/|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = =425 | USNWR_W_year = 2022 | USNWR_W_ref =<ref name="USNWR World Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings|title=2022 Best Global Universities Rankings
|author=U.S. News|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| THE_Africa = =6 |THE_Africa_year = 2022 | THE_Africa_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-nigeria|title=Best universities in Nigeria 2022
 |work=Times Higher Education World University Rankings|date=1 October 2021|  access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
| USNWR_Africa = 7 | USNWR_Africa_year = 2022 | USNWR_Africa_ref =<ref name="USNWR National Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/africa|title=2022 Best Global Universities in Africa
|author=U.S. News|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ARWU_N = 1 | ARWU_N_year = 2022 | ARWU_N_ref =<ref name="ARWU World Ranking" />
| CWUR_N = 1 | CWUR_N_year = 2022-23 | CWUR_N_ref =<ref name="CWUR World Ranking" />
| THE_N = 1 | THE_N_year = 2022 | THE_N_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-nigeria|title=Best universities in Nigeria 2022
 |work=Times Higher Education World University Rankings| access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| USNWR_N_Medical=158
| USNWR_N_Medical_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-ibadan-529052|title=U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022 – University of Ibadan|website=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2022-09-11}}</ref>
| USNWR_N_Medical_year = 2022
}}

The university consistently ranks as the best in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-16 |title=Best universities in Nigeria 2023 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-nigeria |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Student |language=en}}</ref>

==Administration==
The current principal members of the university administration are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ui.edu.ng/content/university-ibadan-principal-officers-1 |title=University of Ibadan Principal Officers &#124; UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN(UI) |publisher=Ui.edu.ng |access-date=5 July 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+People
!Office
!Holder
|-
| [[Visitor]]
| [[Bola Tinubu]]
|-
|Chancellor
|Sultan [[Sa'adu Abubakar]], 20th Sultan of Sokoto<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.M. Sultan Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III – Religions for Peace |url=https://rfp.org/leadership_member/h-m-sultan-muhammad-saad-abubakar-iii/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Pro-Chancellor & Chairman
|Chief John Odigie Oyegun
|-
|Vice-Chancellor
|Professor [[Kayode Adebowale|Kayode Oyebode Adebowale]]
|-
|Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
|Professor E.O. Ayoola
|-
|Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
|Professor Aderonke M. Baiyeroju
|-
|Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships)
|Professor Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose
|}

The university is made up of 92 academic departments organized into 17 faculties, namely; Arts, Science, Basic Medical Sciences, [[Clinical research|Clinical Sciences]], [[Agriculture]], the Social Sciences, Education, [[Veterinary medicine|Veterinary Medicine]], [[Pharmacy]], [[Technology]], [[Law]], [[Public health emergency of international concern|Public Health]], [[Dentistry]], Economics and Management Sciences, all Renewable Natural Resources, Environmental Design and Management, and Multidisciplinary Studies. The Faculties of the [[Basic medical sciences|Basic Medical Sciences]], Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Dentistry are organized as a [[College of Medicine, University of Lagos|College of Medicine]]. The university has other academic units, among which are: Institute of Child Health, Institute of Education, Institute of African Studies, Centre for Child Adolescent and Mental Health, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT), Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Centre for Drug Discovery, Development & Production (CDDDP) and Centre for Control & Prevention of [[Zoonosis]] (CCPZ).<ref name="ui.edu.ng">{{Cite web |title=APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHANCELLOR {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN |url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/news/appointment-vice-chancellor |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.ui.edu.ng}}</ref> The recently established Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), School of Business (UISB) and National Institute for Maternal, Child & Neonatal Health (NIMCNH) have commenced operation.<ref name="ui.edu.ng" />

The University of Ibadan has 15 [[Dormitory|halls of residence]] that provide accommodation for about 30% of the population of students in the regular studies mode. Some of the popular halls in the university include [[Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton|Lord Tedder]] Hall, [[Kenneth Mellanby]] Hall, [[Sultan Bello Mosque|Sultan Bello]] Hall, [[Nnamdi Azikiwe|Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall]], [[Independence Hall]], [[Abubakar Tafawa Balewa|Tafawa Balewa]] Hall, [[Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti|Kuti]] Hall, [[Queen Idia]] Hall, [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]] Hall and the [[Obafemi Awolowo]] Hall – which is the largest female hall in [[West Africa]]. The university has a total staff strength of 5,339 with 1,212 housing units for both senior and junior staff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halls of Residence {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN |url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/hallsofresidence |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.ui.edu.ng}}</ref> The university has residential and sports facilities for staff and students on campus, as well as separate [[Botanical garden|botanical and zoological gardens]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2023-01-18 |title=Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens in 2022 |journal=Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=70–71 |doi=10.3390/jzbg4010007 |issn=2673-5636 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

== Faculties ==
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* Agriculture and Forestry
* Arts
* Basic Medical Sciences
* Clinical Sciences
* Dentistry
* Education
* Law
* Pharmacy
* Public Health
* Science
* Technology
* The Social Sciences
* Veterinary Medicine
* Renewable Natural Resources
* Environmental Design and Management
* Economics and Management Sciences
{{div col end}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Expert |first=School |date=2024-02-07 |title=How to Gain Admission in UI in One Minute |url=https://schoolexpert.ng/how-to-gain-admission-in-ui/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=SchoolExpert |language=en-US}}</ref>

== List of available academic programmes/courses ==
'''AGRICULTURE'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome : Faculty of Agriculture {{!}} FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |url=https://agric.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=agric.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

1 Agronomy

2. Animal Science

3. Crop Protection and Environmental Biology

4. Agricultural Economics

5. Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

'''RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES'''

1 Aquaculture and Fisheries Management

2. Ecotourism and Wildlife Management

3. Forest Resources Management

4. Social and Environmental Forestry

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'''COLLEGE OF MEDICINE'''<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=List of Available Courses in University of Ibadan {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN |url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/availablecourses |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

1 Medicine and Surgery

2 Dentistry

3 Physiotherapy

4 Biochemistry

5 Physiology

6 Human Nutrition and Dietetics

7 Nursing Science

8 Medical Laboratory Science

'''PHARMACY'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Pharmacy |url=https://pharm.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=pharm.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

1 Pharmacy

'''LAW'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law |url=https://law.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=law.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

Law

'''ARTS'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Arts |url=https://www.facultyofartsui.org/ |website=www.facultyofartsui.org |publisher=University of Ibadan |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512002040/https://facultyofartsui.org/ |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |location=[[Ibadan]] |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>

1 Arabic Language & Literature

2 Islamic Studies

3 Archaeology

4 Archaeology Combined:

[a] Archaeology with History

[b] Archaeology with Classics

[c] Archaeology with Religious Studies

5 Anthropology

6 Classics

7 Religious Studies

8 Communication & Language Arts

9 Linguistics and African Languages:

[a] Linguistics

[b] Yoruba

[c] Igbo

10 History

11 English Language & Literature

12 Philosophy

13 European Studies:<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

[a] French

[b] Russian

[c] German

14 Theatre Arts

15 Music

'''ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN MANAGEMENT'''

1 Architecture

2. Estate Management

3. Urban and Regional Planning

4. Quantity Surveying

ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

1 Economics

2. Accounting

'''VETERINARY MEDICINE'''<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

1 Veterinary Medicine

'''TECHNOLOGY'''

1 Agricultural & Environmental Engineering

2 Civil Engineering

3 Industrial Production Engineering

4 Petroleum Engineering

5 Electrical & Electronics Engineering

6 Mechanical Engineering

7 Food Technology

8 Wood Products Engineering

'''THE SOCIAL SCIENCES'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} The Social Sciences |url=https://socsc.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=socsc.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

1 Geography

2. Political Science

3. Psychology

4. Sociology

'''EDUCATION'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to The Faculty of Education {{!}} Faculty of Education |url=https://educ.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=educ.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

1 Adult Education

2 Educational Management

3 Teacher Education:

[a] Arts

[b] Social Sciences

[c] Science

[d] Pre-Primary Education

4 Special Education

5 Human Kinetics

6 Health Education

7 Guidance & Counselling

8 Library Studies

'''FACULTY OF SCIENCE'''<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

1 [a] Archaeology Single Honours

[b] Archaeology Combined:

• With Geology

• With Geography

• With Zoology

• With Botany

2 Anthropology

3 Pure & Applied and Industrial Chemistry

4 Geography

5 Computer Science

6 Geology

7 Mathematics

8 Physics

9 Statistics

10 Zoology

11 Botany

12 Microbiology

In August 2011, [[Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i]], the then Nigerian Minister of Education, announced that the University of Ibadan would host the Nigerian node of the [[Pan-African University]], the Institute of Earth and Life Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationmattersng.com/v/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290:pan-african-university-to-be-located-in-university-of-ibadanau&catid=50:news&Itemid=262 |title=PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY TO BE LOCATED IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN…AU |work=Education Matters|date=10 August 2011 |access-date=1 December 2011}}</ref>

A major arm of the College of Medicine (which comprises the faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Dentistry and Public Health) is located about five kilometres from the main university, within the structure of The [[University College Hospital, Ibadan|University College Hospital]]. The college has a dormitory, the Alexander Brown Hall for students who are in their clinical years of study. The college was created in August 1980. Some of the past provosts are Oluwole Akande, [[Isaac Folorunso Adewole]], and [[Akinyinka Omigbodun]].<ref>{{cite web|title=College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria|url=http://com.ui.edu.ng/aboutus|access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref>

==Institutes==
* Institutes of African Studies<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peace and Conflict Studies Programme {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN |url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/content/peace-and-conflict-studies-programme |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>
* IFRA-Nigeria (''Institut français de recherche en Afrique'') – an institute funded by the French government to promote research in the social sciences and the humanities and improve collaborative work between academics in France and [[West Africa]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ibukun|first=Yinka|date=2010-09-20|title=Nigerian academics seek to elevate humble Pidgin|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-pidgin-idUKTRE68J2OG20100920|access-date=2021-03-17}}</ref>
* Institute of Child Health<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute of Child Health |url=https://com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/ICH |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=com.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>
* Institute of Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome address by the Director {{!}} INSTITUTE OF DUCATION |url=https://ie.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=ie.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>
* Advanced Medical Research and Training
* Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies
* LES Institute of PAU<ref>{{cite web |title=Pan African University |url=http://paulesi.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208072527/http://paulesi.ui.edu.ng/ |archive-date=February 8, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
* School of Economics<ref>{{Cite web |title=UI Economics |url=https://economics.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=economics.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>

=== Academic Centres ===

* Centre for General Studies<ref>{{Cite web |title=Center for General Studies |url=https://cgs.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=cgs.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>
* Centre for Educational media resource studies <ref>{{Cite web |title=WELCOME {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN |url=http://www.ui.edu.ng/content/welcome |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>
* Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation<ref>{{cite web |title=Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |url=http://cei.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216011725/http://cei.ui.edu.ng/ |archive-date=February 16, 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
* Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law, University of Ibadan |url=https://cpeel.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=cpeel.ui.edu.ng}}</ref> Multidisciplinary Central Research Laboratory (MCRL)<ref>{{Cite web |title=COMING SOON |url=https://mcrl.ui.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=mcrl.ui.edu.ng}}</ref>
* Yoruba Language Centre

===Centres of excellence===
* Centre For Excellence in Teaching & Learning]
* Centre for Child & Adolescent Mental Health
* Centre for Control & Prevention of [[Zoonoses]]
* Center for Drug Discovery, Development and Production (CDDDP)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/|title=Home {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN|website=ui.edu.ng|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>

==Affiliate institutions==
Below is a list of affiliate institutions of the University of Ibadan, approved by the [[National Universities Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Approved Affiliations |publisher=National Universities Commission|url=https://www.nuc.edu.ng/approved-affiliations/|website=nuc.edu.ng|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nigeriaschool.com.ng/ui-affiliated-institutions-post-utme/|title=UI Affiliated Institutions Post UTME & DE Form, 2018/2019|date=2018-08-13|website=Latest Nigerian University and Polytechnic News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>
* [[Bigard Seminary, Enugu, Enugu, State]]
* [[Archbishop Vining College of Theology, Akure]]
* [[St Augustine's College of Education Akoka, Lagos]]
* Osun State College of Education, Ilesa
* [[Federal College of Education Abeokuta|Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://fce-abeokuta.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Federal College of Education, Abeokuta |language=en-US}}</ref> Ogun State.
* [[Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo|Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCES OYO {{!}} WELCOME |url=https://fcesoyo.edu.ng/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=fcesoyo.edu.ng}}</ref>
* [[SS Peter And Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan]]
* [[Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Samonda, Ibadan]]
* [[Dominican Institute, Samonda, Ibadan]]
* [[ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja]]
* [[Nigeria Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso]]
* [[Life Seminary, Ikorodu]]
* [[Redeemed Bible College]]
* [[UMCA Seminary, Ilorin, Kwara]]
* [[Michael Otedola College of Primary Education]], Epe Lagos State

==Library==
Among the notable structures in the university is the central [[Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan|Kenneth Dike Library]] (popularly called "KDL" by the students), located just beside the Faculty of Arts. The library, which has a large capacity for students, contains books relating to virtually all fields of knowledge both in and outside the university community. To ensure easy access, students are made to carry out their library registration in their first year of admission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=REGISTRATION – Kenneth Dike Library|url=http://library.ui.edu.ng/registration/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>

The library is named after Professor [[Kenneth Dike]], who was the first indigenous Principal and former Vice-Chancellor of the university. it was established out of the desires of the founding fathers and matriarch of the institution in order to cut a niche for research and sound teaching.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Library {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN|url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/library1|website=ui.edu.ng|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> Today, the library is ranked favourably among other {{Verify spelling|date=May 2022|reason=comity or committee?}}  libraries in the Commonwealth of nations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenneth Dike Library – Kenneth Dike Library|url=http://library.ui.edu.ng/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>

The library contains 700,000 volumes of information and more than 1,250 seats for readers. It is open to all senior staff, students of the institution, senior staff of the [[University College Hospital, Ibadan|University College Hospital]], ([https://uch-ibadan.org.ng/ UCH]) Ibadan as well as alumni of the university. The library will also admit any outsider with cogent reasons on provision of letter of introduction from a recognized university official (i.e. dean of a faculty, head of department from the visitor's school or director of an organization).

== Dispute with Students' Union ==
[[File:Kunle Adepeju First Student Martyr in Nigeria.jpg|thumb|upright|Kunle Adepeju, the first student martyr in Nigeria]]

On 29 May 2017, the management of the school stopped academic activities for undergraduate students. This was as a result of the protest by the student union. The student body was in disagreement with the school authorities over their failure to issue identity cards to the students and the outlaw on some electrical appliances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punchng.com/breaking-ui-shut-down-students-to-vacate-campus-by-6pm/|title=[BREAKING] UI shut down, students to vacate campus by 6pm|date=29 May 2017}}</ref> On 9 June, it was announced that school will be reopened on 20 June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/06/university-of-ibadan-reopens-20-june/|title=University of Ibadan reopens 20 June|date=9 June 2016}}</ref> The school resumed activities on 2 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nta.ng/news/education/20170624-nigeria-ui-reopens-2-july-exams-begin-4-july/|title=University of Ibadan Reopens 2 July, Exams Begin 4 July – NTA.ng – Breaking News, Nigeria, Africa, Worldwide|website=nta.ng}}</ref>

== Vice Chancellors ==
The vice chancellors since 1947 include:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vice Chancellors {{!}} UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN|url=https://www.ui.edu.ng/vicechancellors|website=ui.edu.ng|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Mellanby]] (Principal): 1947 – 1953
* J. T. Saunders (Principal): 1953 – 1956
* [[J. H. Parry]] (Principal): 1956 – 1960
* [[Kenneth Dike]] (Principal/Vice Chancellor): 1960 – 1967
* [[Thomas Adeoye Lambo]]: 1968 – 1971
* [[Orishejolomi Thomas]]: December 1972 – November 1975
* [[Tekena Tamuno]]: December 1975 – November 1979
* [[Samson Olajuwon Kokumo Olayide]]: December 1979 – November 1983
* [[Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo]] (acting): November 1983 – November 1984
* [[Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo]]: December 1984 – November 1991
* Allen B. O. O. Oyediran: December 1991 – November 1995
* Oladosu A. Ojengbede (acting): December 1995 – March 1996
* Omoniyi O. Adewoye: March 1996 – September 2000
* Olufunso O. Olorunsogo (acting): March 2000 – September 2000
* [[Ayodele Olajide Falase|Ayodele O. Falase]]: September 2000 – March 2004
* [[Olufemi Bamiro]] (acting): March 2004 – November 2005
* [[Olufemi Bamiro]]: December 2005 – November 2010
* [[Isaac Folorunso Adewole]]: December 2010 – November 2015
* [[Abel Idowu Olayinka]]: December 2015 – November 2020
* [[Adebola Babatunde Ekanola]] (acting): December 2020 – October 2021
* [[Kayode Adebowale]]: October 2021 until date

==Notable alumni==
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{{See also|Category:University of Ibadan alumni}}The [[university]] has educated many notable alumni, including a [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Laureate in Literature]], eminent [[mathematician]]s, [[scientist]]s, [[politician]]s, [[Lawyer|lawyers]], business icons, [[Philosophy|philosophers]], [[writer]]s, [[monarch]]s, countless technocrats, recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit and fellows of the various learned academies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2021 |title=University Of Ibadan Postgraduate School Registration 2023/2024 Update - UTMEOfficial |url=https://utmeofficial.com.ng/jamb/university-of-ibadan-postgraduate-school-registration-2023-2023-update/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2016, it became the first Nigerian university to make the top 1,000 in ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' rankings. Prior to that, it had always made the top 10 African Universities in [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities|Webometrics]] Rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agarin |first=Williams E. Nwagwu and Omoverere |title=Nigerian University Websites: A Webometric Analysis |url=http://www.webology.org/2008/v5n4/a65.html |access-date=2020-05-30 |website=webology.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Africa {{!}} Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions |url=https://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_africa |access-date=2020-05-30 |website=webometrics.info}}</ref> UI is currently ranked No. 1 in Nigeria and 1,196 in the world according to Webometrics.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 2021 |title=Nigeria {{!}} Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions |url=https://www.webometrics.info/en/Africa/Nigeria |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=Webometrics}}</ref><gallery perrow="8" class="Center" caption="Notable UI alumni include:">
File:Chinua Achebe - vertical rectangle crop.jpg|Author and literary critic [[Chinua Achebe]] (BA, 1953)
File:Akin Mabogunje-Conférence-FIG 2017.jpg|Geographer, [[Akin Mabogunje]] (BA, 1953)
File:Wole Soyinka in 2018.jpg|Nobel laureate, [[Wole Soyinka]] (BA, 1954)
File:Pastor Kumuyi(cropped).jpg|Pastor and founder of Deeper Life Bible Church [[William Kumuyi]] (BSc 1967)
File:Tam David-West.png|Academic, [[Tam David-West]] (BSc 1958)
File:James Meredith Portrait.png|Civil rights activist [[James Meredith]]
File:Jer for FRONT COVER.jpg|British Scholar, [[Jeremy Joyner White]] (PhD 1970)
File:FemiOsofisan.jpg|Writer, theatre director, novelist, critic, [[Femi Osofisan]] (BA, 1969)
File:Babatunde Osotimehin at the London Summit on Family Planning.jpg|Physician & former Nigerian Minister of Health, [[Babatunde Osotimehin]] (MB.BS, 1972)
File:Prof. Isaac F. Adewole (cropped).jpg|Gynaecologist & Nigerian former minister of health, [[Isaac Adewole]] (MB.BS 1978)
File:Obaseki.jpg|Edo state governor, [[Godwin Obaseki]] (BA, 1979)
File:Sola David-Borha - 2020 (cropped).jpg|CEO of Standard Bank Group [[Sola David-Borha]] (BSc, 1981)
File:Ifenanyi Okowa.png|Former governor of Delta State, [[Ifeanyi Okowa]] (MB.BS, 1981)
File:Allen-Onyema-234.jpg|Founder of [[Air Peace]], [[Allen Onyema]] (LL.B. 1987)
File:Ben-ayade-1.jpg|Former governor of Cross River state, [[Ben Ayade]] (B.Sc 1988)
File:Abdullahi Umar Ganduje 2023.jpg|National chairman of the [[All Progressives Congress|APC]], Abdullahi Ganduje (PhD, 1993)
File:Ibinabo Fiberesima.png|Actress [[Ibinabo Fiberesima]] (BA, 1994)
</gallery>
* [[Abdulganiyu Abdulrasaq]], lawyer, former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nigerianmuse.com/20140310181501zg/nigeria-watch/profile-abdul-ganiyu-folorunsho-abdul-razaq/|title = Profile: Abdul Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdul-Razaq|date = 10 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Mufutau Oloyede Abdul-Rahmon]], Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies.<ref name="cv">{{cite web|title=Prof M.O. Abdul-Rahmon CV|url=http://arts.ui.edu.ng/sites/default/files/C.V%20PROF.%20OLOYEDE.pdf|accessdate=21 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[John Omoniyi Abiri]], Nigerian academic
* [[Sadique Abubakar]], former Nigeria [[Chief of the Air Staff (Nigeria)|Chief of Air Staff]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nigeria: Boko Haram Insurgency Substantially Degraded – CAS|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201907230493.html|last=Badru|first=Adeola|date=2019-07-23|website=allAfrica.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
* [[Chinua Achebe]], novelist, author of ''[[Things Fall Apart]]''<ref name=alumni1>{{cite book|author=July, Robert W|year=1987|title=An African Voice|url=https://archive.org/details/africanvoicero00july|url-access=registration|publisher=Durham (NC): Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-0769-3}} p. 64.</ref>
* [[J. K. Acquaye]], Professor of Haematology, president of the [[West African College of Physicians]] (2003–2004)
* [[Dapo Lam Adesina]], Member of House of Representative for Ibadan North East/South Federal Constituency
* [[Adiele Afigbo]], historian
* [[Ayandiji Daniel Aina]], former Vice-Chancellor of [[Caleb University]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://calebuniversity.edu.ng/pages.php?id=62&parentid=58|title=Caleb University ::: Vice Chancellor|website=calebuniversity.edu.ng|access-date=2018-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174218/https://calebuniversity.edu.ng/pages.php?id=62&parentid=58|archive-date=2018-04-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[J. F. Ade Ajayi]], Nigerian historian
* [[Wahab Adekola Akande]], diplomat 
* [[Claude Ake]], Professor of Political Economy, international scholar and social crusader
* [[Stephen Adebanji Akintoye]]<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=personne&no=22247
 |title=Africultures – Biographie de Stephen Adebanji Akintoye |work=africultures.com |access-date=21 November 2010|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Lola Akande]], author and academic
* [[Grace Alele-Williams]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_12.html#5 |title=AMU CHMA NEWSLETTER #12 (03/27/1994) |work=math.buffalo.edu  |access-date=26 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Elechi Amadi]]<ref name=alumni1/><ref name=alumni2>{{cite book|author=Laurence, Margaret|year=2001|title=Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952-1966|url=https://archive.org/details/longdrumscannons00laur|url-access=registration|publisher=Alberta: University of Alberta Press|isbn=978-0-88864-332-2}} p. viii.</ref>
* [[Seth Amoama]], Ghanaian Chief of the Defence Staff
* [[Alexander Animalu]], Emeritus Professor, former Director National Mathematical Centre, Abuja
* [[Emeka Anyaoku]], former [[Commonwealth Secretary-General]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imoinvestmentsummit.com/speakers/?PHPSESSID=d3eef17f2f92264d183c226115c1820b |title=Emeka Anyaoku – Imo State Investment Summit |work=imoinvestmentsummit.com |access-date=28 October 2010}}</ref>
* [[Kayode Are]], former [[National Security Adviser (Nigeria)|National Security Adviser]] and former Director General of the [[State Security Service (Nigeria)|State Security Service]]
* [[Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo]], former [[Vice-chancellor (education)|Vice-Chancellor]] of the University of Ibadan
* [[Mosun Belo-Olusoga]], financial expert
* Senator [[Robert Ajayi Boroffice]]
* [[Vivian E. Browne]], visual artist<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thecrowsneststudio.com/artists/196-2/vivian-e-browne-cv/|title = Vivian E. Browne CV|website = The Crows Nest Studio|date = 19 August 2013|language = en-US|access-date = 5 March 2016}}</ref>
* [[J. P. Clark]]<ref name=alumni1/><ref name=alumni2/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=790&lang=en|title=African Success: Biography of John Pepper Clark|access-date=6 July 2010|date=4 May 2009|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808002924/http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=790&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Sola David-Borha]], Chief Executive (Africa Region) of [[Standard Bank]]
* [[Segun Toyin Dawodu]], physician, attorney, academic, and entrepreneur who established the first website<ref>DAWODU.COM, http://www.dawodu.com</ref> on socio-political issues of Nigeria.
* [[Adebayo Faleti]](late), journalist, poet, actor and writer
* [[Kayode Fayemi]], former Governor of Ekiti State, former Min of Solid Minerals
* [[Chukwuemeka Ike]], writer
* [[Amadi Ikwechegh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amadiikwechegh.com/about.htm |title=The Life and Times of Amadi Ikwechegh |access-date=6 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[Abiola Irele]]<ref>{{cite web|date=14 February 2007|author=Wumi Raji|title=Churchill College Celebrates Abiola Irele|access-date=6 July 2010|url=http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/1424/1/Churchill-College-Celebrates-Abiola-Irele.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914034551/http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/1424/1/Churchill-College-Celebrates-Abiola-Irele.html|archive-date=14 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Funmi Iyanda]], Nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, journalist
* [[William Kumuyi]], founder and General Superintendent of [[Deeper Christian Life Ministry]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5788990/Kumuyi-tomorrow-belongs-to-Africa.html|title=Kumuyi: tomorrow belongs to Africa|date=1 August 2006|publisher=[[The Gale Group]]|access-date=27 February 2011|location=Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200904140196.html|title=Of Private Jets and Lot's Wives|last=Fasehun|first=McNezer|date=13 April 2009|work=[[AllAfrica.com]]|publisher=[[AllAfrica Global Media]]|access-date=27 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Yahaya Kuta]], author
* [[Eyitayo Lambo]], Nigerian former [[Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)|Federal Minister of Health]]
* [[Mary Lazarus]], Nigerian actress.
* [[Eddie Mbadiwe]], Member of the House of Representative
* [[James Meredith]], [[Civil Rights Movement]] figure
* [[Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah]]<ref name=Hails>{{cite news|title=NDF hails new chief|last=Ndjebela|first=Toivo|newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]|date=25 January 2011|url=http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=37027|access-date=25 January 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111234516/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=37027|archive-date=11 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Aniebiet Inyang Ntui]], EU Ambassador, University Librarian of [[University of Calabar]] and Professor of Library and Information Science. 
* [[Jerome Nriagu]], Environmental chemist, academic and researcher
* [[Mark Nwagwu]], academics and poet
* [[Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani]]<ref name="Niyi Osundare at 60 Literary Fete"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cp-africa.com/2010/03/12/nwaubani-wins-commonwealth-writers-prize/|work=CP Africa|title=Nwaubani, author"I do not come to you by chance" wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Okigbo]]<ref name=alumni1/><ref name=alumni2/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christopher-okigbo.org/okigbo.asp|publisher=Christopher Okigbo Foundation|title=C. Okigbo 1932–1967|access-date=6 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206112026/http://www.christopher-okigbo.org/okigbo.asp|archive-date=6 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ifeanyi Okowa]], Governor of Delta State
* [[Isidore Okpewho]]
* [[Nduka Otiono]], journalist and author
* [[Tunji Olaopa]], founder and Executive Vice-chairman, [[Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy|ISGPP]]
* [[Olufunmilayo Olopade]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/aacr-academy/inaugural-class/olufunmilayo-olopade.aspx |title= Olufunmilayo I. Olopade |publisher= American Association for Cancer Research |year= 2001 |website= AACR |access-date= 6 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130929235550/http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/aacr-academy/inaugural-class/olufunmilayo-olopade.aspx |archive-date= 29 September 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mydailynewswatchng.com/2013/09/19/dr-olufunmilayo-olopade-nigerias-gift-medical-world/|title=Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Nigeria's gift to the medical world|last=Adegun|first=Aanu|work=Saturday Newswatch|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sophie Oluwole]], philosopher
* [[Miriam Olusanya]], first female managing director of [[Guaranty Trust Bank|GTB]]
* [[Akinyinka Omigbodun]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://com.ui.edu.ng/prof-akinyinka-o-omigbodun|title=Aakinyinka O. Omigbodun|work=University of Ibadan|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[Michael Omolewa]], former [[UNESCO|President of UNESCO General Conference]] and Ambassador of Nigeria to [[UNESCO]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15722&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=Michael Abiola Omolewa to preside over General Conference|publisher= UNESCO|access-date=4 September 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Kole Omotosho]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/omotoso.html|title=Kole Omotoso|access-date=6 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[Gamaliel Onosode]]<ref>{{cite web|author=David Diai|url=http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/sunday_magazine/article25//indexn3_html?pdate=200708&ptitle=Gamaliel%20Onosode:%20Ways%20Of%20Mr%20Integrity%20At%2075&cpdate=230708 <!-- archive permanently removed -->|title=Gamaliel Onosode: Ways of Mr Integrity at 75|access-date=6 July 2010|date=20 July 2008|work=[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]]|location=Nigeria}}</ref>
* [[Zakariyau Oseni]]
* [[Femi Osofisan]], lecturer and playwright known for ''Women of Owu''
* [[Niyi Osundare]]<ref name="Niyi Osundare at 60 Literary Fete">{{cite web|url=http://osundare60fete.blogspot.com/2007/02/announcing.html|title=Niyi Osundare at 60 Literary Fete|access-date=6 July 2010|date=4 February 2007}}</ref>
* [[Jude Rabo]], Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Wukari
* [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article6364435.ece|title=Portrait: Ken Saro-Wiwa|last=Boyle|first=Catherine|date=26 May 2009|work=[[The Times]]|publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]|access-date=28 February 2011|location=Wapping, London, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=eeade38e-6cac-43b9-bac0-6a5ca4fc7282|title=Nigerian expat sees us with fresh eyes|date=27 April 2008|work=[[Canada.com]]|publisher=[[Postmedia Network Inc.]]|access-date=28 February 2011|location=Toronto, Canada}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ken Saro-Wiwa {{!}} Nigerian author and activist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ken-Saro-Wiwa|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
* [[Kashim Shettima]], [[Vice President of Nigeria|Vice President-elect of Nigeria]]
* [[Fisayo Soyombo]], investigative journalist
* [[Wole Soyinka]], winner of the 1986 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]<ref name=alumni1/><ref name=alumni2/>
* [[Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi|Martin I. Uhomoibhi]]<ref name=biog>{{cite press release|url=http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/F7CFA04CCD1554A9C125746E00560AC5?opendocument|title=Biographical Note on Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi President of Human Rights Council for 2008–2009|publisher=Human Rights Council|access-date=6 July 2010|date=19 June 2008}}</ref>
* [[Farida Waziri]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efccnigeria.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=64 |title=Executive Chairman, EFCC |date=11 June 2008 |publisher=Economic and Financial Crimes Commission |access-date=25 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020193803/http://www.efccnigeria.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=64 |archive-date=20 October 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Folashade Yemi-Esan]], head of the civil service of the federation
* [[Ronke Giwa-Onafuwa]],  Nigerian Radio presenter and broadcaster
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==Notable faculty==
{{category see also|Academic staff of the University of Ibadan}}<gallery perrow="8" class="Center" caption="'''Notable present and past UI faculty include:'''">
File:Kenneth Onwuka Dike formal portrait.jpg|[[Kenneth Dike]]
File:Thurstan shaw 1967.jpg|[[Charles Thurstan Shaw]]
File:Wole Soyinka in 2018.jpg|[[Wole Soyinka]]
File:Prof Mark Nwagwu.jpg|[[Mark Nwagwu]]
File:Michael Omolewa.jpg|[[Michael Omolewa]]
File:Image-GraceO.T..jpg|[[Grace Oladunni Taylor]]
File:Prof. Isaac F. Adewole (cropped).jpg|[[Isaac Adewole]]
File:Prof Olanike Adeyemo portrait .jpeg|[[Olanike Adeyemo]]
File:Professor Babalola Chinedum Peace.jpg|[[Chinedum Peace Babalola]]
File:Richard Lindsey Batten.jpg|[[Richard Lindsey Batten]]
File:Tam David-West.png|[[Tam David-West]]
File:Akin Mabogunje-Conférence-FIG 2017.jpg|[[Akin Mabogunje]]
File:Detail of plaque to John Pitcairn MacKintosh, Gifford, East Lothian.jpg|[[John Mackintosh (Scottish politician)]]
File:Portrait of S.L.A. Manuwa Wellcome L0011642.jpg|[[Samuel Manuwa]]
File:Fr L J Munoz.jpg|[[Louis Joachim Munoz]]
File:Dr. Eni Njoku (cropped).png|[[Eni Njoku]]
File:Onwumechili wiki pix.jpg|[[Cyril Agodi Onwumechili]]
File:FemiOsofisan.jpg|[[Femi Osofisan]]
</gallery>[[File:UIAA meeting.jpg|thumb|UIAA meeting]]
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* [[Beatrice Aboyade]], librarian
* [[Isaac Folorunso Adewole]]
* [[Rashid Adewumi Aderinoye]]
* [[Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo]], Professor of English
* [[Ayo Bamgbose]], Professor of Linguistics
* [[Jacob Ade Ajayi]], Professor of History<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.soas.ac.uk/about/fellows/professor-jacob-f-ade-ajayi/professor-jacob-f-ade-ajayi.html |title=SOAS Honorary Fellows: Professor Jacob F. Ade Ajayi |work=soas.ac.uk|access-date=8 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[F. V. Atkinson]], mathematician
* [[Olumbe Bassir]], founding member of Biochemistry and Microbiology departments<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archivesofibadanmedicine.com/professor_olumbe_bassir.htm |title=Professor Olumbe Bassir  |work=archivesofibadanmedicine.com  |access-date=8 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Grace Gbotosho]], senior lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Grace O. GBOTOSHO |url=https://www.com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/prof-grace-o-gbotosho |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=University of Ibadan College of Medicine}}</ref>
* [[Christine Hamill]], mathematician
* [[Rosemary Hutton]], geophysicist and pioneer of [[magnetotellurics]]
* [[Molly Mahood]], literary scholar
* [[Mark Nwagwu]], Professor of [[Biology]], and Fellow [[Nigerian Academy of Science]]
* [[Olakunbi Olasope]], Professor of Classics
* [[Abel Idowu Olayinka]]
* [[Michael Omolewa]], Professor of [[History]] and [[Adult education|Adult Education]]
* [[Folake Onayemi]], Professor of [[Classics]] and Head of the Department of Classics
* [[Ebun Oni]], geophysicist
* [[Niyi Osundare]]
* [[H. F. C. Smith]]
* [[Wole Soyinka]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lmu.edu/Page39340.aspx?DateTime=633259621200000000&PageMode=View |title=Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Joins LMU |work=lmu.edu |access-date=10 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211064826/http://www.lmu.edu/Page39340.aspx?DateTime=633259621200000000&PageMode=View |archive-date=11 February 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Grace Oladunni Taylor]], biochemist, first African to win a [[L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science|L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science]] and second female inducted into the [[Nigerian Academy of Science]]
* [[Fabian Udekwu]], Professor of Surgery, first Nigerian cardiothoracic surgeon
* [[Duncan White]]

==Gallery of campus==
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Campus of UI">
File:Faculty of Arts,University of Ibadan.jpg|Facult of Arts, University of Ibadan
File:CBT Centre, University of Ibadan.jpg|CBT Centre, University of Ibadan
File:Second gate of the prestigious University of Ibadan 2.jpg|Second gate of the prestigious University of Ibadan 2
File:Faculty of Pharmacy, university of Ibadan.jpg|Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan
File:Post-graduate administrative building, University of Ibadan.jpg|Post-graduate administrative building, University of Ibadan
File:Tekena Tamuno BUilding, UI.jpg|Tekena Tamuno Building, UI
File:University of Ibadan(VC's office).jpg|University of Ibadan (VC's office)
File:University Of Ibadan College Of Medicine Ibadan.jpg|University of Ibadan College of Medicine
File:Love Garden, University of Ibadan.jpg|Love Garden, University of Ibadan
File:Univerisiity Of Ibadan.jpg|University of Ibadan
File:Senator Abiola Ajimobi Foundation (SAAF) Resource Center, UNIVERSITY of Ibadan.jpg|alt=Senator Abiola Ajimobi Foundation Resource Center |Senator Abiola Ajimobi Foundation Resource center
File:International Conference Center (ICC), UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN.jpg|International Conference Center University of Ibadan
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Diamond FM (Ibadan)]]
* [[List of universities in Nigeria]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last1=van den Berghe |first1=Pierre L. |title=Power and privilege at an African university |date=1973 |publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul |location=London |isbn=0710075855 |others=With the assistance of Paul Alabi [and others]}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Teferra |editor1-first=Damtew |editor2-last=Altbach |editor2-first=Philip G. |title=African higher education: An international reference handbook |date=2003 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |isbn=978-0-253-34186-0}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|title=Ibadan Voices: Ibadan University in Transition |editor1-first=Tekena N. |editor1-last=Tamuno |publisher=Ibadan University Press |date=1981 |isbn=978-978-121-109-6}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

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