7 Things You May Not Know About University of Ibadan

7. University of Ibadan has no catchment area

UI is one of the Federal universities with no catchment areas. Other Universites with no catchment areas are the 3 federal agriculture universities (Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta; Federal University Agriculture Makurdi; Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State), University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT), Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE).

The catchment area of UI is the whole of Nigeria. In this regard, UI is bringing candidates from all parts of Nigeria to write the examination.

This means that admission into University of Ibadan is solely based on Merit. No special consideration is given to applicants of Ibadan origin. The same goes for all other schools listed above.

Sources:

Robert W. July, An African Voice: The Role of the Humanities in African Independence (Durham: Duke University Press, 1987); Tekena Tamuno, Ibadan Voices: Ibadan University in Transition (Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1981; Pierre L. Van den Berghe, Power and Privilege at an African University (New Brunswick, N.J.; Transaction Publishers, 1973; Official website: http://ui.edu.ng/; http://www.alumni.ui.edu.ng/; University of Ibadan: College of Medicine; http://comui.ui.edu.ng/

Wikipedia.org; http://naijafacts.blogspot.com/;