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The University was founded on its own site on the 17th of November 1948, although the first students had begun courses in January of that year. Arthur Creech Jones, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, inaugurated the new educational institution. The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London. SOme of the original buildings were designed by the English modernist architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew. A 500-bed teaching hospital was added in 1957. Ibadan became an independent university in 1962. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden, home to the universitys central administrative offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Impington Village College Edwin Maxwell Fry, usually known as Maxwell Fry (born 2 August 1899; died 3 September 1987) was an English modernist architect. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

In late 1963, on the University playing fields, with the celebration marked by talking drums, the Rt. Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria, became the first Chancellor of its independent University. For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-January 15, 1966) was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. ...

Besides the College of Medicine, there are now ten other faculties: Arts, Science, Agriculture and Forestry, the Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, Law, Public Health, and Dentistry.

The University has residential and sports facilities for Staff and Students on Campus, as well as a Botanical and a separate Zoological Garden.

University of Ibadan, (UI as it is fondly referred to) boasts of several eminent scholars worldwide including nobel prize award winner, Wole Soyinka, and it remains a major pioneer in the development of research south of the Sahara.

University Administration

The underlisted are some of the principal members of the University administration:

Mr Gamaliel Onosode ----- Pro-Chancellor

Professor femi Bamiro --- Vice-Chancellor

Professor Ayo Ogunkunle -- Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Administration)

Professor Odejide -- Deputy Vice Chancellor(Academics)

The University also has a Bursar, as well as the university Librarian.

Halls of residence

The University is primarily residential with Halls of residence for both male & Female students. There is also provision for accomodation of post-graduate students, the halls are listed below:

Tedder Hall ---- (Male, Undergraduate)

Queen Elizabeth Hall ---- (Female, Undergraduate)

Mellanby Hall ---- (Male, Undergraduate)

Sultan Bello Hall ---- (Male, Undergraduate)

Kuti hall ----- (Male, Undergraduate)

Queen Idia Hall ----- (Female, Undergraduate)

Obafemi Awolowo Hall ----- (Mixed, Undergraduate & Postgraduate)

Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall ----- (Male, Undergraduate)

Independence Hall ----- (Male, Undergraduate)

Tafawa Balewa Hall ----- (Mixed, Postgraduate)

External links

• University of Ibadan
• History of the University