University of Nigeria

The University of Nigeria (UNN) is a federal land-grant research university in Nsukka, Enugu State, in south-eastern Nigeria, and the country's first indigenous and autonomous university, one of its first-generation institutions.尼日利亚大学（UNN）是尼日利亚东南部埃努古州恩苏卡的一所联邦赠地研究型大学，也是该国第一所由本地创办且拥有自主权的大学，属于其第一代高校。

It was founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe, then a leading nationalist and later the first President of Nigeria, and formally opened on 7 October 1960, days after independence.该校由恩纳姆迪·阿齐克韦于 1955 年创办，他当时是著名的民族主义领袖、后来成为尼日利亚首任总统；学校于 1960 年 10 月 7 日正式开学，距国家独立仅数日。

Modelled on the American land-grant tradition, it enrols more than 36,000 students across four campuses, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it occupies the 1201-1400 band.该校仿照美国赠地学院传统办学，四个校区共有 36000 多名学生；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，它位列 1201-1400 区间。

History

• A law establishing a university in the Eastern Region of Nigeria was passed on 18 May 1955, and advice was sought from educationists in Britain and the United States on the institution's physical and academic planning.1955 年 5 月 18 日，尼日利亚东部地区通过法案决定创办一所大学，并就校舍与学术规划向英国和美国的教育专家征询意见。
• In 1958 J. W. Cook, vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter, John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, and Glen L. Taggart of Michigan State surveyed the Nsukka site on behalf of the Inter-University Council and the International Co-operation Administration.1958 年，埃克塞特大学校长 J·W·库克、密歇根州立大学校长约翰·A·汉纳以及该校的格伦·L·塔格特代表大学间委员会与国际合作署考察了恩苏卡校址。
• The Eastern Nigeria Government issued a white paper on 30 November 1958 endorsing the project as one based on service to the problems and needs of Nigeria.1958 年 11 月 30 日，东尼日利亚政府发表白皮书，认可该项目应以服务尼日利亚的问题与需要为宗旨。
• A provisional council authorised by the Eastern Nigeria Legislature was appointed in April 1959, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as chairman and members including T. Olawale Elias, Okechukwu Ikejiani, J. S. Fulton, Marguerite Cartwright and Eldon Lee Johnson.1959 年 4 月，经东尼日利亚立法机构授权任命了临时理事会，阿齐克韦任主席，成员包括 T·奥拉瓦莱·埃利亚斯、奥克丘库·伊克吉亚尼、J·S·富尔顿、玛格丽特·卡特赖特与埃尔登·李·约翰逊。
• The university was formally opened on 7 October 1960 by Princess Alexandra of Kent, in a ceremony timed to crown the independence celebrations in the Eastern Region.1960 年 10 月 7 日，肯特的亚历山德拉公主主持了该校的正式开学典礼，仪式被安排为东部地区独立庆典的压轴环节。
• Classes began on 17 October 1960 with 220 students and 13 academic staff, and George Marion Johnson, an American, served as the first vice-chancellor from 1960 to 1964.1960 年 10 月 17 日开始上课，共有 220 名学生与 13 名学术人员；美国人乔治·马里昂·约翰逊于 1960 至 1964 年担任首任校长。
• Because the university could award its own degrees from the outset, it became the first fully fledged university in Nigeria, while University College Ibadan still awarded London degrees until 1963.由于该校自始便有权授予自己的学位，它成为尼日利亚第一所完全意义上的大学，而当时的伊巴丹大学学院直到 1963 年仍授予伦敦大学学位。
• The Faculty of Law was established in 1960 and remains the oldest law faculty in Nigeria.法学院创办于 1960 年，至今仍是尼日利亚历史最悠久的法学院。
• In 1961 the former Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology at Enugu was incorporated into the university, and its buildings became the Enugu Campus.1961 年，位于埃努古的原尼日利亚艺术、科学与技术学院并入该校，其建筑成为埃努古校区。
• Glen L. Taggart, one of the American planners, served as vice-chancellor from 1964 to 1966, and Eni Njoku led the university from 1966 through the civil war years.参与规划的美方学者格伦·L·塔格特于 1964 至 1966 年担任校长，埃尼·恩乔库则从 1966 年起在内战岁月中领导该校。
• During the Nigerian Civil War the university was renamed the University of Biafra, a name it bore from 6 July 1967 until 15 January 1970, and teaching was disrupted by the conflict.尼日利亚内战期间，该校于 1967 年 7 月 6 日至 1970 年 1 月 15 日改称比亚法拉大学，教学工作因战事而中断。
• In 1972 the astrophysicist Sam Okoye founded the Space Research Centre, which remains one of the few African institutions teaching astronomy at undergraduate and postgraduate level.1972 年，天体物理学家萨姆·奥科耶创办空间研究中心，该中心至今仍是非洲少数在本科与研究生阶段开设天文学课程的机构之一。
• A campus opened at Calabar in October 1973 and became the independent University of Calabar in October 1975.1973 年 10 月，该校在卡拉巴尔开设校区；该校区于 1975 年 10 月成为独立的卡拉巴尔大学。
• In 1974 the first open-heart surgery in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa was performed at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu by a team led by the visiting surgeon Magdi Yacoub with Fabian Udekwu.1974 年，尼日利亚及撒哈拉以南非洲首例心脏直视手术在埃努古的尼日利亚大学教学医院完成，手术团队由来访外科医生马格迪·雅各布与法比安·乌德奎领导。
• The Department of Electronic Engineering was named a Centre of Excellence in Electronics by the federal government in 1982, three years after the department was created in 1981.电子工程系于 1981 年设立，1982 年被联邦政府命名为电子学卓越中心。
• The multi-storey Nnamdi Azikiwe Library complex was officially opened on 8 March 2009 by the then minister of education, Sam Egwu, replacing older library buildings on the Nsukka campus.多层建筑娜姆迪·阿齐克韦图书馆综合体于 2009 年 3 月 8 日由时任教育部长萨姆·埃格武正式启用，取代恩苏卡校区此前的图书馆建筑。
• Charles Arizechukwu Igwe was vice-chancellor from 2019 to 2024, and after a series of acting appointments Simon Uchenna Ortuanya took office as vice-chancellor in August 2025.查尔斯·阿里泽丘库·伊圭于 2019 至 2024 年担任校长；经历数任代理校长后，西蒙·乌切纳·奥尔图阿尼亚于 2025 年 8 月就任校长。
• The university held its fifty-fourth convocation ceremony from 22 to 27 July 2025, awarding postgraduate higher degrees and diplomas alongside honorary degrees.该校于 2025 年 7 月 22 日至 27 日举行第五十四届毕业典礼，授予研究生高等学位、文凭以及荣誉学位。
• In 2010 the university marked its golden jubilee, fifty years after the 1960 opening, with a programme of lectures, alumni events and reflections on its land-grant mission.2010 年，该校在 1960 年开学五十年后举行金禧纪念，安排了一系列讲座、校友活动以及对其赠地使命的回顾。

Academics

• UNN teaches through seventeen faculties and 102 academic departments, offering more than 108 undergraduate programmes and 211 postgraduate programmes.尼日利亚大学设有十七个学部与 102 个学术系，开设 108 个以上本科项目与 211 个研究生项目。
• The Nsukka campus houses the faculties of agriculture, arts, biological sciences, education, engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, vocational technical education and veterinary medicine.恩苏卡校区设有农业、艺术、生物科学、教育、工程、药学、物理科学、社会科学、职业技术教育与兽医学等学部。
• The Enugu campus hosts business administration, environmental studies, law, basic medical sciences and health sciences, while Ituku-Ozalla carries dentistry and the teaching hospital, and Aba hosts the National Institute for Nigerian Languages.埃努古校区设工商管理、环境研究、法学、基础医学与健康科学等学部；伊图库-奥扎拉校区承担牙医学与教学医院；阿巴校区则设尼日利亚语言国家学院。
• The university was modelled on the American land-grant system and became the first land-grant university in Africa, a model that joined practical instruction to research and extension work.该校仿照美国赠地学院制度建立，成为非洲第一所赠地大学，这一模式把实用教学与研究推广工作结合起来。
• It was the first university established by a Nigerian regional government and the first in the country to be fully autonomous in awarding degrees, a status that attracted students from across West Africa and predated Ahmadu Bello University, opened in 1962.它是尼日利亚地区政府创办的第一所大学，也是该国第一所拥有完全学位授予自主权的大学，这一地位吸引了来自西非各地的学生，其建校也早于 1962 年开办的艾哈迈杜·贝洛大学。
• At its opening in 1960 the university had 220 students and 13 academic staff, roughly one teacher for every seventeen students, a scale that grew into a student body of more than 36,000 and an academic staff of over 1,500.1960 年开学时该校仅有 220 名学生与 13 名学术人员，约合每十七名学生一位教师；此后学生规模增至 36000 多人，学术人员超过 1500 人。
• The Nnamdi Azikiwe Library holds about 350,000 book titles and 5,000 serial titles, including an Africana collection rich in Biafrana and Achebeana, and uses the Koha integrated library system, with the university's archives and rare Nigerian imprints housed alongside.娜姆迪·阿齐克韦图书馆藏有约 35 万种图书与 5000 种期刊，其中的非洲馆藏以比亚法拉文献与阿契贝文献著称，并采用 Koha 集成图书馆系统，同时收藏该校档案与珍稀尼日利亚出版物。
• The Faculty of Law, founded in 1960, trained many of Nigeria's judges and advocates and remains the oldest law faculty in the country.1960 年创立的法学院培养了尼日利亚许多法官与律师，至今仍是该国历史最悠久的法学院。
• The electronic engineering department, a federal Centre of Excellence since 1982, has produced more first-class graduates and overall best graduating students than any other department at UNN.电子工程系自 1982 年起为联邦卓越中心，其培养的一等荣誉毕业生与全校最佳毕业生人数超过该校任何其他系。
• The Space Research Centre, founded in 1972, offers astronomy courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is one of very few such centres in Africa.1972 年创办的空间研究中心在本科与研究生阶段开设天文学课程，是非洲极少数此类中心之一。
• The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital performed the first open-heart operation in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa in 1974 and now hosts the National Cardiothoracic Centre.尼日利亚大学教学医院于 1974 年完成尼日利亚及撒哈拉以南非洲首例心脏直视手术，如今设有国家心胸中心。
• The Department of Fine and Applied Arts is associated with the Nsukka group, seven artists who drew on the uli designs and Igbo visual traditions of the region.美术与应用艺术系与“恩苏卡派”相关联，这一群体的七位艺术家借鉴了当地乌利纹样与伊博视觉传统。
• Chinua Achebe held research and teaching appointments in the Faculty of Arts from the early 1970s, working alongside the critic and African literature scholar Donatus Nwoga.钦努阿·阿契贝自 1970 年代初起在艺术学部担任研究与教学职务，与批评家及非洲文学学者多纳图斯·恩沃加共事。
• Research institutes include the Institute of African Studies, the Centre for Igbo Studies, the Institute of Maritime Studies and the Centre for Energy Research and Development.研究机构包括非洲研究所、伊博研究中心、海事研究所与能源研究与发展中心。
• The university also runs a business school and a College of Medicine, and its teaching hospital is a tertiary referral centre for south-eastern Nigeria.该校还设有商学院与医学院，其教学医院是尼日利亚东南部的三级转诊中心。
• The Faculty of Agriculture runs the 209-hectare experimental farm at Nsukka, where students train in crop production, animal science and agricultural extension.农业学部经营恩苏卡 209 公顷的实验农场，学生在其中接受作物生产、动物科学与农业推广训练。
• The College of Medicine trains doctors at the teaching hospital and works with the National Cardiothoracic Centre on cardiac surgery and tropical cardiology for the West African region.医学院在教学医院培养医生，并与国家心胸中心合作，面向西非地区开展心脏外科与热带心脏病学研究。
• Its academic calendar and departmental structure follow the American semester model that the founders adopted in preference to the British college system.该校的学年安排与院系结构沿用了创办者选择的美式学期制，而非英国式学院制。

Campus

• The main campus occupies 871 hectares of hilly savannah at Nsukka, about eighty kilometres north of Enugu, with 209 hectares of arable land for the experimental farm and 207 hectares for staff housing, and the site rises above the town with views across the surrounding countryside.主校区位于恩苏卡，占地 871 公顷，属丘陵草原地貌，距埃努古约八十公里；另有 209 公顷耕地用于实验农场、207 公顷用于教职工住宅，校园地势高于城镇，可眺望周围乡野。
• The Enugu campus, known as UNEC, covers 200 hectares in the heart of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, and occupies the buildings of the former Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology.埃努古校区简称 UNEC，占地 200 公顷，位于埃努古州首府埃努古市中心，使用原尼日利亚艺术、科学与技术学院的建筑。
• The Ituku-Ozalla campus, 25 kilometres south of Enugu, carries the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and the Faculty of Dentistry.伊图库-奥扎拉校区位于埃努古以南 25 公里，设有尼日利亚大学教学医院与牙医学部。
• The Aba campus, known as UNAC, hosts the National Institute for Nigerian Languages and extends the university's reach into Abia State.阿巴校区简称 UNAC，设有尼日利亚语言国家学院，把该校的影响扩展到阿比亚州。
• Nsukka's elevated setting gives the campus a cooler climate than much of southern Nigeria, with cooler nights on the surrounding plateau, and regular road transport links the town with Enugu and the rest of the country.恩苏卡地势较高，使校园气候比尼日利亚南部大部分地区凉爽，周边高原的夜晚更为清凉；定期公路交通把该镇与埃努古及全国其他地区连接起来。
• The Nnamdi Azikiwe Library complex, opened in 2009, is the centrepiece of the Nsukka campus and is flanked by faculty buildings, lecture theatres and halls of residence.2009 年启用的娜姆迪·阿齐克韦图书馆综合体是恩苏卡校区的核心建筑，周围分布着教学楼、讲堂与学生宿舍。
• Christ Church Chapel, an interdenominational chapel founded on 14 January 1965, stands on the Nsukka campus, while St Peter's Chaplaincy serves Catholic members of the university.跨教派的基督教堂于 1965 年 1 月 14 日创立，坐落在恩苏卡校区；圣彼得牧灵中心则服务于校内天主教徒。
• Nsukka town offers modern shopping facilities and a large market, and the campus is integrated into the town's economy as a major employer.恩苏卡镇拥有现代商业设施与大型市场，校园作为主要雇主已融入该镇经济。
• The teaching hospital at Ituku-Ozalla is a referral hospital for the south-east and supports clinical training for medical, dental and health science students.伊图库-奥扎拉的教学医院是东南部转诊医院，并为医学、牙医学与健康科学学生提供临床训练。
• The Nsukka campus also contains the university's experimental farm and staff housing estates, so that teaching, research and residential life share a single self-contained site named for the town and its surrounding savannah.恩苏卡校区还包括该校的实验农场与教职工住宅区，使教学、研究与居住生活在同一个以该镇及周边草原命名的自足空间内展开。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Nigeria is placed in the 1201-1400 band, an interval shared with a large group of universities worldwide.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，尼日利亚大学位列 1201-1400 区间，这一区间由全球众多高校并列共享。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the same 1201-1400 band, confirming its standing among Nigeria's leading universities and placing it level with several other federal universities in the country.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入同样的 1201-1400 区间，印证了其在尼日利亚领先高校中的地位，并与该国另外几所联邦大学处于同一档位。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027, UNN is placed 856th, one of the strongest positions held by a Nigerian university in that table.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球大学排名中，该校位列第 856 名，是尼日利亚高校在该榜取得的较强位次之一。
• The university was not included in the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• UNN is routinely described as one of the five most reputed universities in Nigeria, a reputation built on its pioneering status and its medical and engineering schools.尼日利亚大学常被视为该国最负盛名的五所大学之一，这一声誉建立在其开创性地位以及医学与工程学科之上。
• The university was the first in Nigeria to award its own degrees, a distinction it held while University College Ibadan still granted London degrees.该校是尼日利亚第一所授予自身学位的大学，在伊巴丹大学学院仍颁发伦敦学位期间即已享有这一地位。
• OpenAlex records 37,060 works and 784,257 citations for UNN, a research output concentrated in agriculture, medicine, engineering and the social sciences.OpenAlex 记录该校论文 37060 篇、引用 784257 次，其研究产出集中于农业、医学、工程与社会科学。
• Its medical school's 1974 open-heart operation and the National Cardiothoracic Centre give the university a distinctive clinical reputation in West Africa.其医学院 1974 年的心脏直视手术与国家心胸中心，使该校在西非享有独特的临床声誉。
• The Nsukka group of artists, associated with the fine arts department, is recognised in surveys of modern African art and has influenced Nigerian visual culture since the 1970s.与美术系相关联的恩苏卡派艺术家在非洲现代艺术史研究中得到承认，自 1970 年代以来影响了尼日利亚的视觉文化。
• The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 placed medicine at UNN in the 651-700 band, the university's strongest subject showing that year.2025 年 QS 世界大学学科排名把该校医学列入 651-700 区间，这是该校当年表现最好的学科。
• The university is accredited by the National Universities Commission and belongs to the Association of African Universities, the continent's principal higher education body.该校获得尼日利亚国家大学委员会认证，并加入非洲大学协会这一非洲主要高等教育机构。

Student life

• The university's motto, To Restore the Dignity of Man, expressed Azikiwe's vision of a university that would serve the social and economic needs of Nigerians, and it still appears on the seal and at official ceremonies.该校校训“恢复人的尊严”表达了阿齐克韦的愿景，即大学应服务于尼日利亚人的社会与经济需要，这句话至今仍出现在校徽与正式典礼上。
• Christ Church Chapel, founded in 1965, and St Peter's Chaplaincy anchor a dense religious life that includes Anglican, Catholic, Pentecostal and evangelical fellowships.1965 年创立的基督教堂与圣彼得牧灵中心支撑着丰富的宗教生活，其中包括圣公会、天主教、五旬节派与福音派团契。
• Student fellowships such as the Christian Union, the Scripture Union Campus Fellowship and CASOR organise worship, Bible study and welfare activities across the campuses.基督徒联合会、圣经联盟校园团契与 CASOR 等学生团契在各校区组织礼拜、查经与互助活动。
• The university's art department and the Nsukka group give campus life a strong visual and exhibition culture, with student work shown in departmental galleries and at national exhibitions.该校美术系与恩苏卡派赋予校园生活浓厚的视觉与展览文化，学生作品在系属画廊及全国性展览中展出。
• Nsukka's large market and town-centre shops supply daily needs, and the campus's relative isolation makes the university a self-contained social world for most students.恩苏卡的大型市场与镇中心商铺满足日常所需，而校园相对偏远的位置使大学对多数学生而言成为一个自足的社会空间。
• The teaching hospital and the Enugu campus give medical, dental and law students a more urban experience than the savannah setting of Nsukka.教学医院与埃努古校区让医学、牙医学与法学学生体验到比恩苏卡草原环境更为城市化的生活。
• UNN teams compete in the Nigerian Universities Games Association championships, and departmental football and athletics are a regular part of campus weekends, organised with the students' union government.该校运动队参加尼日利亚大学运动会协会的锦标赛，系际足球与田径比赛则是校园周末的常规内容，由学生自治会共同组织。
• The fifty-fourth convocation in July 2025 brought graduates and families back to Nsukka for a week of ceremonies, lectures and award presentations.2025 年 7 月的第五十四届毕业典礼让毕业生与家属重返恩苏卡，参加为期一周的典礼、讲座与颁奖活动。
• The New Arts Theatre on the Nsukka campus hosts drama and music evenings during convocation week and stages productions by students of the arts faculty.恩苏卡校区的新艺术剧院在毕业典礼周承办戏剧与音乐晚会，并上演艺术学部学生的剧作。

Notable people

• Nnamdi Azikiwe, founder of the university, was Governor-General of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the country's first President from 1963 to 1966, and Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka is named in his honour.该校创办人恩纳姆迪·阿齐克韦于 1960 至 1963 年任尼日利亚总督，并于 1963 至 1966 年担任该国首任总统，阿卡市的娜姆迪·阿齐克韦大学即以他的名字命名。
• George Marion Johnson, an American academic, served as the university's first vice-chancellor from 1960 to 1964 and shaped its land-grant orientation.美国学者乔治·马里昂·约翰逊于 1960 至 1964 年担任该校首任校长，塑造了其赠地学院取向。
• John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, helped plan the university in 1958 and spoke at its opening convocation in 1960.密歇根州立大学校长约翰·A·汉纳于 1958 年参与该校规划，并在 1960 年的开学典礼上发表演讲。
• Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, held research and teaching appointments in the Faculty of Arts from the early 1970s.《瓦解》的作者钦努阿·阿契贝自 1970 年代初起在艺术学部担任研究与教学职务。
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie studied medicine and pharmacy at UNN for about a year and a half before continuing her education in the United States.奇玛曼达·恩戈兹·阿迪契曾在尼日利亚大学学习医学与药学约一年半，随后前往美国继续学业。
• Peter Obi, governor of Anambra State from 2006 to 2014 and a presidential candidate in 2023, graduated from the University of Nigeria.彼得·奥比于 2006 至 2014 年任阿南布拉州州长，并于 2023 年参选总统，他毕业于尼日利亚大学。
• Uche Okeke, a painter and theorist of the Nsukka group, taught in the fine arts department and promoted uli drawing as a modern Nigerian idiom.乌切·奥凯凯是恩苏卡派的画家与理论家，曾在美术系任教，并推动乌利绘画成为现代尼日利亚艺术语言。
• Obiora Udechukwu, another leading Nsukka group artist, studied and later taught at UNN and is known for his ink drawings and poetry.奥比奥拉·乌德丘库是恩苏卡派另一位重要艺术家，曾在该校学习并任教，以水墨素描与诗歌著称。
• Sam Okoye, an astrophysicist, founded the Space Research Centre in 1972 and built astronomy teaching at Nsukka when few African universities offered it.天体物理学家萨姆·奥科耶于 1972 年创办空间研究中心，在非洲少有大学开设天文学课程之时于恩苏卡建立了相关教学。
• Fabian Udekwu, a cardiothoracic surgeon, was part of the team that performed the first open-heart operation in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa in 1974.心胸外科医生法比安·乌德奎是 1974 年完成尼日利亚及撒哈拉以南非洲首例心脏直视手术的团队成员。
• Magdi Yacoub, the Egyptian-British heart surgeon, led that 1974 operation as a visiting specialist and later became one of the world's best-known cardiac surgeons.埃及裔英国心脏外科医生马格迪·雅各布作为来访专家主刀了 1974 年的那例手术，后来成为世界最著名的心脏外科医生之一。
• Donatus Nwoga, a scholar of African literature, taught in the English department and collaborated with Achebe in the 1970s.非洲文学学者多纳图斯·恩沃加在英语系任教，并于 1970 年代与阿契贝开展合作。