The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has hinted that the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN) will open in October, with the commencement of degree programmes in three faculties.
He said this in Abuja at a news conference on Tuesday. The school will take off with three faculties namely, Arts and Social Sciences, Management Sciences and Science with its main Campus in Ibusa, Ugwashi – Uku Express Way, near Asaba, Delta State. The main campus would be “fully equipped with all academic infrastructure, Science Labs, computer facilities, students residential cafeteria and restaurant sports grounds”, he added.
The Naval Chief, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Navy Headquarters, Rear Adm. Henry Babalola, said additional campuses are being proposed to be situated in Lagos, Sapele, and Calabar while explaining that the Admiralty University was established out of a Public Private Partnership (PPP), between the Nigerian Navy through its investment arm – Navy Holdings and Hellenic Education, an International educational organization, and that admission of students into the inaugural class was already ongoing. The school would also offer pioneer degree programmes in emerging fields such as Forensic Science, Cyber Security, and Software engineering.
According to him, “The University was conceived to expand the frontiers of knowledge for the growth and development of humanity, meet the training needs of the Nigerian Navy.
“Along with those of their sister services with reduced travel abroad for training and the pressure it imposed on foreign exchange.
“Admiralty university of Nigeria will seek to spearhead the application of knowledge to solve real challenges of our time,” he said.
