Ekiti State University

Ekiti State University (EKSU) is a state university in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Established on 30 March 1982 as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti, by the administration of Ondo State’s first civilian governor, Michael Adekunle Ajasin, it has been renamed four times: Ondo State University (1985), University of Ado-Ekiti (1999), and Ekiti State University following the university’s transfer to the newly created Ekiti State (with its present name adopted in 2011). EKSU comprises 14 faculties, including a College of Medicine, with a student population of roughly 36,000.

EKSU is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and has ongoing international collaborations, including with Royal Holloway, University of London. Philanthropic donors, including Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), have funded major campus facilities such as a 350-seat law auditorium.

Notable alumni include Biodun Oyebanji, sitting Governor of Ekiti State, and Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate Leader of the Nigerian National Assembly.