Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University
State university in Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria
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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBUL) is a university in Lapai, Niger State, central Nigeria. It had its first convocation in 2014.[1][2][3] It was named after the former Nigeria Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida. The university started academic activities in the 2005/2006 academic session.[4]
| Motto | Learning for Service |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2005 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Suleiman Mohammed Hadi |
| Students | 7,000 |
| Location | , , 9.06738°N 6.56979°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Nickname | IBBUL |
| Website | ibbu |
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Faculties
- Natural Sciences
- Management and Social Sciences
- Applied Sciences and Technology
- Education and Arts
- Agriculture
- Languages and Communication Studies
- College of Health Sciences
Institutes
- Institutes of Maritime Studies
Endowments & Research
In 2020, IBBUL won a prize grant of $450,000 from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. The project has the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India, as the lead partner, with IBBUL and Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Open University of Tanzania and UNESCO office of Bangladesh, in the partnership.[5]
In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation endowed the University with a High Impact Geological Research Laboratory.[6][7]
