University of Port Harcourt

The University of Port Harcourt is located in Choba in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. It was established in 1975 as University College, Port Harcourt and was given university status in 1977. The University of Port Harcourt was ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher Education in 2015. In July 2021, Prof. George Owunari was appointed substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university. School and faculties The university originally had six schools in 1977: School of Humanities School of Social Sciences School of Biological Sciences School of Chemical Sciences School of Physical Sciences School of Educational Studies School of Science Laboratory Technology (SSLT) It changed from a school system to a faculty system in 1982. The university now has twelve faculties: