See some of the faculties and departments that can be found in Nigerian Universities today.
It is no surprise to say that so many students in Nigerian today do not know most of the faculties and departments that exist in the Nigerian universities; both the private and the public universities.
Often, some students are used to getting confused about which one is the faculty and the ones that are departments in the many universities. On the other times, it is quite common that students will know the different faculties and departments.
But the problem is how to know the faculties to which most of the identified departments belongs. This particular article is specially prepared for almost everybody.
It will help a great deal in differentiating between faculties and departments and also in their classifications. If you have been finding it difficult in understanding these classifications and identifications, you do not have to worry yourself anymore.
It is high time you got used to all of them at the tip of your fingers. I am going to take the time to give you the details about faculties and departments in Nigerian universities and leave no stone unturned.
All you have to do is to carefully read this article bit by bit to the last part. In Nigeria, there are hundreds of public universities and private universities and they are offering hundreds of courses at different levels of learning.
Coming into these institutions, you would discover obviously that the courses every institution offers are classified based on their respective field of studies and their related areas of specialisations.
Just like outside the societies today, in different enterprises, every activity are carried out based on this classification. This is very advantageous to help in establishing an organised system.
The same is applicable in courses that are offered in different universities. Without this classification, specialists and experts cannot be gotten. These classifications are what is referred to as faculties and departments.
If you wish to know more about how university courses are classified into faculties and departments, then it is advisable to maximize the usefulness of this article that you are reading.
The following are different faculties and departments that are available in Nigerian universities today.
Different Faculties And Departments In Nigerian Universities
| S/N | Faculties | Departments |
| 1 | Agriculture | Agricultural Economics |
| Agricultural Extension | ||
| Animal Science | ||
| Crop Science | ||
| Food Science and Technology | ||
| Soil Science and Land Resource Management | ||
| Forestry and Wildlife | ||
| Horticulture | ||
| Human Ecology and dietetics/Home Economics | ||
| Fisheries and Aquaculture | ||
| 2 | Arts | Theatre Arts |
| Communication Arts | ||
| Linguistic | ||
| History and International Relation | ||
| Music | ||
| Philosophy | ||
| English language | ||
| Languages(e.g: Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Efik-Ibibio) | ||
| Religious Studies | ||
| 3 | Basic Medical Science | Anatomy |
| Physiology | ||
| Biochemistry | ||
| Community medicine | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Medical sociology | ||
| Nursing Science | ||
| Medical Laboratory Science | ||
| Medical Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy | ||
| Pathology | ||
| Medical microbiology and Parasitology | ||
| Cell Biology | ||
| Haematology and Immunology | ||
| Environmental Health Science | ||
| Radiography/Radiological Science | ||
| Therapeutics and Toxicology | ||
| 4 | Business Administration | Accounting |
| Banking and Finance | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Marketing | ||
| Business management | ||
| 5 | Education | Agriculture Education |
| Accounting Education | ||
| Biology Education | ||
| Chemistry Education | ||
| Physics Education | ||
| French Education | ||
| Physical Education | ||
| Health Education | ||
| Economics Education | ||
| Languages (Education) | ||
| History Education | ||
| Music Education | ||
| Mathematics Education | ||
| English language Education | ||
| Geography Education | ||
| Home Economics Education | ||
| Political science Education | ||
| Primary Education | ||
| Religious studies Education | ||
| Integrated Science | ||
| Social studies | ||
| Technical Education | ||
| Zoology Education | ||
| Library Science | ||
| Guidance and Counseling | ||
| Special Education | ||
| 6 | Clinical Science | Medicine and Surgery |
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | ||
| Health System Management | ||
| Anesthesiology | ||
| Dermatology | ||
| Neurology | ||
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | ||
| Behavioral Science | ||
| Nuclear Medicine | ||
| Mental health | ||
| Preventive and Social Medicine | ||
| Internal medicine | ||
| 7 | Engineering | Agric. Engineering |
| Chemical Engineering | ||
| Civil Engineering | ||
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering | ||
| Food Engineering | ||
| Petrochemical Engineering | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Petroleum Engineering | ||
| Aeronautic Engineering | ||
| Computer Engineering | ||
| Industrial/Production Engineering | ||
| Bio resources Engineering | ||
| Metallurgical/Material Engineering | ||
| Polymer/Textile Engineering | ||
| 8 | Environmental Studies | Estate management |
| Architecture | ||
| Land Surveying | ||
| Quantity Surveying | ||
| Building | ||
| Urban and Regional Planning | ||
| Fine Arts | ||
| Geoinformatics | ||
| 9 | Pharmacy | Pharmacy |
| 10 | Law | Law |
| 11 | Science | Animal and Environmental Biology |
| Botany | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| Computer Science | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| Microbiology | ||
| Physics | ||
| Statistics | ||
| 12 | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Geography | ||
| Regional Planning | ||
| Sociology and Anthropology | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Political Science | ||
| Public Administration |
Note that the classifications and arrangements provided in this article tend to differ from some universities’ classifications. Whichever way it is classified, the institution’s classifications supersedes the one in this article.
The purpose of this article is to assist some students who do not know the Faculty-Department classifications in their institutions. Also, it will help those who are yet to secure admission into university in choosing courses to study.
For any other information on the Faculties and Departments in Nigerian University, kindly use the comment section under this article to contact me.