Establishment of Federal University Lokoja (FUL)

The Federal University Lokoja was established along with other eight (8) new Federal universities on the 16th February, 2011 following a pronouncement by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.   Soon afterwards, a Vice Chancellor and Registrar in the persons of Professor Abdulmumini Hassan Rafindadi and Mrs. Habiba Anavoza Adeiza were appointed.  The University is sited at Lokoja, the Capital city of Kogi State of Nigeria, in the North Central political zone.

Motto of the University

SIC ITUR AD ASTRA, this Latin phrase means THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.

Pioneer programmes offered by the university in the 2012/2013 session

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

1.          English Language and Literary Studies

2.          History

3.          Economics

4.          Political Science

5.          Geography                                             

FACULTY OF SCIENCES                 

1           Biological Science                    

2           Chemistry                                

3           Mathematics                            

4           Computer Science                    

5           Physics                                    

The Faculties, Departments and Programmes in the University are as follows:

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

i.        Department of English and Literary Studies

          -        B. A. (Hons) English

          -        B. A. (Hons) English Literary Studies

          -        B. A. (Hons) Theatre and Performing Arts

ii.      Department of History

          -        B. A. (Hons) History

iii.     Department of Political Science

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Political Science

iv.      Department of Economics

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Economics

Faculty of Science

i.        Department of Biological Sciences

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Biology

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Botany

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Zoology

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Microbiology

ii.      Department of Chemistry

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Chemistry

iii.      Department of Physics

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Physics

iv.       Department of Geology

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Geology

v.      Department of Geography

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Geography

vi.     Department of Computer Science

         -         B. Sc. (Hons) Computer Science

vii.    Department of Mathematics

          -        B. Sc. (Hons) Mathematics