University of Nigeria
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The University of Nigeria is a university situated in the town Nsukka. It was founded by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria.
Noted author Chinua Achebe has held research and teaching appointments at the university since the early 1970s. Astronomer Samuel Ejikeme Okoye founded the Space Research Center at the university in 1972: the SRC remains one of the few institutions anywhere in Africa that researches and offers courses in astronomy at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The University has two campuses. One in Nsukka (University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN) and one in Enugu (University of Nigeria Enugu campus UNEC). UNCE houses the Faculties of Medicine, Law, Business, Health Sciences and Environmental Studies. One of the premier universities in the country, University of Nigeria, also known as UNN has continued to produce graduates of both National and international appeal.
The Medical school, in Enugu, has most of it activities in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), also in Enugu. Here, doctors and other health workers are trained with the highest standards and have proven over the years that they can effect a positive chane in the entire worlds' health. Doctors and indeed nurses trained in the institution are seen all over the USA and Europe, contributing their quota, a big one in that, to the world's entire healthcare.
The Medical School, also referred to as the College of Medicine, boasts as one in which the first open heart surgery in Black Africa was carried out in 1974. It has since evolved to be the center for Cardiothoracic Excellence in the West African Sub region. A lot of research is also being carried out in the college. Most of the project are nearing completion, but it is pertinent to note that some too, have fallen short of completion due to lack of finances and the Government's reluctance to fund private research.
A website claiming to be the home of the University of Nigeria located at universityofnigeria.com is actually a fake site created to parody the numerous e-mail scams often associated with African names.
Article on life as a student in The University of Nigeria Nsukka (http://traedays.blogspot.com/2004/09/my-life-in-unn-university-of-nigeria.html)