History of Unizik

History of (UNIZIK), Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University came into being as an offshoot of the defunct Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH). ASUTECH which was established through Law No. 7 of 30th July 1980 by the Government of the old Anambra operated as a multi-campus university, with campuses in Abakiliki, Enugu, Awka and Nnewi.

In 1991, following the split of the old Anambra State into Anambra and Enugu States, the Awka and Nnewi campuses of the former ASUTECH were constituent into Nnamdi Azikiwe University by the Anambra State Edict No.5 of November 26 1991. Nnamdi Azikiwe University was taken over by the Federal Government by Decree No. 34 of July 15, 1992. The enabling law of the University empowers the Senate to, inter alia, make provisions for:

1. The establishment, organisation and control of Campuses, Colleges, Faculties, Departments, Schools, Institutes and other teaching and research units of the University and allocation of responsibility for different branches of learning;
2. The organisation  and control of courses of study at the University and of examinations held in conjunction with those courses, including the appointment of examiners both internal and external;
3. The award of degrees and such other qualifications as may be prescribed in conjunction with examinations held as aforesaid.

Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe 1904 -1999

MISSION STATEMENT
Nnamdi Azikiwe University is founded on the philosophy that knowledge should be propagated and disseminated to individuals without let or hindrance. Teaching and Research would be anchored on the needs of the immediate environment and the Nigerian society generally. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, after whom the University is named, stands out clearly in the history of University education in Nigeria and Africa in general. In the discharge of its mission, the University shall live up to the ideals of this renowned statesman, by making University education pragmatic, and using it to forge unity among the various communities in Nigeria.

The mission of the University is, thus, to use teaching, research and public service to solve societal problems. In the process of learning, students would be oriented to use education in the solution of practical problems confronting them and the Nigerian society. It is hoped that the University’s graduates will be able to use their knowledge to lift the society off its problem in Science, e.g. technological backwardness, poor health delivery services, agricultural under production, environmental degradation, misapplication and/or under utilization of human and material resources, cultural disorientation etc. To achieve these purposes and harness the large pool of qualified secondary school graduands and high caliber manpower in the environment of the University, the University will be conventional in scope and outlook covering wide areas of learning and research.

In totality, the mission of the University is to produce graduates who shall possess the following attributes:

• a wide and ordered knowledge in a discipline area;
• the ability to reason logically;Dedication
• the ability to communicate clearly in speech and writing with confidence and fluency;
• numeracy and computer literacy;
• accepted moral values as honesty, humility, truthfulness, and high ethical standards in personal and professional life;
• acceptance of obligations and responsibilities;
• the desire for life-long education and creativity;
• self confidence and result-oriented ability.