ABOUT AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY

AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN-NIGERIA was established in 2005 by the Abdur-Raheem Oladimeji Islamic Foundation (AROIF), Nigeria. The University came into existence via the granting of a license to operate as a Conventional Private University by the Federal Government of Nigeria (License No. 010) on 7th January 2005. It commenced academic activities during the 2005/2006 academic session with 70 students spread across the three (3) take-off Colleges: (Humanities, Management Sciences, and Natural Sciences).

Today, Al-Hikmah University has seven (7) Faculties (Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Sciences, Natural, and Applied Sciences, Education, Law, Health Sciences, and Agriculture) and the Postgraduate School. It has 50 Undergraduate, 12 Diploma and 43 Postgraduate Programmes. The University also has 12 Centres, viz: Centre for Part-time and Professional Studies, Centre for Diploma studies, Centre for JUPEB Studies, Centre for ICT and Distance Learning, Centre for Islamic Heritage, Centre for Community Development, Centre for Research, Industrial Linkage, and International Cooperation (CRIIC), Centre for Summer Studies, Centre for Entrepreneurial and Vocational Studies, Centre for Remedial and Extral-Mural Studies, Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance, and Centre for Peace and Security Studies. At the moment, our students’ population is above 7000, inclusive of Postgraduate students and the Institute of Education. All our academic programmes are accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

Al-Hikmah University stands out among Nigerian universities as a conventional private university with a well-articulated mission of promoting both academic and moral excellence for the good of the Nigerian nation in particular and for furthering the course of humanity in general. The overall goal of the University is summed up in its motto: “Learning for Wisdom and Morality”.

The curriculum of our Noble Institution is geared towards promoting academic excellence and also ensuring moral and spiritual uprightness of our youths, most especially in the face of the imposing vicious challenges posed to humanity at large in the wake of the 21st Century. Not only this, we are poised to contribute to the economic growth of the nation through the offering of admission and employment opportunities to all, irrespective of political, social, religious, gender, racial, or ethnic affiliations.

From its inception to date, the institution has continued to experience tremendous growth in the quality and quantity of its human, physical and material resources. Like a Trojan horse, we began our race with calculated trotting steps. But with the vision and mission statements of the University as our propelling force, we have galloped into the full speed of launching scholarship with the uniqueness of some sort.

Alhamdulillah, we thank Allah (SWT) that we have not derailed from our set course and goals. Of course, we realize that by each day we are getting closer to where we hope to reach. This year’s convocation marked our 10th time of turning out a large crop of students, who have been well baked and steeped in the rigorous academic tradition of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria.

Our students are worthy ambassadors of this noble citadel of learning. This we can say without mincing words, that the curriculum of the institution is erected on the tenets and cornerstones of Islamic philosophy – rare to come by in contemporary institutions of higher learning, especially in Nigeria.

VISION

Our Vision is to serve as fore-runner in the provision of quality University education of international standard, while Our Mission is to be an educational institution where sound academic knowledge blends with moral and spiritual excellence.

PROGRAMS

A.  UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

1. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • Department of History and International Studies
  • B.A (Hons) History and International Relations
  • Department of Islamic Studies
  • B.A (Hons) Islamic Studies
  • Department of  Languages
  • B.A (Hons) Arabic
  • B.A (Hons) English
  • Department of Mass Communication
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Mass Communication
  • Department of Political and Public Administration
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Political Science and Conflict Resolution
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Public Administration
  • Department of Sociology
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Sociology

2. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Department of Accounting
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Accounting
  • Department of Banking and Finance
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Banking and Finance
  • Department of Business Administration
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Business Administration
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Business Administration  (Marketing Option)
  • Department of Economics
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Economics

3. FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Department of Education Management and Counseling
  • B.Ed. Educational Guidance and Counseling
  • B.Ed. Educational Management
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Business Education

Department of Arts and Social Science Education

  • B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies
  • B.A. (Ed.) Arabic
  • B.A. (Ed.) English
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Accounting
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Economics
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Political Science
  • B.Ed. (Hons) Social Studies
  • Department of Science Education
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Agriculture Science
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Computer Science
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Mathematics
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics
  • B.Sc. (Ed.) Educational Technology
  • BLIS Library and Information Science

 FACULTY OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Biology
  • Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Industrial Chemistry
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Geology and Mineral Sciences
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Petroleum Chemistry
  • Department of Physical Sciences
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Statistics
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Industrial Mathematics
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Physics with Electronics
  • Department of Computer Science
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Cyber Security
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Information Systems
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Software Engineering

5. FACULTY OF LAW

Department of  Law
  • LL.B. (Hons) Common Law
  • LL.B. (Hons) Common and Islamic Law

6. FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of Public Health
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Public Health
  • Department of Medical Laboratory
  • BMLS Medical Laboratory Science
  • Department of Human Anatomy
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Human Anatomy
  • Department of Human Physiology
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Human Physiology
  • Department of Nursing Science
  • B.NSc. Nursing Science

7. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

Department of Agriculture
  • B.Agric Agriculture

B.  POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

  • M.Ed. Arabic Education
  • M.Ed. Islamic Studies Education
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Arabic Education
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Islamic Studies Education
  • M.Ed. Educational Management
  • M.Ed. Guidance and Counselling
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Educational Management
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Guidance and Counselling,
  • M.A. Arabic
  • M.A. English
  • M.A. History
  • M.A. Islamic Studies
  • M.Sc. Mass Communication
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Arabic
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D English
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D History
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Islamic Studies
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Mass Communication
  • M.Sc. Accounting
  • M.Sc. Business Administration
  • MBA (Master in Business Administration)
  • M.Sc. Economics
  • M.Sc. Finance
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Accounting
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Business Administration
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Economics
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Finance
  • M.Sc. Biochemistry
  • M.Sc. Computer Science
  • M.Sc. Geology and Mineral Science
  • M.Sc. Statistics
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Biochemistry
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Computer Science
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Geology and Mineral Science
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Statistics
  • PGD, Computer Science
  • PGD, Economics
  • PGD, Public Health
  • PGD, Statistics
  • PGD, Mass Communication
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Management
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling
  • PGD, Management and Strategic Planning
  • PGD, Business Administration
  • Msc. Peace and Security Studies
  • M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D , Peace and Security Studies