University of Uyo was founded as a teachers college in 1983. It changed it name a few times including Advanced Training College, College of Education affiliated to the University of Port Harcourt and University of Cross River State before taking on its current identity as a Federal university in 1991.
It is based in Oyo the capital of the state of Akwa Ikbom. The main campus, a 1443 hectare site. three miles from the city centre and accommodates central administration, the postgraduate school, the faculties of natural and applied science, and agriculture as well as the centre for energy and environmental sustainability research.
The town campus is where the faculties of arts, education, social science and pharmacy are located while the annexe campus hosts business administration, law, environmental studies and general studies. Preparatory, pre-degree and special courses are taught at the Ime Umana campus while the college of health sciences is based at the Teaching Hospital, six miles from the main campus.
LIST OF UNIUYO COURSES OFFERED
| S/N | COURSES OFFERED |
| 1. | ACCOUNTING |
| 2. | AGRIC-ECONOMICS & EXTENSION |
| 3. | AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION |
| 4. | AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING |
| 5. | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE & EDUCATION |
| 6. | AGRICULTURE |
| 7. | ANIMAL & ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| 8. | ANIMAL SCIENCE |
| 9. | ARCHITECTURE |
| 10. | BANKING & FINANCE |
| 11. | BIOCHEMISTRY |
| 12. | BOTANY & ECOLOGICAL STUDIES |
| 13. | BUILDING |
| 14. | BUSINESS EDUCATION |
| 15. | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
| 16. | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
| 17. | CHEMISTRY |
| 18. | CIVIL ENGINEERING |
| 19. | COMMUNICATION ARTS |
| 20. | COMPUTER EDUCATION |
| 21. | COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
| 22. | COMPUTER SCIENCE |
| 23. | CROP SCIENCE |
| 24. | CURRICULUM STUDIES |
| 25. | DENTAL SURGERY |
| 26. | DOCTOR OF PHARMACY |
| 27. | ECONOMICS |
| 28. | EDUCATION & BIOLOGY |
| 29. | EDUCATION & CHEMISTRY |
| 30. | EDUCATION & EFIK/IBIBIO |
| 31. | EDUCATION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| 32. | EDUCATION & FRENCH |
| 33. | EDUCATION & GEOGRAPHY |
| 34. | EDUCATION & HISTORY |
| 35. | EDUCATION & MUSIC |
| 36. | EDUCATION & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| 37. | EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY |
| 38. | ELECTRICAL /ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING |
| 39. | ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| 40. | FORESTRY & WILDLIFE |
| 41. | GEOGRAPHY & REGIONAL PLANNING |
| 42. | GEOLOGY |
| 43. | GEOPHYSICS |
| 44. | GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING |
| 45. | HEALTH EDUCATION |
| 46. | HOME ECONOMICS |
| 47. | HUMAN ANATOMY |
| 48. | LAW |
| 49. | LIBRARY SCIENCE |
| 50. | MASS COMMUNICATION |
| 51. | MATHEMATICS |
| 52. | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
| 53. | MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE |
| 54. | MEDICINE & SURGERY |
| 55. | MICROBIOLOGY |
| 56. | MUSIC |
| 57. | NURSING SCIENCE |
| 58. | PETROLEUM ENGINEERING |
| 59. | PHILOSOPHY |
| 60. | PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
| 61. | PHYSICS |
| 62. | PHYSIOLOGY |
| 63. | PHYSIOTHERAPY |
| 64. | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
| 65. | PRE-PRIMARY & PRIMARY EDUCATION |
| 66. | PSYCHOLOGY |
| 67. | QUANTITY SURVEYING |
| 68. | RADIOGRAPHY & RADIATION SCIENCE |
| 69. | RELIGIOUS & CULTURAL STUDIES |
| 70. | SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY |
| 71. | SOIL SCIENCE |
| 72. | SPECIAL EDUCATION |
| 73. | STATISTICS |
| 74. | TEACHER EDUCATION SCIENCE |
| 75. | TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
