Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT)
Other name
ESUT
Typestate
Established1979
FounderJim Nwobodo
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Aloysius-Michaels Nnabugwu Okolie
Students80,000[1]
Location,
Nigeria

6°51′24″N 7°23′45″E / 6.85667°N 7.39583°E / 6.85667; 7.39583
CampusRural
871 hectares (2,150 acres) (Agbani campus)
Urban
500 hectares (1,200 acres) (Enugu campus)
200 hectares (490 acres) (College of Medicine campus)[2]
Colours 
Nicknameesutite
Websitewww.esut.edu.ng


The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) is a university in Nigeria that was founded as Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) on 30 July 1980, by the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Chief Dr Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo .[3] The creation of Enugu State out of Anambra State in 1991 by the then Military President General Ibrahim Gbadamasi Babangida,[4] transformed ASUTECH into Enugu State University of Science and Technology.[5]

  1. ^ "Enugu State University of Science and Technology".
  2. ^ Enugu State University of science and technology, 1999 – 2008
  3. ^ "Enugu State University of Science and Technology". Uni24k. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Enugu State @30: Situating Ugwuanyi, quest for equity and justice". Vanguard News. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ Jannah, Chijioke (17 March 2017). "Why I created Anambra State - IBB". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 5 July 2023.