About Veritas University, Abuja
Veritas University, Abuja is based in Abuja. It is a private institution founded by the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos.
Licensed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in 2007, it enrolled its first students the following year.
It was first established in Obehie in Abia State and then moved to its permanent 220 hectare campus in 2014.
Students are required to live on campus in dedicated student accommodation.
The university has five faculties including natural and applied sciences, management sciences, humanities, social sciences, education and postgraduate studies.
The Veritas Journal of Humanities is the first official journal from the university.
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- 55 : 45Student Ratio of Females to Males(1)
- 6%Percentage of International Students(1)
- 18.2No. of students per staff(1)
- 6,468Number of FTE Students(1)
- 26%Proportion of ISR Publications(1)
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Subjects taught at Veritas University, Abuja
Arts & humanities
- History, Philosophy & Theology
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics
Life sciences
- Biological Sciences
Education
- Education
Business & economics
- Economics & Econometrics
- Accounting & Finance
- Business & Management
Clinical, pre-clinical & health
- Other Health
- Medicine & Dentistry
Computer science
- Computer Science
Law
- Law
Engineering & technology
- General Engineering
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Physical sciences
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Chemistry
- Physics & Astronomy
Social sciences
- Politics & International Studies (incl Development Studies)
- Communication & Media Studies
