McPherson University


Established in 2012, McPherson University is named after the late Aimee Semple McPherson – the founder of Foursquare Gospel Church.
The university was licensed by the National Universities Commission on Tuesday, 28 February 2012, as the 49th private University and 121st University in Nigeria.
The university is located on 122.3 hectares of land at Seriki-Sotayo, near Foursquare City, Ajebo. The site lies approximately within latitude 7º07N and 7º08N and longitude of 3º41N on elevation of between 82m to 109m.

Campus

The colleges are located on the east side of the university.
The university hosts many instructional buildings, a health center, gardens, library and an administration building. The multipurpose hall houses the dining hall and the chapel. Outdoor field sports are played at McPherson Sport Centre. In the summer of 2012, the sport center was renovated to contain a basketball court, volleyball court and lawn tennis court.

Courses

As a licensed Institution, McU runs programs that award doctoral and masters megrees, bachelor of science and of arts from three Colleges. McU is an affiliate institution of Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board.

Colleges

College Of Natural and Applied Sciences

Courses offered at the College of Natural and Applied Sciences include:

College of Computing

Courses offered at the College of Computing include:
  • Software Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Cyber Security
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • PGD, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Computer Science

College of Allied Health Sciences

Courses offered at the College of Allied Health Sciences include:

College of Law

Courses offered at the College of Law are:
  • Law

College of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences

Courses offered at the College of Social and Management Sciences are:

Library

McPherson University Library was established alongside its parent institution, McPherson University. The University Librarian as the academic and administrative head of the Library has full responsibility for its day-to-day running.