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:- Department of Biological Sciences
- * Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- * Biotechnology
- * Microbiology
- Department of Chemical Sciences
- * Industrial Chemistry
- Department of Physical Sciences
- * Industrial Mathematics
- * Physics with Electronics
- * Statistics
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:- Nursing Science
- Public Health
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Public Health
- Health Information Management
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:- Department of Accounting and Finance
- * Accounting
- * M.Sc. Accounting
- * Banking and Finance
- Department of Business Administration
- * Business Administration
- * Master of Business Administration
- * Marketing
- Department of Economics
- * Economics
- Department of International Relations
- * International Relations
- Department of Mass Communication
- * Mass Communication
- Department of History and International Studies
- * History and International Studies
- Department of Languages
- * Languages
- Department of Religion and Peace Studies
- * Religion and Peace Studies