UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA

                                                      

         GUIDELINES

For

 

HONOURS AWARDS

 

 

 

 

 

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ADVANCEMENT CENTRE

                                               

 

                                      

PREFACE

The University of Nigeria is the first full-fledged indigenous and first autonomous university in Nigeria,[5]  and it is modelled after the American educational system. It is the first land-grant university in Africa and one of the five most reputed universities in Nigeria. The University of Nigeria, Nsukka will be 64 years in October, 2024. It has been over six decades of service and manpower development for the Nigerian nation, the challenges notwithstanding.

Over its 64 years of existence, the university has produced functional and excellent manpower for the Nigerian nation and the world in general, some of whom have been holding sway in business, politics, industry, agriculture, literary arts and academics, among others. Many of them have also dedicated their lives to serving the university and have been honoured with varying awards such as Professor Emeriti, Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa), among others.

Good as these developments have been, the university does NOT have a unified guideline or policy document for the award of these honours, except that of Professor Emeritus which has patches of it hidden in the YELLOW BOOK meant for the promotion of academic staff. Fortunately, for the first time in the history of the University, an alumnus, Professor Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, is on the mantle of leadership as the 15th Vice-Chancellor and would want to use the opportunity to streamline a few things, including a documented guideline on already existing awards being given in the university  as well as instituting new ones such as the Distinguished  Alumnus Award, and a Hall of Fame to honour deserving alumni who have excelled in various endeavours of life (business, politics, sports and religions etc), and to make them consistently identify with their Alma Mata in bringing developments to the institution. With this laudable objective in mind, the University thought it wise to have a policy document or guidelines on the course(s) of action of the university in this regard. This is how the idea of this GUIDELINESS FOR HONOURS AWARD was born!

The document prepared by the University Advancement Centre, outlines the awards available in the university and their various criteria, including nomination and selection processes.

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Honourary Degree (Honoris Causa)
  • Distinguished Alumnus award
  • Appointment into the University of Nigeria Hall of Fame
  • University of Nigeria Achiever’s Award and;
  • Friends of the University Award

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