University of Medical Sciences, Ondo


University of Medical Sciences, Ondo is a university of medical sciences in Ondo City, Nigeria, owned by the Ondo State Government, established in 2015. It is the third specialized medical university in Africa and Nigeria's first specialized medical university to be accredited by the National Universities Commission.
The pioneer substantive Vice Chancellor of the University is Professor Friday Okonofua, a Nigerian professor of gynecology and the founder of Women Health and Action Research Centre, a non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in Benin City, which focuses on promoting female reproductive research.

History

The establishment of the university was as a result of the bill signed into law in 2014 by Olusegun Mimiko, the executive governor of Ondo State, to establish a state university of medical sciences. The bill was proposed by the Ondo State House of Assembly under the Schedule 1, Section 5, and Article 39 of Ondo State Laws.
The university's first substantive Chancellor, Professor Friday Okonofua, was appointed on March 11, 2015 following the approval of the university by the National University Commission, NUC. The current Vice chancellor of the university is Professor Adesegun Fatusi

Faculty

The university consists of seven faculties:
Departments under Faculty of Sciences are
Animal Science,
Environmental Science,
Microbiology,
Plant Biology.
Departments are listed below;
Departments are listed below
Morbid Anatomy,
Histopathology.
Medical Microbiology,
Parasitological.
Departments are listed below
Departments are listed below