Paul University


Paul University, Awka is located in Awka, Anambra State in Nigeria. It is a private Christian university. It was founded in 2009 by Bishops of the five ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church East of the Niger to provide undergraduate training in Natural and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences and Management. The university which is fully residential has an estimated enrollment of around 400 students and has replaced St Paul's University College which was founded in 1904 by the Church Missionary Society of the Church of England to train church workers and teachers

Academic Programmes

Paul University, Awka currently has three faculties and these faculties offer a variety of courses. The faculties are; Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, and Faculty of Arts. In addition, it runs an Institute of Theology, which it inherited from the defunct St. Paul's University College, and also admits students into the JUPEB and Continuing Education Programme.
The school provides the services of a bookshop, cyber cafe, computer training center, among other services
The list of courses offered and their duration, and degree awarded are listed below, by faculties.

Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences

Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts

Library

Paul University Library was established on 30 November 2009 to support and facilitate the teaching, learning, research and recreational activities of the University Community. The library inherited the collection of the former St. Paul's College, Awka, which is expanding and broadening as the College Library transforms into a University Library, balancing Sciences with earlier emphasis on the Arts, Social and Management Sciences.
The University also runs an E-Library- a section of the library in which collections are stored in electronic media formats and accessible through computers.