Hezekiah UniversityUmudi · Imo State
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Imo State's first private university, founded by Living Christ Mission and licensed by the Federal Government in 2015. Every student studies on a scholarship from the founder.
Hezekiah University began as a conviction in 2004 and became Imo State's first private university in May 2015. Founded by Living Christ Mission, it holds that a degree should form character as well as intellect. Our motto says it plainly: academic excellence with good morals.
The colour of the sky over Umudi and of the bond between students from every state, faith and background who share one campus.
The second half of our motto. A campus with zero tolerance for cultism, drug abuse and the vices that derail a degree.
For the blood of Jesus Christ, shed for the salvation of humanity. Service begins with what we are willing to give.
The blue, white and red of the crest are a statement of belief.
Twenty-two years from a first letter to the NUC to a single portal that carries an applicant all the way to graduation.
The founder makes first contact with the National Universities Commission about a university for Imo State.
In May, the Federal Government licenses Hezekiah University, the first private university in Imo State.
SIWES orientation on 25 and 26 March prepares students for industrial training. Awards Day follows on 4 April.
The NUC ranking places Hezekiah 44th among 113 universities, and a third-year student takes second place in Nigeria for app development.
The maiden International Conference on Creative Writing runs for two days at the old Senate building.
Our students win at the CIPM Inter-University Quiz, and Dr Oby Osuagwu is elected chair of the South East directors of Entrepreneurship Development Centres.
apply.hezekiah.edu.ng opens the 2026/2027 session with one account from applicant to student.
Every programme accepts UTME, Direct Entry, JUPEB and transfer applicants. Choose a door.
Nkwerre, Imo State. Palms, quiet roads and a community that lives where it learns.
Accommodation is compulsory for every student, in line with NUC policy, so the whole community lives and learns in one place.
Canteens across campus and a grocery in the hostel area. You pay for what you eat, when you eat it.
A Christian foundation that admits students of every religion and asks one thing of all of them: good character.
No cultism, no drug abuse. A safe campus is part of our promise to every family that sends us a son or daughter.
Entrepreneurial skills are taught from the first year, led by the university's Entrepreneurship Development Centre.
The university has never shut down for an ASUU strike, so the academic year runs as planned.
Isiala-Umudi as it is: the drive, the library, the laboratories and the people. Keep scrolling to walk in.
Education is a right, not a privilege.
His Grace, the Most Rev. Prof. Daddy Hezekiah MFR, first took the idea of a university to the National Universities Commission in 2004. Eleven years later, Living Christ Mission opened the gates at Umudi.
Every student here studies on a scholarship from the founder, which keeps Hezekiah among the most affordable private universities in Nigeria. Lecturers join us from more than six universities at home and abroad.
Our students took honours at the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management's inter-university quiz competition.
The Director of our Entrepreneurship Development Centre and Acting Dean of FMSS now leads the South East Zone Association of Directors of Entrepreneurship Development Centres.
The maiden International Conference on Creative Writing ran for two days at the old Senate building, celebrating the author of The Concubine.
For candidates who choose Hezekiah University in JAMB UTME. You need five O-Level credits including English Language and Mathematics, plus the UTME subjects your programme requires.
Sign up with your email address. The same account carries you from applicant to student.
Choose your admission route and programme, add your results and upload your documents. Your progress saves as you go.
See a preliminary check of your results against the programme's requirements before you submit.
Pay the screening fee by bank transfer and upload your receipt in the portal.
Admissions reviews your application, and your decision arrives in the portal.