About The Dominican University Project

" Yesterday we were a Great Dream, Today we are becoming a Great Institution"

Our Mission

With a population of 137 million, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is blessed with abundant agricultural and mineral resources and a dynamic citizenry, but is in dire need of national integration of her diverse ethnic and religious groups if she is to develop. The mission of the Dominican University is to answer Nigeria's needs for national integration and holistic development.

Our Vision

To be a University with a Catholic identity;
a community of scholars into which academically qualified students will be admitted without discrimination as to religion, sex, nationality or ethnicity;
an academic community where the academic and religious freedom of each member will be held as sacred;
an academic environment where the unity of the human family under God and the command to love all people are promoted in the spirit and practice of openness and dialogue between different religious and ethnic communities in view of Nigerian national integration;
a curriculum that reflects and respects the autonomy and complementarity of faith and science, religion and secular thought, combining ancient wisdom and contemporary learning to form graduates whose faith, professional competence and respect for human values can harness and manage Nigeria's abundant human and natural resources for the development of the country.

Proprietor
The proprietor of Dominican University of Nigeria is the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) of the Province of St. Joseph the Worker, Nigeria. The Order of Preachers is an international religious Order within the body of the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1216 by St. Dominic de Guzman. Since its foundation, the Dominican Order got involved in pioneering university education in Europe in places like Paris, Oxford, Bologna and Cologne, producing giants such as Thomas Aquinas and Albert the Great. In our times some noteworthy Dominicans universities are Providence College in Rhode Island, the 500 year old University of Santo Tomás in Manila, and the University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome.