The University of Ilorin, popularly referred to as Unilirin is a Federal Government university located in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State in Nigeria. It was established by the decree of the Military Goverment in August, 1975. its establishment was aimed to implement the educational directives of the Third National Development Plan.

From three faculties in 1976, today there are fifteen faculties: 

Arts (1976), Education (1976), Engineering & Technology (1978), Agriculture (1982), Law (1993, after an initial start-up in 1983), Basic Medical Sciences (2004), Clinical Sciences (2004) Communication and Information Sciences (2008), Veterinary Medicine (2009), Pharmaceutical Science (2010), and Life Science; Physical Science; Environmental Science; Management Sciences; and Social Sciences in (2013).

In all, there are 60 departments in 10 faculties. Below is a list of all the departments in the University of Ilorin as updated on the 12th of October, 2020. the list was grouped by faculty and was arranged in an ascending alphabetical order

ADMINISTRATION

1. Accounting
2. Business Administration
3. Finance
4. Marketing

AGRICULTURE

ARTS

BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES

1. Anatomy
2. Physiology
3. Nursing Science

EDUCATION

1. Business Education
2. Education Agricultural Science
3. Education Arabic
4. Education Biology
5. Education Chemistry
6. Education Christian Religious Studies
7. Education Economics
8. Education English
9. Education French
10. Education Geography
11. Education History
12. Education Islamic Religious Studies
13. Education Mathematics
14. Education Physics
15. Education Yoruba
16. Educational Management
17. Educational Technology
18. Guidance and Counseling
19. Health Education
20. Human Kinetics
21. Library Science
22. Primary Education Studies
23. Social Studies

ENGINEERING

1. Agricultural Engineering
2. Chemical Engineering
3. Civil Engineering
4. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
5. Material and Metallurgical Engineering
6. Mechanical Engineering
7. Water Resources Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

1. Architecture
2. Quantity Surveying
3. Surveying and Geo-Informatics
4. Urban and Regional Planning

1. Law

MEDICINE

SCIENCE

1. Biochemistry
2. Chemistry
3. Computer Science
4. Geology and Mineral Science
5. Industrial Chemistry
6. Information and Communication Science
7. Mathematics
8. Microbiology
9. Physics
10. Plant Biology
11. Statistics
12. Telecommunication Science
13. Zoology

SOCIAL SCIENCE

1. Economics
2. Geography and Environmental Management
3. Mass Communication
4. Political Science
5. Psychology
6. Social Works
7. Sociology

1. Veterinary Medicine

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