The University of Calabar was founded in 1975 with 896 students but over time the number grew to over 30000 students both in the full time and part time degree programmes. The population of the school is now over 40000.

The current Vice-Chancellor of the school is Prof Zana Itiunbe Akpagu.

All the courses the school offers are listed below under their different faculties:

Faculty of Management Science

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Banking & Finance
• Department of Business Management
• Department of Marketing

Faculty of Education

• Department of Adult Education
• Department of Agricultural Education
• Department of Biology Education
• Department of Business Education
• Department of Business Studies
• Department of Chemistry Education
• Department of Economics Education
• Department of Education Administration and Planning
• Department of Environmental Education
• Department of Educational Technology
• Department of Elementary Education
• Department of English Education
• Department of French Education
• Department of Geography Education
• Department of Guidance and Counseling
• Department of History Education
• Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education
• Department of Library and Information Science
• Department of Mathematics Education
• Department of Physics Education
• Department of Political Science Education
• Department of Religious Studies Education
• Department of Social Studies
• Department of Special Education.

Faculty of Agriculture

• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management
• Department of Environmental Protection & Resource Management

Faculty Of Arts

• Department of Christian Religious Studies
• Department of English and Literary Studies
• Department of French
• Department of History and International Studies
• Department of Linguistics
• Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Religious and Cultural Studies
• Department of Theatre and Media Arts

Faculty of Basic Medical Science

• Department of Anatomical Sciences,
• Department of Biochemistry,
• Department of Physiology
• Department of Pharmacology

Faculty of Applied Science

• Department of Medical Laboratory Science
• Department of Nursing Science
• Department of Public Health
• Department of Radiography & Radiological Science

Faculty of Science

• Department of Applied Chemistry
• Department of Applied Geophysics
• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Botany
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Genetics and Biotechnology
• Department of Geology
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Physics
• Department of Pure Chemistry
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology

Faculty of Social Science

• Department of Economics
• Department of Geography
• Department of Policy and Administrative Studies
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Social Works

Faculty of Engineering

• Department of Food Science and Technology

Faculty of Law

• Department of Private Law
• Department of  Public and International Law

Faculty of Medicine

• Department of Internal Medicine,
• Department of Surgery,
• Department of Community Medicine,
• Department of Family Medicine,
• Department of Padiatrics,
• Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
• Department of Radiology,
• Department of Otorhinolaryngology,
• Department of Anaesthesiology,
• Department of Ophthalmology,
• Department of Pathology,
• Department of Haematology,
• Department of Chemical Pathology,
• Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology,
• Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Department of Psychiatry

Faculty of Dentistry

• Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Department of Child Dental Health
• Department of Preventive Dentistry
• Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine,
• Department of Restorative Dentistry

To know more about these courses, visit http://www.unical.edu.ng.