Why it is on record
Owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, located at Ilara (Epe LGA, Lagos State). The first Catholic-archdiocese-owned university in Lagos and the only NUC-licensed private university located within Lagos State.
Record held
First university owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos; only NUC-licensed private university located within Lagos State at founding.
Deep dive
Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State, was founded in 2015 by the Catholic Diocese of Lagos. It is a representative case of the third-wave Catholic university expansion of the late Goodluck Jonathan and early Buhari administrations.