Professor Ursula Ngozi Akanwa

Vice-Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike

Professor, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, University Administrator

Professor Ursula Ngozi Akanwa is a Nigerian academic and university administrator whose career combines educational measurement and evaluation, research, teaching and higher-education administration. She is a Professor of Educational Measurement and Evaluation and became the seventh substantive Vice-Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike on 1 March 2026, making her the institution's first female Vice-Chancellor. Professor Akanwa holds a B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a PGDE and M.Ed. in Measurement and Evaluation, postgraduate qualifications in Financial Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, and a Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Evaluation from Abia State University, Uturu. She rose through the academic ranks to become a professor in 2014.