This unit is manned by a Deputy Registrar, Hostel Management, who is responsible to the Dean in Hostel Affairs.
The importance of the social environment in students’ lives cannot be over-emphasized. The university hostels have facilities which are the key factors in the determination of students’ choice of accommodation, staying focused and satisfaction.
This, therefore, makes it imperative for schools to give students housing a top priority while enhancing the reputation of the school among the contemporaries.
The student housing provides facilities such as bedrooms, study rooms, toilets, kitchen, laundry, recreational areas and access to internet services (as this further enhances the study-learning experiences).
Federal Universities in Nigeria face a momentous challenge every year to accommodate teaming students and maintain the hostel facilities in the universities. These underscore the importance of hostel facilities for university undergraduates to substantially increase in order to cope with the growing demands.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University among other universities in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has university hostels for students living inside the school environment.
Bed space allocation is on first come, first served basis as hostel accommodation is limited.
UNIZIK fees, acceptance fees and hostel accommodation fees are what every new student must pay on gaining admission into the university.
However, hostel fees is meant for those who wish to live in the University hostels. It is advised that year one students stay within the University campus to ensure their safety.
The university hostels are as follows:
- Chief Stella Okoli (Hostel A)
- Dora Akunyili (Hostel B)
- Robert Akonobi Post-graduate Hostel (PG Hostel)
- Basil A. Oli Hostel (Hostel D)
- New Hostel E (Hostel E)
Hostels A and B are for Female students while hostels D and E are for male students.
- Hostel C (a bungalow) is unisex hostel for Post-graduate students.
The hostels have rules and regulations guiding the mode of living and operations of the inmates and penalties for defaulters.
Therefore, the hostels should be well used and rules and regulations strictly adhered to.
Some services are equally available on campus. These include:
- Provision stores
- Photocopying Centre
- ATM services
- Food stuff shops
- Barbing and hair salons
The hostels inmates also enjoy the following game facilities:
- Snooker game
- Table tennis
- Volley ball
- Football games
- Basketball game and others.