Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki was founded in 1999 in Abakaliki, Nigeria.It is housed in campuses formerly belonging to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) and the Anambra State University of Science and Technology (ASUTECH). These campuses provided a temporary accommodation before the new campus was completed along Enugu Road, Abakaliki. The university's medical faculty was established in 1991 as ESUT's Faculty of Health Sciences.