The University of Calabar - also known as UNICAL - is a university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria. It is one of Nigerian's second generation universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. It was established by decree to fulfill this traditional mandate, its motto “Knowledge for Service”.
The Vice Chancellor is Prof James Epoke. The Registrar is Dr. Mrs. Julia Omang. The University of Calabar was one of the foremost Nigerian Universities to automate students' registration processes through the College Portal
The male students are known as Malabites, while the female students are Malabresses. The male hostel is called Malabor. This was a result of challenges faced by the students at a time which coincided with the suffering experienced at Malabor by Nigerian deportees from Equatorial Guinea at that time(whose capital is Malabor)
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