PAMO [Peter and Mary Odili] UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES [PUMS] Port harcourt is among the six universities approved and accredited in December 2017, by the federal executive council [fec].

The property where the university is located was formally known as THE ADOLESCENT PROJECT (TAP). It was used as a youths skill acquisition and empowerment center owned by Justice Mary odili, Dr Peter Odilis wife and was commissioned in the year 2006 by Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo. The property has now been renovated and the university is set to be commissioned 0n Saturday the 10th of February 2018.

It is said to be the first private medical university in Nigeria. And it has commenced undergraduate admission for it’s first batch of applicants for the 2017/2018 academic year.

The take-of faculties are faculty of basic medical sciences and faculty of clinical sciences.

The programs include Anatomy, Biochemistry, Human nutrition and dietetics, Pharmacology and Physiology for faculty of basic medical sciences as well as Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery [MBBS] for the faculty of clinical sciences.