Sulyman Age Abdulkareem
10th Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byAbdul Ganiyu Ambali
Succeeded byWahab Egbewole
Personal details
Born
Sulyman Age Abdulkareem
Alma materUniversity of Ilorin, University of Detroit, University of Louisville.

Sulyman Age Abdulkareem is a professor of chemical engineering and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin in Nigeria from 2017 to 2022.

Abdulkareem graduated from University of Detroit in the US in 1980, with BChE and MChE degrees in chemical engineering. In 1988 he was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Louisville in the US. His areas of specialisation are heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering.[1]

Abdulkareem has worked for the Nigerian Steel Development Company in Ajaokuta, Nigeria, and for 3M in Minnesota, US. He was a research engineer and assistant professor in the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Prior to his appointment at the University of Ilorin, Abdulkareem was Vice-Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin.[3] He was appointed as new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin on 28 August 2017 and took up his role on 16 October 2017. He was preceded by Abdul Ganiyu Ambali.

References

  1. ↑ "Unilorin Appoints Prof. Abdulkareem as Vice-Chancellor". www.unilorin.edu.ng. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem : A Journey from Grace to Grace". High Profile. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Principal officers, Al-Hikmah University, retrieved 2013-05-31.


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