Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU) was formed in 2011 as a result of merger between the University of Ado-Ekiti (former Ondo State University), the University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti. 

The new University owned by Ekiti State Government of Nigeria, has brought together a combination of the rich academic goals, sound moral culture and social values of the former universities.