Section 1: Incorporation and objects of the University

(1) There is hereby established the University of Port Harcourt (in this Act referred to as "the University") which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
(2) The University may sue and be sued in its corporate, name.
(3) The objects of the University shall be to-
(a) encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring a higher and liberal education;
(b) provide courses of instruction and other facilities for the pursuit of learning in all its branches, and to make those facilities available on proper terms to such persons as are equipped to benefit from them;
(c) encourage and promote scholarship and conduct research in all fields of learning and human endeavour;
(d) relate its activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria; and
(e) undertake any other activities appropriate for a university of the highest standard.