[2][3] The campuses in Uli and Igbariam have libraries that provide e-resources and reference services to the students, staff and the members of the academic community.

On 11 September 2014, the university was changed to its current name after a bill was passed by the Anambra State House of Assembly with the aim of immortalizing Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, a politician and leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra.

Prof Kate Azuka Omenugha, fnipr, the former Commissioner of Education, Anambra State, took over as the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution.

However, in 2010 the College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital being constructed at Amaku General Hospital, Awka[18] received legal backing as the state House of Assembly passed an amendment act to situate a third campus of the university a three campus structure at Uli (Anambra South), Awka (Anambra Central) and Igbariam (Anambra North).

This university is one of the institutions the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission is assisting in the establishment of the programme in Capital Market Studies.

The National Universities Commission visited these medical programmes on resource verification in 2011 and the results were favourable and successful.

With respect to the Clinical Programmes of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery based at Awka using the structures and facilities of the former Amaku-General Hospital, the Government of Anambra State has just constructed multi-million naira physical structures to accommodate the Clinical Programmes of the Medical School as well as its Teaching Hospital Professional bodies accreditation The university has not fared badly in the professional bodies' accreditation visits.

Council of Legal Education; in respect of the university's Law programmes (interim accreditation).

[22] Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University has libraries that provide information resources and facilities to the students and staff.