History
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka has its remote beginning in the 1981/1982 academic session of the defunct Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH). When the present Anambra State was created in 1991, the two campuses of the then ASUTECH at Awka and Nnewi were constituted by the Anambra State Edict No. 5 of 1991 into Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
The Directorate of Quality Assurance of the University was formally established in the year 2018 as an independent Unit with appointment of a Director by the Vice Chancellor in December 2018. The Directorate is under the Office of the Vice Chancellor. Thus, the Director, Quality Assurance reports directly to the Vice Chancellor.