The Federal University Otuoke is a federal government-owned University sited in Otuoke, a town in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria. The university is one of the nine new universities established by the Federal Government of Nigeria in February 2011 during the administration of president Dr Goodluck Jonathan. The university is sited in the heart of the oil-rich Niger-Delta Region of Bayelsa State. The university was established in 2011 and started with 282 pioneer students. The university has six faculties and offers degree courses at undergraduate levels, and post-graduate levels, offering Post Graduate Diploma, Masters, and Doctorate degrees.