Lagos State University

Lagos State University
	The Seal of Lagos State University
Motto	Per la verità e di servizio (Latin)
Motto in English	For Truth and Service
Type	Public
Established	1983
Chancellor	George Oguntade
Vice-Chancellor	Olanrewaju Fagbohun
Students	35,000
Location	Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
Website	www.lasu.edu.ng

Lagos State University, also known as LASU, was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence. The university caters for a population of over 35,000 students enrolled for full-time. The university also offers courses at Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Lagos State University is located in Ojo, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is the only state university in the former British colony. Lagos State University offers diploma, degree and post graduate programmes including an MBA programme. LASU was ranked among the top 600 universities in the world by Times Higher Margazine for the year 2020. The University has also attracted different international fundings including a World Bank Group Africa Centre for Excellence on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

History

Lagos State University was conceived as a multi-campus, collegiate and non-residential University. Today, Lagos State University operates a multi-campus system with four fully owned campuses having its main campus at Ojo (along the Badagry Expressway) and other campuses at Epe (where the Faculty of Engineering is located), Ikeja (where the College of Medicine is located).

Epe Campus

The Lagos State University Epe Campus, home to the Faculty of Engineering and School of Agriculture of Lagos State University, is a fully residential campus. The Epe campus was born out of the insufficiency of the Ojo campus to accommodate the Faculty of Engineering at that time. The military barrack which is now the campus was released by the persuasion of the then military governor[1] The campus which is also the home for the school's Pre-degree program is unarguably the biggest property belonging to the school even bigger than the main campus itself.[2] The campus which is located in the Epe area of Lagos is the home for the three departments in LASU's Faculty of Engineering namely Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, and Computer Engineering and Chemical and Polymer Engineering, and the school just recently admitted students for Aeronautic Engineering in 2018 JAMB, following the accreditation of the course in LASU.[3]

The campus is being governed by the Head of School (HOC). The school of Agriculture has its own Dean as well as the Faculty of Engineering. The school is generally administered by the Vice-Chancellor. The campus produces a candidate for the post of a Vice president, Welfare director and Assistant General Secretary in its student union election. [4]

Programme

Areas of education and research offered by the Institution are summarized in the table below:

Faculty	Departments/Programmes/Centres/Institutes
Faculty of Arts	Foreign Languages (French, Russian), Arabic Language and Portuguese English Language English Literature Linguistics, African and Asian Department of Philosophy Department of History Creative Arts: Visual Arts Creative Arts: Theatre Arts Creative Arts: Music
Faculty of Social Sciences	Department of Economics Department of Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Political Science Department of Geography and Planning Department of Social Work Department of Psychology Department of Sociology Public and International Affairs Transportation Planning and Management
Faculty of Management Sciences	Business Administration Industrial Relations and Personnel Management Insurance Accounting Banking and Finance Project Management Technology Marketing Public Administration
Faculty of Law	Jurisprudence and International Law Commercial and Industrial law Public Law Islamic Law Private and Property Law Legal Studies
Faculty of Science	Department of Mathematics Department of Physics Department of Chemistry Department of Computer Science Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology Department of Fisheries Department of Botany Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Engineering	Chemical and Polymer Engineering Electronic and Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Aeronautics Engineering
Faculty of Clinical Sciences	Medicine and Surgery Dentistry
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences	Physiology Biochemistry
Faculty of Education	Guidance and Counseling Adult Education Adult Education Management Adult Literacy and Non-formal Education Mathematics education Physics education Biology education Chemistry education Integrated Science education Social Studies education Geography Education History Education Human Kinetics and Health Education Exercise Physiology Sports Administration/Management Home Economics Education Technology education Business Education English Education English Literature education French Education Yoruba Education Christian Religious Studies Islamic Studies Education Religion Education Music education Curriculum Theory Educational administration and Planning Educational Psychology Philosophy of education Sociology of education

Former Vice Chancellors

Note:† indicates "deceased"

Professor Folabi Olumide (Pioneer Vice Chancellor)
Professor (Mrs.) Jadesola Akande†
Professor Enitan Bababunmi†
Professor Fatiu Ademola Akesode†
Professor Abisogun Leigh
Professor Abdul Lateef A. Hussein
Professor John Obafunwa

Notable alumni

Oluranti Adebule, former Deputy governor Lagos State.
Brymo, singer and songwriter
Chioma Chukwuka, actress
Yinka Durosinmi, former Chairman of Ojo local government
Desmond Elliot, actor
Tara Fela-Durotoye, celebrity make-up artist
Annie Macaulay-Idibia, actress
Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Tajudeen Obasa, current member of the National Assembly
Angela Okorie, actress
Yinka Olukunga, actress
Cossy Orjiakor, actress, singer, socialite
Ruggedman, rapper
Rukky Sanda, actress
Jennifer Eliogu, actress.
Dolly Unachukwu, actress
Liz Da-Silva, Nigerian actress.
Farida Waziri, former EFCC chairman
Wizkid, singer and songwriter

Notable faculty

References

External links

Official website

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[1] ttp://theintellectualmag.com/excitement-as-lasu-begins-new-phase/

[2] ttps://www.jobinformant.com/2016/06/lagos-state-university-admission-for.html

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