Lagos State University

Coordinates: 6°27′55″N 3°12′03″E / 6.4652°N 3.2009°E / 6.4652; 3.2009

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Lagos State University 2019

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; motto saying (for Truth and Service)^[1] The university caters for a population of over 35,000 students enrolled for full-time.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

Photo Showing the Entrance of Lagos State University

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 as well as the School of Agriculture), Ikeja (where the College of Medicine is situated in at Lasuth).

Currently a 300 Seater Theater Hall is under construction by the Awori Welfare Association of Nigeria (AWAN) at the school's's main campus, Ojo.^[4]

The project site is opposite the EX Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola Senate House, flanked by a new library building which is still under construction and the existing Student Affairs Building. After being fully constructed, the building will then serve as a lecture hall for students, Offices and Secretariat.

Epe Campus[]

The Lagos State University Epe Campus, which is located on the north side of the Lekki Lagoon. It comprises of the Faculty of Engineering and School of Agriculture of Lagos State University.^[5] The Lagos State University, Epe Campus is a fully residential campus and 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 in the regime of Rtd. Major.Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo.^[6] The campus which is also the home for the school's Pre-degree studies program and also Diploma programs is unarguably the biggest property belonging to the school even bigger than the main campus itself.^[7]

LASU,Epe Campus has an information commons that could be referred to as the library. it appears in modern architecture, built and commissioned in the later part of 2008 by the then Chairman of the Governing Council, Mr Kekere-Ekun (OFR). The edifice has a sitting capacity of 400 in it's reading area and a seat for 100 in the free wifi-connected E-library section. ^[8] The Epe library offers information services to the students and staff of the university and works in collaboration with the faculty to deliver best teaching, learning and research experience that is comparable to other higher learning institutions in the country. The library's administrative head on the campus is known as the Head of Library, who takes directives from the University Librarian at the Main Campus, Ojo.

The campus which is located in the Epe area of Lagos State is the home for four departments in LASU's Faculty of Engineering namely Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Chemical and Polymer Engineering, and Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering(which was just added) in 2018 and has its second batch of students. The department is currently running its highest level at 200levels currently following the accreditation of the course in LASU. LASU Epe campus is being governed by the Head of Campus (H.O.C.) which also could be likened to the Vice-Chancellor for the campus ensuring the utmost of all affairs of both academics and non-academics of the University campus. The School of Agriculture has its own Dean as well as the Faculty of Engineering. The school is generally administered by the Vice-Chancellor which has his seat at the main campus, Ojo. The campus produces a candidate for the post of Vice president, Welfare director, and Assistant General Secretary in its student union Government representing the University campus at the main campus; Ojo. The current Head Of Campus for the EPE campus is Professor P.A.O. Adegbuyi who started his tenure in the year 2018. The campus also runs postgraduate programs across the three old engineering departments. For an academically conducive environment, the campus does not rely on the public power grid but owns an alternative power source. The campus generator is powered for both the student's hostels, lecture rooms and staff quarters. Few years back, the Army arrived and now occupy some parts of the University structures.

Programme[]

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

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
• Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun

Notable alumni[]

• Oluranti Adebule, former Deputy governor Lagos State.
• Brymo, singer and songwriter
• Chioma Chukwuka, musician, actress
• Liz Da-Silva, Nigerian actress
• Yinka Durosinmi, former Chairman of Ojo local government
• Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, traditional ruler
• Jennifer Eliogu, actress.
• Desmond Elliot, actor, producer and politician.
• 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
• Tunde Obe
• Angela Okorie, actress
• Yinka Olukunga, actress
• Cossy Orjiakor, actress, singer, socialite
• Ruggedman, rapper
• Rukky Sanda, actress
• Dolly Unachukwu, actress
• Farida Waziri, former EFCC chairman
• Wizkid, singer and songwriter
• , United States Police officer, Sergeant in the United States Armyhttps://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-police-cadets-graduate-to-officershttps:

• Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, singer^[9]

Notable faculty[]

• Fatiu Ademola Akesode
• Charles Ayo
• Robert Ajayi Boroffice
• Sola Fosudo
• Yemi Osinbajo

Achievements[]

Lagos State University emerged as the 2nd best University in Nigeria in the 2021 world University ranking.^[10] It ranks amongst 501st to 600th Universities on the World ranking 2021 and 801st to 1000th on the impact rankings 2021^[11]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website