Lagos State University
6°28′01″N 3°10′59″E / 6.467°N 3.183°E
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Motto | Per la verità e di servizio (Latin) |
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Motto in English | For Truth and Service |
Type | Public |
Established | 1983 |
Chancellor | George Oguntade |
Vice-Chancellor | Olanrewaju Fagbohun |
Students | 35,000 |
Location | , , |
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.
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 Michael Otedola[citation needed]
The campus which is also the home for the schools Pre-degree programme is unarguably[citation needed] the biggest property belonging to the school even bigger than the main campus itself. The campus which is located in the Epe area of Lagos is the home for the three department in LASU's Faculty of Engineering namely Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Chemical and Polymer Engineering.[1]
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 in its student union election.
Programme
Areas of education and research offered by the Institution are summarized in the table below:
Faculty | Departments/Programmes/Centres/Institutes |
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Social Sciences |
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Engineering | |
School of Clinical Sciences | |
School of Basic Medical Sciences | |
Education |
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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, Deputy governor Lagos State.
- Chioma Chukwuka, actress
- Tara Fela-Durotoye, celebrity make-up artist
- Desmond Elliot, actor
- Ruggedman, rapper
- Dolly Unachukwu, actress
- Yinka Olukunga, actress
- Farida Mzamber Waziri, former EFCC chairman
- Tajudeen Obasa, current member of the National Assembly
- Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
- Yinka Durosinmi, former Chairman of Ojo local government
- Annie Macaulay–Idibia, actress
- Cossy Orjiakor, actress, singer, socialite
- Angela Okorie, actress
- Wizkid, singer and songwriter
- Rukky Sanda, actress
Notable faculty
References
- ^ "Lasu To Start Aeronautic Engineering Programme". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 22 December 2015.