 It is my pleasure to introduce the Postgraduate College to all those who may be
considering getting a world-class postgraduate experience in a conducive environment.
The Obafemi Awolowo University was founded in 1962 (the as the University of Ife)
with the goal of meeting the nation's demand for high level manpower. A model
of contemporary campus planning and design, the University is situated on 13,850
hectares of land in the historicak cuty of Ile-Ife in South-West Nigeria.
Graduate Studies
Postgraduate studies and research at Obafemi Awolowo University started in 1964.
The first postgraduate programme was established in Pharmacy, one of the foundation
faculties and the faculty best placed to mount a postgraduate programme because
of its inheritance of considerable infrastructure from the Pharmacy School of the
erstwhile Nigerian College of Arts and Science. Indeed, the second convocation of
the University in 1967 witnessed the award of the first and lone Ph.D (in the Animal
Science) was awarded in 1976. Today, the University has a postgraduate student enrollment
of approximately 2,500 and offers postgraduate programmes in all Faculties, comprising
16 Postgraduate Diplomas, 106 Masters (including professional degrees), 32 Master
of Philosophy and 80 Doctor of Philosophy degree programmes. The University’s over
9,000 graduate alumni constitute many of the nation’s professionals in many disciplines,
including government officials, leading industrialists and prominent researchers
and scholars in many Universities.
Mission and Objectives
Our mission is to maintain a tradition of excellence in postgraduate research
and scholarship, coupled with most up-to-date facilities and strong commitment to
the pursuit of knowledge. In pursuance of this mission, the postgraduate programmes
aim at fostering, through instruction, a deeper understanding of elementary and
advanced concepts and ability to a apply fundamental ideas and analytical minds
to new problems.
Postgraduate Administration
Postgraduate education at Obafemi Awolowo University is administered by the Postgraduate
College in accordance with academic policies established by the University’s senate
and the Postgraduate College Board, a standing committee of Senate. The Postgraduate
College is headed by the Provost who is also the Chairman of the Postgraduate College
Board , that is constituted of the Provost, the Deputy Provost, 4 elected representatives
of Senate (including the Provost), 2 representatives from each Faculty, the University
Librarian and the College Secretary. The Departments, the key operational units,
are linked to the Postgraduate College through their respective Departmental and
Faculty Postgraduate Committees.
With best wishes,
Prof T.R. Ajayi
Provost
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