Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) is a tertiary institution located in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The university enrolls over 30,000 students and employs more than 3,000 workers including contract staff.[2]
Former name | Oyo State University [1] |
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Motto | Excellence, Integrity and Service |
Type | university of technology |
Established | 23 April 1990 (33 years ago) |
Chancellor | Umar Faruq Umar II |
Vice-Chancellor | M.O Liasu (acting) |
Administrative staff | 3,000 |
Students | 25,000 |
Location | , , 8°8′0″N 4°16′0″E |
Campus | Ogbomoso North |
Colours | Maroon |
Affiliations | AAU ASUU NUC |
Website | lautech |
History
In 1987, Governor Adetunji Olurin, the then Military Governor of Oyo State (now split into two states: Oyo and Osun), received a request from the Governing Council of The Polytechnic, Ibadan to establish a State University.[3] In 1988, he set up a seven member interministerial committee under the chairperson of Mrs. Oyinkan Ayoola, that recommended the creation of the university. By 13 March 1990, Nigeria's federal military government accepted the State's request. The edict establishing Oyo State University of Technology was signed on 23 April 1990, by Colonel Sasaenia Oresanya .[3]
The first Vice-Chancellor of the university was Olusegun Ladimeji Oke. During the time, Late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola became the first Chancellor in January 1991. The university began its first academic session on 19 October 1990, with a total of 436 candidates enrolled , four faculties namely Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Engineering and Management Sciences, and Pure and Applied Sciences. A College of Health Sciences was established a year later.[3]
The name of the university was changed to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology after the separation of Osun State from Oyo State.[3]
Campus and academics
The university enrolls nearly 30,000 students in seven faculties and a college.[3] LAUTECH also admits more than 150 students via JUPEB Direct Entry into 200/Level yearly. For two consecutive seasons, in 2003 and 2004, the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) rated LAUTECH as the best state university in Nigeria.[3]
The main campus is in Oyo state. This campus is the site of the university's administration as well as home to six faculties and the post-graduate school.[4] Fields of study include pure and applied science, medicine, agriculture, engineering and technology, and environmental science.
No other campus is located in Osogbo, The Osogbo campus has been renamed UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH) after the recent take over of LAUTECH by the Oyo state Government only. [5]
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) offers wide range of undergraduate programmes[6] and postgraduate programme's. [7] LAUTECH also run open distance learning which gives students access to high quality, international standard and appropriate education in a setting that is flexible and conducive.[8]
Administration
The current principal officers of the university are:[9]
People | Position |
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Seyi Makinde | Visitor |
Professor Oladapo Afolabi | Pro-Chancellor & Chairman |
Umar Faruq Umar II | Chancellor |
Professor M.O Liasu | Vice-Chancellor |
Deputy Vice-Chancellor | |
Dr. Kayode Ogunleye | Registrar |
Mr. Abayomi Abiodun Okediji | Bursar |
Faculties
Agricultural Sciences |
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Computing and Informatics |
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Food and Consumer Science |
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Environmental Sciences |
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Engineering and Technology |
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Pure and Applied Science |
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Management Sciences |
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Centers and academic establishments |
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Basic Medical Sciences |
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Clinical Sciences |
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Units
- Office of the Vice Chancellor
- Registry
- Office of the Registrar
- Academic Affairs Unit
- Council Affairs Unit
- Planning, Budgeting & Monitoring Unit
- Personal Affairs Unit
- Academic Planning Unit
- Sports Development Unit
- Students Affairs Unit
- Bursary
- Library
- Physical Planning Unit
- Works and Maintenance Department
- Information and Communication Technology Center
- Open and Distant Learning Center
- Bookshop
- Farm
- Health Center
Conflict
The ownership of LAUTECH has always been a source of conflict between the two-owner states (Oyo State and Osun State), especially after Osun State acquired her own university. The government of Oyo State wants Osun to transfer full ownership of the university to them while the other party disagrees.[10] This conflict grew intense in 2010 under the administrations of ex-Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and his former counterpart ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State.[11] The feud which was suspected to have been ignited by political interests[12] was resolved eventually after series of intervention by notable political icons and the National Universities Commission in Nigeria.[13] As of 20 November 2020, National Universities Commission (NUC) gives ownership of LAUTECH to Oyo State Government under Governor Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde.
Location
The School Main campus is located at Ogbomoso North Local Government, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria with geographical coordinate 8° 8' 0" North, 4° 16' 0" East.
This is where most of the university's teaching and research are carried out, The Ogbomoso Campus also houses the central administration of the university. The Ogbomoso Campus has five faculties and the Post-graduate school where courses are taught in various fields of pure and applied science, medicine, agriculture, engineering and technology, environmental science.
The College of Health Science campus is located at Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, Nigeria. The campus at Osogbo houses the 3-years clinical study for MBBS, Medical Laboratory Science and Nursing students (Pre-clinical years of study of these courses hold at the main campus in Ogbomoso). It is located at Isale Osun, Osogbo.
The Main campus first gate is located along the Old Ogbomosho-Ilorin road, the second entrance is at Under G area, and there's a pedestrian road at Adenike area. Lautech does not have a University hostel accommodation,so areas such as: Adenike area,Yoaco, Under G, Aroje, Stadium are considered as residents for students.
Notable alumni
- Shina Peller - politician, owner club quilox, CEO Aquila records[14]
- Seyi Olofinjana
- Samson Abioye - Pass.ng[15]
- Peju Alatise - artist, poet, writer and a fellow at the National Museum of African Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution.[16]
- Fabeku Victoria
- Abiodun Oluwaseun — politician and Special Assistant to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Project Delivery.
- DJ SUAG - A Pro DJ and Entertainer in Oyo state
Architectures and Monuments
- LAUTECH_MAIN_GATE
- SECOND_ENTRANCE_OF_LAUTECH
- SENATE_BUILDING_IN_LAUTCH
- LAUTCH_SENATE_BUILDING
- Olusegun_Oke_Library_of_the_Ladoke_Akintola_University_of_Technology_(LAUTECH)
- LAUTECH DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
- statue_of_Pa_Ladoke_Akintola
References
- "About LAUTECH".
- "VC's Welcome". Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- "Overview of LAUTECH". Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- "LAUTECH Campuses". Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- "LAUTECH Teaching Hospital now UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital". Archived from the original on 5 December 2020.
- "Undergraduate Study | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo-State, Nigeria". www.lautech.edu.ng. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Postgraduate Study | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo-State, Nigeria". www.lautech.edu.ng. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Open Distance Learning | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo-State, Nigeria". www.lautech.edu.ng. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Principal Officers | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)". .lautech.edu.ng. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- Oladele Ogunsola (22 June 2010). "Oyo, Osun Hostility Over LAUTECH Deepens". allAfrica. Ibadan. Daily Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023. (subscription required)
- akintayo eribake (3 August 2010). "LAUTECH: Students warn Akala, Oyinlola over feud - Vanguard News". Vanguardngr.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "tribune.com.ng". www.saturday.tribune.com.ng. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- "NUC Takes over LAUTECH | OSUN DEFENDER". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- "Shina Peller: 10 things you didn't know about Quilox boss". 25 August 2015.
- johnson, ayodele (3 August 2017). "Nigerian tech space in shock over death of Pass.ng CEO". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- "Meet Peju Alatise, Qudus Onikeku & Victor Ehikhamenor – Artists at Nigeria's Debut at the 57th Venice Biennale". 27 March 2017.
External links
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
- Lautech Choir
- Lautech Inaugural Lectures Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Lautech Postgraduates Portal
- Lautech Undergraduates Portal
- Lautech Undergraduates (Part-Time) Portal
- Lautech Predegree Students Portal
- Lautech JUPEB Portal
- Lautech Open and Distance Learning Centre