Lagos State University
Lagos State University, also known as LASU, is located in Ojo, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is the only state university in the former British colony.[3] The university was established in 1983 by the enabling law of Lagos State, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence; its motto being For Truth and Service.[4] The university caters for over 35,000 students.[5] The university offers diploma, degree and post graduate programmes, including an MBA programme. LASU was ranked among the top 600 universities in the world by in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2020. On 23 June, 2021 Lasu emerged as the best young university in Nigeria having been below the age of 50 years to be added.[6] Times Higher Education ranked the Lagos State University as the second best university in Nigeria on the 2 September 2020,[7] and was the only state university included in the rankings for 2022.[8] The university has attracted international funding, including for the establishment of a World Bank Group Africa Centre for Excellence on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

![]() 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 | Gbolahan Elias,SAN[1] |
| Vice-Chancellor | Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello[2] |
| Students | 35,000 |
| Location | , , |
| Website | www.lasu.edu.ng |
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.[9]
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 is located on the north side of the Lekki Lagoon. It houses of the Faculty of Engineering and School of Agriculture of Lagos State University.[10] 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 Olusegun Obasanjo[11] 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.[12]
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 its reading area and a seat for 100 in the free wifi-connected E-library section.[13] 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[14] 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:
| Faculty | Departments / Programmes / Centres / Institutes |
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| Faculty of Arts |
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| Faculty of Social Sciences |
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| Faculty of Management Sciences |
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| Faculty of Law | |
| Faculty of Science |
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| Faculty of Engineering |
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| Faculty of Clinical Sciences | |
| Faculty of Education |
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| Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences | |
| School of communication[15] |
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| School of transport[17] | *Transport management and operations |
The two stream system was introduced in 2019 by Vice Chancellor Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, who said that the innovation would to provide handicraft knowledge to students, would add value to their knowledge base and would encourage self-employment.[18]
Campus radio station
The campus radio station LASU FM is located on the university's main Ojo campus. It was founded in 2016.[19]
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
- Bella Shmurda, Nigerian musician
- Sound Sultan, Nigerian singer and songwriter(1976-2021)
- 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
- Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, singer[20]
Notable faculty
Achievements
Lagos State University was once [21] the 2nd best University in Nigeria in the 2021 world University ranking.[22] It ranks amongst 501st to 600th Universities on the World ranking 2021 and 801st to 1000th on the impact rankings 2021[23]
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- "Times Higher Education ranks UI first, LASU second in Nigeria". Vanguard News. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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- "Lagos State University Admission for Pre-Degree Studies Programme 2016/2017 - June 2, 2016". 2 June 2016.
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- "COAS Inaugurates Nigerian Army Barracks In Epe". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- "School of Communications". Lagos State University. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- "Department of Broadcasting". Lagos State University. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
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|title=(help) - "Stream Two Admission System An Added Value, Says LASU VC". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- pmnews. "LASU Radio 95.7 FM begins transmission". pmnewsnigera.com. PM news. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- Olawale, Johnson (21 August 2017). "CDQ's story of success: From back up singer to star". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- "Full list: LASU drops, UNILAG rises in World University Rankings 2022". Punch Newspapers. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- "LASU emerges 2nd in 2021 World University Ranking". Pulse.ng. News Agency Of Nigeria. 10 March 2021.
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