UNIOSUN HISTORY & TIMELINE
The Flow of Excellence:
UNIOSUN Through the Years
Establishment & Governance
Osun State University (UNIOSUN) was established by Osun State Government pursuant to the University Establishment Law passed by the State House of Assembly in December 2006 and signed into law by His Excellency, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. The National Universities Commission, having reviewed the requisite documents, granted approval and formal recognition to Osun State University as the 80th university in Nigeria and 30th State University.
NUC approval: 21 December 2006
Osun State University is set up as a conventional, multi-campus university charged with the production of high quality, well–rounded, globally competitive and entrepreneurial graduates who are catalysts for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development of Osun State and Nigeria. Although the university is intended to be a conventional university, it shall optimise the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in its teaching, learning and research activities.
The university shall in the tradition of the best universities in the world offer opportunity to suitably qualified candidates from all over the globe, while taking cognisance of its catchment areas in line with established government policy to facilitate exploitation of the enormous human and material resources in the State for sustainable development.
Award Bachelor, Master, PhD degrees, diplomas and certificates
Provide post-doctorate research environment for advancement of humankind
Establish campuses, colleges, faculties, institutes, schools and research units
Institute professorships, lectureships and make appointments
Institute and award fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals and prizes
Provide for discipline and welfare of members of the university
Acquire, hold, and dispose of movable and immovable property
Accept gifts, legacies and donations; invest monies; borrow funds
Undertake printing, publishing and bookselling
Arrange for the general welfare of children of staff members
Main Campus: Osogbo · Branch campuses in each geopolitical zone of Osun State.
The University operates a collegiate system with seven Colleges taking off simultaneously:
In order to achieve the desired hallmark of high quality and integrity of its academic provisions and research output, innovative strategies will be devised to ensure the attraction, recruitment and retention of the highest calibre of academic, non-academic and support staff.
Staff selection and recruitment will be based exclusively on merit through the instrumentality of scrupulous and unimpeachable personnel screening processes. All staff shall be well remunerated with packages that can better the average in the sub-sector. In addition, all deserving staff will be rewarded periodically for creativity, dedication, productivity and loyalty to the ideals of the university.
The University shall also ensure that staff will be provided with an enabling environment with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to enable them perform optimally and realize their full potential and self-actualization.
Functional and relevant Staff development programmes shall be put in place through deliberate efforts at allocating at least 2.5% of total recurrent expenditure to staff development especially in the formative years of the university, in addition to forging fruitful collaboration with funding agencies and development partners for the training of staff.
LIVING SPRING OF KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE
The motto captures the goal of the university to be an everlasting source of knowledge generation and utilisation, reflecting Osun State's global acclaim for propagation of Nigerian culture.
Colours: Gold & Blue (Osun State), Green & White (Nigeria)
UNIOSUN
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