Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into one-year Pre-Degree Programme for the 2025/2026 Academic Session.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into one-year Pre-Degree Programme for the 2025/2026 Academic Session.
Today Monday November 10, 2025, the Vice-Chancellor is happy to welcome new students for 2025/2026 academic session to Osun State University. We are thrilled to have 11,385 of you join our community from a keen competition among 41,000 applicants.
Today Monday November 10, 2025, the Vice-Chancellor is happy to welcome new students for 2025/2026 academic session to Osun State University. We are thrilled to have 11,385 of you join our community from a keen competition among 41,000 applicants.
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OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, P.M.B 4494, OSOGBO NIGERIA |
ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2025/2026 SESSION
FIRST SEMESTER, 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION
Monday, 10th November, 2025 - Resumption for 2025/2026 Academic Session - Fresh Students only
Monday, 10th -Thursday, 13th November, 2025 - Orientation for Fresh Students
Friday, 14th November, 2025 - End of Annual Leave for
Academic Staff
Monday, 17th November, 2025 - Resumption for 2025/2026
Academic Session - Returning Students
Monday, 17th November, 2025 - Commencement of Lectures/online
Registration for Harmattan Semester for all Students
December, 2025
Thursday, 4th December, 2025 - Matriculation of Fresh Students
Monday 22nd - Sunday, 4th January, 2026 - Christmas/New year Break
January, 2026
Monday, 5th January, 2026 - Resumption from New Year Break and Continuation of Lectures
February, 2026
Friday 27th February, 2026 - Lecture Free Week
March 2026
Monday, 2nd March - Friday, 20th March, 2026 -Harmattan Semester Examinations for all Levels
Monday, 16th -Friday, 20th March, 2026 -GNS Examinations
Monday, 23rd March – Friday, 10th April, 2026 -Semester Break
Monday, 23rd March – Friday, 10th April, 2026 -Marking and Grading of Scripts
SECOND SEMESTER, 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION
Monday, 13th April, 2026 -Resumption/online registration for Rain Semester, 2025/2026 Academic Session and Commencement of Lectures.
May, 2026
Friday 1st May, 2026 -Late Registration with Penalty for Students
Friday, 8th May, 2026 - Closure of Portal for Registration
July, 2026
Friday, 3rd July, 2026 - End of Lectures for Rain Semester
Monday, 6th July -Friday, 10th July, 2026 -Lecture Free Week for Students
Monday, 13th July, - 31st July, 2026 -Rain Semester Examinations for all Levels
August, 2026
Friday, 7thAugust, 2026 -Marking and Grading of Scripts/End of 2025/2026
September, 2026
Monday, 14th September, 2026 -Commencement of Annual Leave for
Academic Staff
Thursday, 24th September, 2026 -Convocation Ceremonies
October, 2026
Friday 30th October, 2026 -Summer School
CALENDAR FOR 2026/2027 ACADEMIC SESSION
November, 2026
Monday, 9 November, 2026 -Opening of e-Portal for Registration and Payment of fees for all students
Atinuke A. OGUNTUNDE (Mrs.)
Registrar
The Governing Council and Management of Osun State University, led respectively by the Pro-Chancellor, Professor Wale Oladipo, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye, on Wednesday, 5th November 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the University’s Chancellor, Apostle (Mrs) Folorunso Alakija, in Lagos for the official signing and handover ceremony of the Modupe and Folorunso Alakija Medical Research and Training Hospital to the University. The historic event took place at the Famfa Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.
The Governing Council and Management of Osun State University, led respectively by the Pro-Chancellor, Professor Wale Oladipo, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye, on Wednesday, 5th November 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the University’s Chancellor, Apostle (Mrs) Folorunso Alakija, in Lagos for the official signing and handover ceremony of the Modupe and Folorunso Alakija Medical Research and Training Hospital to the University. The historic event took place at the Famfa Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.
The final Admission list (UTME) of Osun State University for the 2025/2026 Admission exercise into various degree programmes has been released. Prospective candidates who participated in the Admission screening exercise can check their admission status via the Undergraduate Admissions portal.
The final Admission list (UTME) of Osun State University for the 2025/2026 Admission exercise into various degree programmes has been released. Prospective candidates who participated in the Admission screening exercise can check their admission status via the Undergraduate Admissions portal.
The supplementary list of 2025/2026 Admission exercise into various degree programmes have been released. Prospective candidates who participated in the Admission screening exercise can check their admission status via the Undergraduate Admissions portal.
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Osun State University is committed to assisting students in funding their education through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), an initiative by the Federal Government, or through scholarship opportunities. Some of the available scholarships are:
(a) Osun Development Forum, Texas, USA Scholarship
(b) Staff Volunteer Scholarship Scheme
(c) UNIOSUN Alumni Association Scholarship
(d) L. A. Salami Foundation (LASAL Foundation) Scholarship
(e) Engr Tunde Ponnle Scholarship
(f) West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited Scholarship
(g) Joshua Aluko, President, The Great People Foundation (Alumnus)
(h) MTN Foundation Scholarship
(i) Total Energies EP Nigeria Ltd. Scholarship
(j) Oluwabukunmi Omotosho-Alumnus Scholarship (for students in the College of Management and Social Sciences)
(k) Chizoba Obunadike-Alumna Scholarship (for students in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry)
(l) Egbado College Old Student Association ’93 Focus Group (ECOSA) Scholarship
(m) Tolani Awotayo Memorial Scholarship (for students admitted to study a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Yoruba, in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages)
(n) Ajara Humanitarian Foundation Annual Scholarship (for students in the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology)
NELFUND portal opens for 2025/2026 registration from Thursday, 23rd Oct 2025 to Saturday, 31st January, 2026. Register today before it's too late
A. Background
Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria is currently hosting the Modelling for Decisions in a Dynamic (MoDD) Africa project funded by the Wellcome Trust through the Ifakara Health Institute. The project aims to develop a collaborative network of African modellers with expertise in geospatial analysis, epidemiology, and health systems. The project will generate model-based evidence and tailored advice to support national public health decision-making for malaria control, starting with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, and Tanzania.The project’s goals are to:

