Lagos State University
The Seal of Lagos State University
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| Motto | Per la verità e di servizio (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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For Truth and Service |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1983 |
| Chancellor | George Oguntade |
| Vice-Chancellor | Olanrewaju Fagbohun |
| Students | 35,000 |
| Location | Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Website | www.lasu.edu.ng |
Coordinates: 6°28′01″N 3°10′59″E / 6.467°N 3.183°E
Lagos State University - also known as LASU - was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence. The university caters for a population of over 35,000 students enrolled for full-time. The university also offers courses at Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Lagos State University is located in Ojo, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is the only state university in the former British colony.
Lagos State University offers diploma, degree and post graduate programmes including an MBA programme.
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), Ikeja and Surulere.
The Lagos State University Epe Campus, home to the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Agriculture of Lagos State University, is a fully residential campus. The Epe campus 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 Michael Otedola
The campus which is also the home for the schools Pre-degree programme is unarguably the biggest property belonging to the school even bigger than the main campus itself. The campus which is located in the Epe area of Lagos is the home for the three department in LASU's Faculty of Engineering namely Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Chemical and Polymer Engineering.
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