University of Lagos

This article is about a federal government-owned university. For the state-owned institution, see Lagos State University.

University of Lagos
MottoIn deed and in truth
TypePublic research university
Established1962
ChancellorAlhaji (Dr.) Abubakar IBN Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, The Shehu of Borno
Vice-ChancellorFolasade Ogunsola
Academic staff
1,736 (2017)[1]
Administrative staff
552 (2017)[1]
Students55,000 (2017)[1]
Undergraduates43,784 (2017)[1]
Postgraduates9,070 (2017)[1]
Location
Lagos
,
Nigeria

6°31′0″N 3°23′10″E / 6.51667°N 3.38611°E / 6.51667; 3.38611
CampusUrban
ColorsGold and maroon
   
Websiteunilag.edu.ng

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria, which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in Africa[2] in major education publications. The university presently has three campuses in the mainland of Lagos. Whereas two of its campuses are located at Yaba (the main campus in Akoka and the recently created campus at the former school of radiography),[3] it's college of medicine is located at Idi-Araba, Surulere.[3] Its main campus is largely surrounded by the Lagos Lagoon and has 802 acres of land. As at 2024, the University of Lagos admits around 8,500 undergraduate students annually and enrolls over 57,000 students.[4]

A visitation panel, created to look into the affairs of the university between 2016 and 2020 detected cases of financial abuses from top officials and ordered the university to close accounts with commercial banks.[5] On 7 October 2022, Folasade Ogunsola was appointed vice chancellor of the University of Lagos making her the first female to attain such height in the University.[6][7]

University of Lagos
Lagoon Front, University of Lagos
  1. ^ a b c d e "University of Lagos Pocket Statistics" (PDF). University of Lagos. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "UI, UNILAG make top 10 best varsities in Africa". The Nation.
  3. ^ a b "About Unilag". University of Lagos. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ Expert, School (21 December 2023). "How to Gain Admission in UNILAG in One Minute". SchoolExpert. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Panel orders UNILAG to close accounts with commercial banks". Vanguard News. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. ^ Odunsi, Wale (7 October 2022). "Prof Folasade Ogunsola emerges first female UNILAG VC". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ "BREAKING: Ogunsola becomes UNILAG first female VC". The Nation Newspaper. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.