Dean's Welcome Address

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Faculty of Science, Lagos State University. Over the years, our Faculty has demonstrated excellence in its activities. We are irrevocably committed to sustaining this culture and indeed transmitting it from excellence to distinction. Our goal as a Faculty is to provide robust and innovative knowledge through highly rated staff members and groundbreaking scientific research that is geared towards producing high-level manpower that has undergone intensive quality training and is globally competitive. With the help of highly dedicated Lecturers in the Faculty, it has been easy to map the modern pedagogical approaches to learning. Our students have access to and make effective use of open source digital technology to enhance their theoretical and cutting-edge research-oriented knowledge. I urge you to key into this unique modern electronic/digital learning

More About the Faculty

VISION

Our vision is to produce high-quality graduates who are proficient in various branches of Science and well equipped to translate scientific knowledge into Innovations relevant to the growth and sustainable development of society.

MISSION

To teach our students the scientific and entrepreneurial principles required to meet the needs of the global society and equip them with the research skills necessary to innovate and push boundaries locally and at the international level.

are thoroughly exposed to theoretical, practical and applied aspects of their various disciplines. The Faculty has outstanding core curricula that enhance the understanding of the core programmes and also currently collaborates with some Universities within and outside Nigeria, for example, Indiana University in the USA, Innopolis University in Russia, the Michigan State University in the USA and the University of Chicago in the USA. Also, the faculty has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in partnership with the University of Waterloo, Canada and the University of British Columbia among others. Our research is geared towards solving human problems, and environmental challenges, improving human and animal health and collaborating with industries to meet the needs of society.

The faculty offers various 4 and 5–year degree programmes in which students

The faculty has ten (10) departments namely Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, FIsheries, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Science Laboratory andTechnology, and Zoology and Environmental Biology which are fully accredited by NUC and various professional bodies. The faculty is one of the largest faculties at LASU with a student population of about 5000 and a staff population of about 200.

equipped to translate scientific knowledge into technology relevant to the growth and sustainable development of society.

The Faculty of Science was established in 1983 as one of the first three foundation Faculties at Lagos State University. The other two (2) faculties are the Faculty of Law & Humanities and the Faculty of Education. The Faculty of Science was established primarily to provide students with an intellectual environment favourable to the study of Science. More importantly, the goal of the faculty is to produce graduates who are proficient in various branches of Science and well

ABOUT THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

The Dean of the Faculty is the Chairman of all statutory committees and manages the affairs of the Faculty. The current Dean of the Faculty is Professor Shehu Latunji AKINTOLA, a professor of Fisheries. The immediate past Dean of the Faculty is Professor Adenike Omotunde BOYO, a professor of Physics and currently, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration. In addition to the statutory committees, the Faculty operates a Committee system. There is usually a statutory Faculty Board, Faculty Board of Examiners and Eighteen (18) other Statutory Committees such as the Appointment and Promotion which are concerned with the consideration of academic matters, promotion, appointment and sundry staff welfare matters. For ease of administration, the Committees have clear Terms of Reference and membership that cuts across the various Departments in the Faculty.