History
The decision to ascertain the University of Ife (popularly spoken as "Great Ife" by the ruling Action cluster party of the Western Region of Federal Republic of Nigeria was in protest at the recommendations of the Ashby commission. the primary Nigerian university was established in 1948 at Ibadan, within the western region as associate degree external faculty of the university of London. However, the requirements of Federal Republic of Nigeria (then a British colony) way outstripped the productivity of the sole university. particularly the University faculty at Ibadan had no college of engineering or technology, no school of law, no pharmacy faculty or management coaching talents. The Ashby commission, discovered by a people, was to review tertiary education desires of the soon-to-be-independent nation of Federal Republic of Nigeria.In 1959, the Ashby commission counseled extra (regional) universities within the northern and jap regions of Federal Republic of Nigeria and another federal university within the city territory, however none within the additional educationally advanced western region that had a 'free and universal primary education' program. the govt. of the western region failed to need to consider the federal universities or those of different regions to admit its various Gymnasium leavers. The protest of the muse of the university at Ife wasn't solely in rebuttal to the perceived politicization of upper education opportunities in Federal Republic of Nigeria additionally the} western region however was also designed to fill the gaps within the hands desires.
First premier of the Western Region of Federal Republic of Nigeria, whose inspiration the university was.
The University started with 5 schools Agriculture, Arts, political economy and Social Studies (now Social Sciences), Law and Sciences. Eight different schools have since been supplemental, specifically the schools, of Education established on one Gregorian calendar month 1967), the college of Pharmacy (established on one Gregorian calendar month 1970), the college of Administration that replaces the previous institute of Administration (with impact from one Gregorian calendar month 1979) and also the college of Environmental style and Management (established in Gregorian calendar month 1982). the college of Health Science (established on one Gregorian calendar month 1970) is currently a school, created from 3 schools, specifically the schools of Basic Medical Sciences. Ife started the primary college of Pharmacy in geographical region, 1st|the primary} Department of Chemical Engineering and also the first natural philosophy part additionally to applied science. Its {medical faculty|school of medicine|graduate school|grad school} started with associate degree integrated syllabus and community orientation (which was later adopted by the globe Health Organization) and a mandatory baccalaureate (BSc honours) before entrance to the clinical school, however this was later jettisoned.
On ten July 1999 members of the Black Axe Confraternity dead the secretary-general of the students' union, Saint George Iwilade, {and several|and a number of different|and several other} other student activists within the Obafemi Awolowo University massacre. The Education Minister Tunde Adeniran issued a press release acknowledging information of the incident which the ministry can treat the case with "utmost concern".
Academics
Obafemi Awolowo University offers collegian and post-graduate programmes in fields of specialization spanning the humanities, the arts, the natural sciences, the social sciences, the medical sciences, engineering and technology.The university has thirteen schools and 2 schools — the Postgraduate faculty and also the faculty of Health Sciences — administered in additional than sixty departments. it absolutely was antecedently related to Loma Linda University in American state, USA. Ever since the institution of OAU, a complete of eighty two departments have emerged with various courses offered. Below is that the list of departments:
• African Languages and Literature,
• Agricultural political economy,
• Agricultural Engineering,
• Agricultural Extension and Rural social science,
• Anaesthesia,
• Anatomy and Cell Biology,
• Animal Science,
• Archeology,
• Architecture,
• Biochemistry,
• Botany,
• Building,
• Business Law,
• Chemical Engineering,
• Chemical Pathology,
• Chemistry,
• Civil Engineering,
• Community Health and Nutrition
Staff
The first vice-chancellor of the new university was faculty member Oladele Ajose (MD, PhD) a city University graduate and Nigeria's 1st faculty member of public health recruited from the University of Ibadan. He served from 1962 to 1966, till political upheavals and military coups crystal rectifier him to get replaced. The second vice-chancellor was faculty member H. A. Oluwasanmi, WHO served from 1966 to 1975. The recently appointed vice-chancellor is faculty member Idowu Bamitale Omole, a faculty member of diplomacy, appointment taking impact from twenty four Gregorian calendar month 2011 and his tenure expiring in 2016.It has created among its employees, a Nobel Laureate, six Federal Republic of Nigerian National benefit Award Winners and has pioneered urinary organ transplant in Nigeria through its medical employees.
Nigeria's solely philanthropist prize-winner (in literature) and also the 1st African laureate, Wole Soyinka, served as faculty member of literary study at the University of Ife from 1975 to 1999. At the shut of last millennium, he was appointed associate degree retired faculty member of Dramatic Arts at the university.Stephen Adebanji Akintoye served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974 to 1977.
Campus and student life
The saying of the university is "For learning and culture". However, as a result of the rigorous and exacting educational standards, students[who?] have parodied this saying to "For learning and torture".Enrollment is over twenty,000 for undergraduates and six,000 for graduate studies. the foremost halls of collegian residences for males area unit Fajuyi, Awolowo, African nation and E.T.F. For women, halls of residence area unit Moremi, Ladoke Akintola, Alumni and Mocambique. Muritala Muhammed Hall is for postgraduates.
The university is invested with modernist design - the field layout and buildings were designed by Israeli designer Arieh Sharon. the first style and design area unit delineated thoroughly on the Arieh Sharon Foundation computer and Arieh Sharon Foundation Archive. The field has an eye catching landscape designed on concerning five,000 acres (20 km2) of a complete of thirteen,000 acres (53 km2) of the land in hand by the university.
The student body is pictured by the Students' Union of Obafemi Awolowo University.
Halls of Residence
Ile-Ife field is made on concerning five,000 acres (20 km2) of a complete of thirteen,000 acres (53 km2) university in hand land. Its halls of residence include:• Angola Hall
• Alumni Hall
• ETF Hall
• Fajuyi Hall
• Ladoke Akintola Hall
• Moremi Hall
• Mozambique Hall
• Murtala Muhammed Hall
The Male halls area unit Awolowo hall, African nation hall, ETF hall and Fajuyi hall. the feminine halls area unit Alumni hall, Ladoke Akintola hall, Moremi hall, Mocambique hall. The postgraduate hall, Murtala Muhammed hall could be a mixed hall.



