Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

In 1987, Governor Adetunji Olurin, the then Military Governor of Oyo State (now split into two states: Oyo and Osun), received a request from the Governing Council of The Polytechnic, Ibadan to establish a State University.[3] He set up a committee in 1988, that recommended the creation of the University. By March 13, 1990, Nigeria's federal military government accepted the State's request. The edict establishing Oyo State University of Technology was signed on April 23, 1990 by Colonel Oresanya.[3]

The first Vice-Chancellor of the University was Olusegun Ladimeji Oke. During the time, Late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola became the first Chancellor in January 1991. The University began its first academic session on October 19, 1990 with a total of 436 candidates enrolled in four faculties, namely Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Engineering and Management Sciences, and Pure and Applied Sciences. A College of Health Sciences was established a year later.[3]

The name of the University was changed to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology after the separation of Osun State from Oyo State.[3]

The university enrolls nearly 30,000 students in seven faculties and a college.[3] LAUTECH also admits more than 150 students via JUPEB Direct Entry into 200/Level yearly.[4] For two consecutive seasons, in 2003 and 2004, the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) rated LAUTECH as the best state university in Nigeria.[3]

The main campus is in Oyo state. This campus is the site of the university's administration, as well as home to six faculties and the post-graduate school.[5] Fields of study include pure and applied science, medicine, agriculture, engineering and technology, and environmental science.

Another campus is located in Osogbo, home to the College of Health Sciences. Departments of medicine and surgery, medical laboratory science and nursing are housed there. Medical students presently shovel between the College of Health Sciences at Osogbo, and the recently built teaching hospital - LAUTECH Teaching Hospital (LTH) - at Ogbomoso, Oyo state.[5]

The current principal officers of the university are:[6]

• Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Registry

1. Office of the Registrar
2. Academic Affairs Unit
3. Council Affairs Unit
4. Planning, Budgeting & Monitoring Unit
5. Personal Affairs Unit
6. Academic Planning Unit
7. Sports Development Unit
8. Students Affairs Unit

• Bursary
• Library
• Physical Planning Unit
• Works and Maintenance Department
• Information and Communication Technology Center
• Open and Distant Learning Center
• Bookshop
• Farm
• Health Center

The ownership of LAUTECH has always been a source of conflict between the two-owner states (Oyo State[7] and Osun State[8]) especially after Osun State acquired her own university. The government of Oyo State wants Osun to transfer full ownership of the University to them while the other party disagrees.[9] This conflict grew intense in 2010 under the administrations of ex-Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and his former counterpart ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State.[10] The feud which was suspected to have been ignited by political interests[11] was resolved eventually after series of intervention by notable political icons and the National Universities Commission in Nigeria.[12] As of 20 November 2020, National Universities Commission (NUC) gives ownership of LAUTECH to Oyo State Government under Governor Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde.

The School Main campus is located at Ogbomoso North Local Government, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria with geographical coordinate 8° 8' 0" North, 4° 16' 0" East. This is where most of the University's teaching and research are carried out, The Ogbomoso Campus also houses the central administration of the University. The Ogbomoso Campus has five faculties and the Post-graduate school where courses are taught in various fields of pure and applied science, medicine, agriculture, engineering and technology, environmental science. The College of Health Science campus is located at Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, Nigeria. The campus at Osogbo houses the 3-years clinical study for MBBS, Medical Laboratory Science and Nursing students (Pre-clinical years of study of these courses hold at the main campus in Ogbomoso). It is located at Isale Osun, Osogbo. The Main campus first gate is located along the Old Ogbomosho-Ilorin road while the other entrance is at Under G area.

• Shina Peller - politician, owner club quilox, CEO Aquila records
• Seyi Olofinjana
• Samson Abioye - Pass.ng
• Peju Alatise - artist, poet, writer and a fellow at the National Museum of African Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution.[13]

• Prof Jelil Oguntola Alamu, former VC University of Osun State.

• Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
• Lautech Choir
• Lautech Inaugural Lectures
• Lautech Postgraduates Portal
• Lautech Undergraduates Portal
• Lautech Undergraduates (Part-Time) Portal
• Lautech Predegree Students Portal
• Lautech JUPEB Portal
• Lautech Open and Distance Learning Centre