The post of the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria will become vacant by June 24th , 2011. In accordance with the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act, 2003 which amended the Universities Miscellaneous Provisions Act (Decree No. 11 of 1993 (as amended by Decree No 25 of 1996), the Governing Council of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife wishes to commence the process for the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor for the University. Consequently, applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position. Interested applicants are requested to note the following information:
The University
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, is a comprehensive public institution established in 1962 as the University of Ife by the government of the then Western Region of Nigeria. In August 1975, the Federal Government of Nigeria took over the University and in 1987 renamed it after Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a frontline Nigerian Statesman and one of the University’s founding fathers. The University is situated on a vast expanse of land totaling 11,350 hectares of land in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Southwest of Nigeria.
The Vision of the founders of the University was to establish an institution dedicated to the promotion of learning and culture. The aim was to create an institution for developing a cadre of high level manpower, qualified in various fields. The focus was on the development of teaching and research facilities that can be used to provide solutions to problems of national development.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, the University attained a foremost position among
University in Africa, with a vibrant academic and social atmosphere and a high international reputation, it made significant advances in research resulting in a number of appreciable achievements such as:
- Documenting the chemotherapeutic effect of fagara xanthozyloides on sickle cell anaemia
- Invention of locally useful machines such as yam pounding machine, cowpea sheller, palm oil
digester and mechanical cassava pulveriser/sifter and fryer
- Development of appropriate post-harvest agro-processing technologies
- Development of early planting and high yielding hybrid, insect and crack resistant varieties of
maize, cowpea (Ife Brown) and tomatoes (Ife Plum series).
- Development of software for university administration and records
- Resurrection and modernization of traditional bronze-casting technology
In Nigeria, the Obafemi Awolowo University is a leading tertiary institution. It has produced, among its staff, a Nobel Laureate, five Nigerian National Merit Award Winners and it has also pioneered kidney transplant in Nigeria. The Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have also excelled in national and international competitions. From an enrolment figure of 244 at inception in 1962, OAU, as at 2009/2010 session, had a total student enrolment (undergraduate and postgraduate) of 31,945. The University which took off with 94 members of staff now has a staff profile of 1,372 full-time academic staff, 1,662 Senior Administrative and Technical Staff and 1,072 Junior Staff.
The University has strong undergraduate and postgraduate programmes organized in 13 Faculties of Administration, Agriculture, Arts, Education, Environmental Design and Management, Law, Pharmacy, Social Sciences, Technology, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, and Dentistry. There are, in addition, 2 Colleges; these are the College of Health Sciences and Postgraduate College. There are 103 academic Departments and Units as well as 7 specialized Centres and Institutes. The University also plays host to a number of national and United Nations Agencies including the following;
- Centre for Energy Research and Development (CERD)
- Cooperative Information Network (COPINE)
- National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM)
- Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS)
- African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education English (ARCSSTE-E)
The Centre for Distance Learning (CDL) and the Information Technology and Communications Unit (INTECU) provide, through emerging network technologies, quality distance learning opportunities that make it possible for remote learners to enroll in on-line part and academic programmes,
The University has one of the most beautiful campuses, which is a delight to visiting students and scholars. The campus comprises the central core comprising the University Hall, Faculties and Lecture Theatres; a student residential area comprising 10 Halls of Residence; the staff quarters on a large estate and a Teaching and Research Farm. The University is largely compliant with an Internet and e-mail facility, All the academic departments, the University Library and key units of the Registry and Bursary are fully computerized. The University has a nationally acclaimed Central Science Laboratory that provides the state-of-the art equipment for research.
The Obafemi Awotowo University is, therefore, a truly complex organization which is administered through the committee
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