Lagos State University

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Motto in English For Truth and Service Established 1983 Website www.lasu.edu.ng Founded 1983		Type Public Vice-Chancellor Olanrewaju Fagbohun Chancellor George Oguntade Number of students 35,000
Location Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria Address Lagos Badagry Rd, Lagos, Nigeria Motto Per la verità e di servizio (Latin, For Truth and Service) Notable alumni Farida Mzamber Waziri, Desmond Elliot, Chioma Chukwuka, Ruggedman, Tara Fela‑Durotoye Similar University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin, Obafemi Awolowo University, Yaba College of Technology

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Lagos State University - also known as LASU - was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence. The university caters for a population of over 35,000 students enrolled for full-time. The university also offers courses at Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Lagos State University is located in Ojo, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is the only state university in the former British colony.

Lagos State University offers diploma, degree and post graduate programmes including a MBA programme.

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History

Lagos State University was conceived as a multi-campus, collegiate and non-residential University. Today, Lagos State University operates a multi-campus system with four fully owned campuses having its main campus at Ojo (along the Badagry Expressway) and other campuses at Epe (where the Faculty of Engineering is located), Ikeja and Surulere.

Epe Campus

The Lagos State University Epe Campus, home to the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Agriculture of Lagos State University, is a fully residential campus. The Epe campus was born out of the insufficiency of the Ojo campus to accommodate the Faculty of Engineering at that time. The military barrack which is now the campus was released by the persuasion of the then military governor Michael Otedola

The campus which is also the home for the schools Pre-degree programme is unarguably the biggest property belonging to the school even bigger than the main campus itself. The campus which is located in the Epe area of Lagos is the home for the three department in LASU's Faculty of Engineering namely Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Chemical and Polymer Engineering.

The campus is being governed by the Dean who is a principal officer of the school although the school generally is administered by the Vice Chancellor. The campus produces a candidate for the post of a Vice president in its student union election.