As Ogun State University, Olabisi Onabanjo University
(OOU) was founded in 1982. The name was changed in 2001 to
honour Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo, of blessed memory,
who was the Governor of Ogun State at the time
and a Visitor to the university. It is a typical
multi-campus university with four Campuses spread over the
state’s four districts: Ijebu, Remo, Egba, and
Yewa.
The University began its academic operations with a small
number of Faculties and Departments. Currently, the
University has four Campuses, three Colleges, 13
Faculties, 53 Academic Departments, 75 Undergraduate
Academic programmes, and 181 Postgraduate programmes.
Since its inception, the University has had nine
Vice-Chancellors and eight Governing Councils.