2022-10-08

LAUTECH 2022/23 UTME/DE ADMISSION EXERCISE

LAUTECH ADMISSION EXERCISE

LAUTECH 2022/23 UTME/DE ADMISSION EXERCISE

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) is a tertiary institution located in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The university enrolls over 30,000 students and employs more than 3,000 workers including contract staff.



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. In 1988, he set up a seven member interministerial committee under the chairperson of Mrs. Oyinkan Ayoola, 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 Sasaenia Oresanya .


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 , 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.


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


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


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. Fields of study include pure and applied science, medicine, agriculture, engineering and technology, and environmental science.


No other campus is located in Osogbo, The Oshogbo campus has been renamed UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH) after the recent take over of LAUTECH by the Oyo state Government only.


NOTICE ON THE 2022/2023 POST UTME AND DIRECT ENTRY SCREENING EXERCISE


GENERAL INFORMATION


Notice is hereby given to all candidates who chose LAUTECH as their Institution of first choice in the 2022/2023 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that a Post-UTME Computer Based Test (CBT) screening exercise for admission through UTME to the university’s various programmes will be conducted on Monday, December 5, 2022, Tuesday, December 6, 2022, Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Thursday, December 8, 2022 and Saturday, December 10, 2022 while oral interview will be conducted for Direct Entry candidates on Monday, December 12 and Tuesday, December 13, 2022.


Consequently, application forms will be available online for completion and submission from Monday, September 19 to Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Applicants are to note that before admission can be offered by the university, they must have uploaded their O’Level results on CAPS and once admission is offered, the candidates must either accept or reject the offer on CAPS before JAMB’s closure of CAPS for the session in order to be on JAMB National Matriculation list. For UTME candidates to be eligible for the exercise, they must have scored 170 marks and above in the 2022/2023 UTME.


METHOD OF APPLICATION

  • Applicants are to proceed to the admission website of the University to make payment of Two Thousand and Three Hundred Naira (N2,300.00) only for the purpose of online registration for the screening exercise using Inter-Switch Enabled Debit Card (ATM) as well as familiarize themselves with the available programmes in the University and the entry requirements for O’Level, A’Level and UTME subject combination for each of the programmes so indicated.


  • Applicants are expected to carefully complete and submit the online application forms having uploaded a clear digital copy of their passport photographs in white background which must be in JPEG and must not be more than 20kb.


  • Any applicant with blurred picture on the acknowledgement page will not be admitted into the screening center as the photograph will be used as a means of identification. The COLOUR PRINT OUT acknowledgement page should be presented by all candidates at the screening venue before admittance to participate in the exercise. Candidates should note that satisfaction of this requirement is mandatory. For ease of communication, applicants are to provide valid and active e-mail addresses and phone numbers.


  • Applicants who are awaiting results of NABTEB, NECO, WASC are also eligible to apply. However, the results when released must be uploaded on JAMB CAPS two (2) weeks after release of such results. Results uploaded after the prescribed timeline may not be accepted. Also, inconsistency in names on any results and state of origin shall not be acceptable to the University and may lead to disqualification. Candidates’ names on their O’Level results, other registration documents, as well as state of origin must be the same.


  • Any applicant who fails to present himself/herself for the CBT and oral interview for UTME and Direct Entry candidates respectively as scheduled will automatically forfeit being considered for admission. The use of cell phones and any unauthorized devices are not allowed in the post UTME CBT halls.


WARNING

Candidates who provide false information to secure admission to any of the University programme and upon discovery at any point in time will be handed over to law enforcement agencies for prosecution and the admission of such candidates shall be withdrawn. Candidates are also advised to BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS as the University will not be liable for any transaction with any unauthorized person(s).


All enquiries on admission matters should be sent to registrar@lautech.edu.ng or admissions@lautech.edu.ng.


Signed:

Dr. K. A. Ogunleye

Registrar


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