Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned university that is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the "University of Ife" by the regional government of Western Nigeria, which was led by Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and was renamed "Obafemi Awolowo University" on 12 May 1987 in honour of Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), the first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose idea the university was.

In 1951, with the adoption of a new constitution, major changes were made to elected legislators and regional Premiers in the regions. The new regional governments prioritised expansion of primary and secondary education because they viewed education as an important agent of transformation and development. In 1959, the Federal Minister of Education created a commission to research the country's future manpower needs of university graduates between 1960 and 1980. The commission was headed by Cambridge lecturer Eric Ashby, master at Clare College, Cambridge, and also included labour economist Frederick H. Harbison. The expectation of the commission's final report by the Western Region government was that University of Ibadan would satisfy the needs of the Western region, a position on which the federal government disagreed. Before a final report was submitted in October 1960, the Western government began preparations for the establishment of a university in the region.

The decision to establish the University of Ife by the ruling Action Group party of the Western Region of Nigeria was in protest at the recommendations of the Ashby Report. The first Nigerian university was established in 1948 at Ibadan in the Western Region as an external college of the University of London. The needs of Nigeria (then a British colony), however, exceeded the productivity of the country's only university. In particular, the University of ibadan had no faculty of engineering or technology, law school, pharmacy school or management training abilities.

The Ashby commission, which was set up by the British, was to review tertiary education needs of the soon-to-be-independent nation of Nigeria. The government of the Western Region did not want to rely on federal universities or those of other regions to admit its numerous secondary school leavers. The University at Ife was founded as a rebuttal to the perceived politicization of higher education opportunities in Nigeria and the Western Region and was designed to fill the gaps in the manpower needs.

In October 1960, the Ashby commission recommended additional regional universities in the northern and eastern regions of Nigeria, and another federal university in the Lagos protectorate, but none in the more-educationally advanced Western Region, which had a "free and universal primary education" program. A minority report that was accepted by the government recommended a new university within the Western Region and facilities of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, was provided to the region. In 1961, a vote establishing the Provisional Council of the University was passed by the Western Regional Assembly. The final site chosen, a 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) of land, was donated by the people of Ile-Ife for the proposed university. The first financial grant provided fo the university was £250,000 from the Western regional government.

WE HEREBY ANNOUNCE THE SALE OF OUR POST UTME/DE 2022/23 ADMISSION EXERCISE

How to apply for OAU POST-UTME

2022 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) Registration Guidelines

1. Candidates who made Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice in the 2022 UTME/DE and scored 200 and above, and those who applied for Direct Entry (DE) can now register for the 2022 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) screening exercise.

2. Registration for the 2022 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) screening exercise will commence on Thursday, 8th September, 2022 and end on 12th October, 2022.

3. Candidates will also be required to participate in the Post-UTME screening on their allotted dates and time from 17th October to 22nd October, 2022.

4. Candidates should please note that they may experience occasional SERVER LOAD problems. When this happens, please wait for 30 minutes and try again.

5.  Candidates are required to go through the following processes:

Step 1: Visit admissions.oauife.edu.ng

Step 2: Log on to the site with your Registration Number as Username and your Surname as Password.

Step 3: Fill the biodata form and click continue.

Step 4: Obtain an RRR (Remita Retrieval Reference) from this site only, and use it to make payment online or at any commercial bank.

Step 5: Once payment is accepted, the system logs out and you can re-login.

6. Candidates should note that all O’Level results that are supplied during registration will be verified with the examination bodies: NECO and WAEC.

7. OAU has ZERO tolerance for result falsification and examination malpractice. Applicants who provide false information, or upload incorrect credentials will be automatically disqualified.

8. Applicants should note that the screening fee is two thousand naira (N2,000.00). All enquiries should be forwarded to admissions@oauife.edu.ng or enquiry@oauife.edu.ng.

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