Landmark University is a private Christian university, affiliated with the

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and located in Omu-Aran,

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. In 2014, it was featured among the top five universities in Nigeria by

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Governance

World Mission Agency (WMA), a Christian mission organization, founded by Dr. David Oyedepo, is the umbrella governing body of Landmark University. The Chancellor, Dr. David Oyedepo, serves as the chairman of the board of trustees of the World Mission Agency. The board of trustees of the World Mission Agency is responsible for the appointment of members of the Board of Regents (Governing Council) of Landmark University. The Board is the apex governing body of the university. The pro-chancellor of the university was Pastor Yemi Nathaniel. His appointment took effect from August 2014. According to the chancellor, the role of the pro-chancellor is to facilitate decision-making and approval processes in the university as well as spiritual oversight of the university community. The position of pro-chancellor has been retired. The current vice-chancellor is Professor Kolawole O. Ajanaku who replaced Professor Charity Aremu.

Agrarian revolutionary drive

The chancellor of Landmark University has on multiple occasions highlighted that the university is aimed at improving the agricultural sector of Nigeria and Africa at large. Before the Oil boom of the 1970s, Nigeria's economy was thriving as an agrarian economy and the nation gave attention to Agriculture. After the Oil Boom, the agriculture industry in Nigeria has been on a decline, the Nation that was a one-time exporter of several cash crops has become import-dependent so much that it cannot on its own feed its population talk less of exporting to other countries. Landmark University aims to start an agrarian revolution in Nigeria and Africa that would restore the Nation's lost glory and redirect its attention to the many natural earthen resources that it has. The university encourages its students to venture into agriculture whether it is their core discipline or not and encourages the enrollment of Nigerian students into Agriculture-related courses through scholarships and Career talks. In addition to this, the university has pioneered a Certificate and Diploma Course in Agripreneurship in Nigeria, a program designed to enlighten its participants on the entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in Agriculture. The university has made ties with several leading Agriculture Institutions both in Research and practice and many other institutions in the pursuance of their agrarian revolutionary drive. Some of these institutions are the

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(IITA) and the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). In nearly 7 years of existence, the university runs 6 Agriculture related programs, namely Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Animal Science, Crop Science, Soil Science and Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and has graduated over 388 agriculture professionals. The school also has a total of 1,059 hectares of farming land; 320 hectares on the university property in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, 354 hectares at Eleyin Village along the Omu-Aran-Ilorin highway and 385 hectares at Agbonda also in Kwara State. According to the former Vice-chancellor of the school, Professor Aize Obayan, Landmark University produces most of the food items consumed on its campus and sells farm produce to its neighbouring communities. Some of the agricultural products of the university's farm are eggs, frozen chicken, fish, soya beans, cassava, rice, fufu flour and many others including innovative agricultural products like the

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Academic programmes

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Extension Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for r ...

and Economics *Agricultural Extension and

Rural Development Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life, quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Often, rural regions have experienced rural povert ...

Agricultural Economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...

Animal Science Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...

* Crop and Soil Sciences * Food Science and Nutrition

College of Business and Social Sciences

School of Business

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

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ing and

finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

School of Social Sciences

International relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

Mass communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large population segments. It utilizes various forms of media as technology has made the dissemination of information more efficient. Primary examples o ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

College of Science and Engineering

School of Pure and Applied Sciences

* Industrial Physics *

Industrial Chemistry The chemical industry comprises the company, companies and other organizations that develop and produce industrial, specialty and other chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, the chemical industry converts raw materials (Petroleum, oil, ...

* Industrial Mathematics *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

Microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

Geophysics Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and Physical property, properties of Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. Geophysicists conduct i ...

School of Engineering

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Agricultural and Bio-system Engineering * Mechatronics Engineering

Campus life

The university is situated on its campus in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, where all its academic activities take place. As of 2014, Landmark University had a student population of 2684 including international students from other African countries. Landmark University holds mid-week church services for her students every Tuesday and Thursday between the hours of 8:00 am and 9:45 am. Each student is expected to attend at least one of these services every week. All students are required to live on the university's campus in the hostels built for them. Students are expected to be back in their respective hostels before 9:00 pm daily. The school provides opportunities for students to be involved in practical skill acquisition sessions as a part of the school's Entrepreneurial Development Studies (EDS) course. Students learn various skills including baking, bead making, soap making, fashion design, automobile works, fishery, and many others.

Former Vice-Chancellors

* Professor

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- 2011 to July 2014. * Professor Joseph Afolayan - August 2014-August 2015 * Professor Aize Obayan - August 2015 – July 2017 * Professor Olayanju Adeniyi - August 2017 – September 2021

Notable faculty

*Professor Aize Obayan - former Vice-chancellor

References

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