Lagos State University of Science and Technology is a government-owned tertiary institution located in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. The institution was formerly known as Lagos State College of Science and Technology (LACOSTECH) and later changed to Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH).

History

The Lagos State university of Science and Technology ( formerly known as Lagos State Polytechnic) was established with the promulgation of

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin ...

Edict No. 1 of 1978 with retroactive effect from June 1, 1977. The Institution commenced classes in January, 1978 at a temporary site (now the Isolo Campus) with five Departments namely,

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, Business administration, Banking and finance, Marketing and Insurance. On 1 August 1978, the School of Agriculture in

Ikorodu Ikorodu is a large city in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is located to the north-east of Lagos, along the Lagos Lagoon and shares boundary with Ogun State. With a population of over 1million inhabitant, Ikorodu is currently the 12 largest city in Ni ...

was merged with the Institution and it became the nucleus of the present–day permanent site at

. In 1988. In 1986, the

Lagos State Government Lagos State Government is the government of Lagos State, concerned with the administration of the state ministries. The government consists of the executive, legislative and Judiciary. The government is headed by the Governor who is the policy-maker ...

changed the name of the Institution from Lagos State College of Science and technology, (LACOSTECH) to Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH). In 2021, the institution was converted into a university by Governor

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. In the late 1970s, the

acquired 400 hectares of land at Ikosi village adjacent to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which was proposed for development as the permanent site of the Institution. However, with the

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on the Ikosi land, its development into the permanent site was no longer visible. The State Government decided in favor of

as the permanent site of the Institution in 1985. As a result of this change, the administrative head office of the polytechnic hitherto located at Isolo Campus since inception of Institution moved to the permanent site at

in May 2000. The Polytechnic currently has staff strength of 808 with 56

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programmes across the various schools. The Polytechnic runs a portal (EDUPORTAL) on its website – www.mylaspotech.edu.ng. The portal is currently used to process admission and registration of full-time students and students of School of Part-Time Studies. Plans are on to make the portal more robust to enable checking of examination results, issuance of letters of completion and transcripts, e-learning, access to an e-library, dissemination of campus information and incredible development of

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. The Institution, which began lectures with 287 pioneer students, currently has about 50,000 full-time and

part-time student A part-time student is a non-traditional student who pursues higher education, typically after reaching physical maturity, while living off-campus, and possessing responsibilities related to family and/or employment. Part-time student status is ba ...

s. The Polytechnic presently operates on three campuses namely Isolo,

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and

. The latter serves as the permanent site of the Institution, Ikosi Campus having extinct.

Notable alumni

* Yinka Durosinmi *

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* Iyabo Ojo * Seun Bamiro * David Lanre Messan

Architectures and monuments

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References

* NAN (May 7, 2018
NIPOGA 2017: LASPOTECH clinches top position with 16 gold
The News (Nigeria) * AJASA INFO (NOVEMBER 23, 2020)
LASG Appoints New Rector For The Lagos State Polytechnic
AJASA INFO (Nigeria)

External links

* * https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/503312-exclusive-sanwo-olu-to-sign-new-universities-laws-in-january-official.html {{authority control Technological universities in Nigeria Education in Lagos State Public universities in Nigeria

History

Notable alumni

Architectures and monuments

See also

References

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