Redeemer's University

Redeemer's University is a private university in Ede, Osun, off Ibadan-Oshogbo Road, Osun State, Nigeria. Established in 2005, the university is owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

History and governance

The university was founded by Redeemed Christian Church of God in 2005. Headed by the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a PhD holder in applied mathematics.

The Federal Government of Nigeria granted an operating license to the Redeemer's University on 7 January 2005. In order to realize its dream, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, the Proprietors of the university, initially acquired a large expanse of land in Ede, Osun state, having obtained the Certificate of Statutory Right of Occupancy in 1997. The site of the university covers an area of about .

The university took off at the temporary site in the Redemption Camp on 11 October 2005 with 478 students admitted into three colleges. On 1 February 2006, 473 students matriculated into the colleges to pursue bachelor's degrees in various programmes, and the university has produced 13 sets of graduates.

Vice-chancellors

Below is the list of vice-chancellors, from inception:

Developments and achievements

* In 2013, the university won a World Bank Grant to fund the establishment of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID).

African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID)

In 2013, the university won a World Bank Grant to fund the establishment of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID). To win the grant, Redeemer's University entered a competition with 15 prestigious universities selected from West and Central Africa and after a rigorous exercise and based on the quality of work exhibited in her proposal, the university was awarded the grant which gave birth to the centre.

It is a World Bank funded collaborative research center. The partners are West African academic and medical institutions (Redeemer's University, University of Ibadan, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Nigeria, University of Sierra Leone, Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone and Universite Cheik Anta-Diop de Dakar). ACEGID has a mandate to build capacity in the field of genomics in young African scientists and use identify and characterize pathogens of unknown origin using microbial metagenomics. Ultimately, the project aims to translate the research outcome to products that can be deployed to the field in order to contribute to the control, manage and eliminate infectious diseases in the African continent.

Some achievements of ACEGID

* Accurate diagnosis of the first case of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Nigeria in the 2014 EVD outbreak
* Sequenced approximately 250 Ebola virus genomes and made available in open access databank
* Provided tools and training for disease diagnosis, sequencing and bioinformatics
* Developed the capacity and provide facilities to study a BL4 pathogen in rural field settings (Nigeria and Sierra Leone)
* Developed Ebola virus rapid diagnostics test (RDT) for rapid diagnosis of the disease in 10mins
* Developed and a new pan – Lassa fever rapid diagnostics test kit for diagnosis of the disease in 10mins.
* Discovered 2 novel highly divergent rhabdovirus Ekpoma, Nigeria
* Used clinical sequencing to uncover the origin and evolution of Lassa virus
* Discovered neutralizing monoclonal antibodies that target epitopes on Lassa virus glycoproteins giving potential for immunotherapeutic in Lassa fever.
* Participated in the 1000 genome project for the development of global reference for human genetic variation
* Received the 1st prize in the life sciences and Medicine category at the 6th Nigerian Universities Research and Development fair.
* Trained approximately 1000 young African scientists in the field of Genomics and Bioinformatics between 2014 till date.
* ACEGID was designated as one of the three Africa's regional reference laboratories for genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging pathogens.

Academics

The university runs both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Undergraduate programmes started at inception in 2005 with three colleges. They were the College of Natural Sciences, College of Management and Social Sciences, College of Humanities.

In the 2012–2013 academic year, the university admitted its first set of M.A., M.Sc., and PhD. students. So far, the university has produced 12 sets of graduates as of November, 2020.

In the 2019/2020 Academic Session, the university changed from the Collegiate system to Faculty system. Also in that academic year, the university added two new Faculties, namely Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Environmental Sciences. Earlier in 2017/2018, the university commenced the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences.

Full-Time Undergraduate Programmes

Faculty of Engineering

This faculty commenced in the 2019–2020 academic session based on the approval of the relevant accrediting bodies.
Programmes include:
* Civil Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Electrical and Electronics Engineering
* Computer Engineering

Faculty of Built Environmental studies

This faculty commenced in the 2020/2021 academic session and includes programmes such as:
* Architecture
* Urban & Regional Planning
* Quantity Surveying
* Surveying & Geo informatics
* Estate Management
* Building Technology

Faculty of Law

The faculty of Law offers a five-year law degree (LL.B.) and a four-year direct entry law degree (LL.B.).

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences

The departments are:
* Nursing Sciences
* Biochemistry
* Physiotherapy
* Human Physiology
* Human Anatomy
* Public health
* Medical laboratory science
The Physiotherapy and Nursing Sciences are Professional Programmes leading to award of Bachelor of Physiotherapy (B.PTH) and Nursing Science Bachelor of Nursing (B.NS) respectively; while the other two programmes lead to award of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)..

Faculty of Natural Sciences

The faculty is home to five departments, namely: Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences. The programmes lead to the award of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degrees. They are:

* Microbiology
* Applied Biology and Genetics
* Applied Geophysics
* Biochemistry
* Mathematics and Statistics
* Geology
* Industrial Chemistry
* Computer Science
* Cyber Security
* Meteorology
* Environmental Management and Toxicology
* Industrial Mathematics
* Information Technology
* Statistics
* Physics with Electronics

Faculty of Management Sciences

The Faculty of Management Sciences is one of the three faculties (colleges) which took – off at the inception of the university in the 2005–2006 academic session.
The programmes are:
* Accounting
* Business Administration
* Finance
* Insurance
* Public Administration
* Transport Management
* Marketing

Faculty of Social Sciences

The faculty of Social Sciences offers four-year degrees (BSc) and three-year direct entry degree (BSc). Programmes are:

* Economics
* Mass Communication
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Sociology
* Tourism Studies

Faculty of Humanities

Established in 2005. It comprises four accredited departments:
* English
* French
* History and International Studies
* Theatre Arts and Film Studies
* Philosophy
* Christian Religious Studies

Part-Time Undergraduate Programmes

Any candidate who wishes to enroll for a part-time programme at Redeemer's University, Ede, must have a minimum of Five (5) Credits Passes in WAEC, NECO or GCE in relevant subjects at not more than two (2) sittings; in addition to OND/HND in relevant fields..

Available courses for Part-Time undergraduate programmes includes

* Accounting (B.Sc.)
* Business Administration (B.Sc.)
* Banking and Finance (B.Sc.)
* Christian Religious Studies (B. A.)
* Marketing (B.Sc.)

Foundation/JUPEB Progammes/Courses

Foundation/JUPEB (Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board) is a programme set up through a consortium of several Universities in Nigeria to unify the admission process of partner institutions through their various preliminary programmes. JUPEB has its headquarters in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Any Candidate who wishes to be admitted into any of the Foundation/JUPEB programmes listed below must possess a minimum of five (5) credit passes in WAEC, NECO or GCE in relevant subjects at a sitting or two sittings. Candidates who meet the JUPEB requirements for admission may be admitted into 200 Level after successful completion of the chosen Foundation/JUPEB Programme in the University..

* Accounting
* Actuarial Science
* Anatomy
* Architecture
* Banking & Finance
* Biochemistry
* Building Technology
* Business Administration
* Christian Religious Studies
* Civil Engineering
* Computer Engineering
* Computer Science
* Economics
* Electrical and Electronic Engineering
* English
* Estate Management
* History & International Studies
* Industrial Chemistry
* Industrial Mathematics
* Law
* Marketing
* Mass Communication
* Mechanical Engineering
* Microbiology
* Nursing Science
* Physics with Electronics
* Physiology
* Physiotherapy
* Political Science
* Quantity Surveying
* Surveying & Geoinformatics
* Theatre Arts and Film Studies
* Tourism Studies
* Transport Management
* Urban & Regional Planning

Postgraduate Degree Programmes

Department of Behavioural Studies

# PGD, M.Sc, M.Phil/PhD (Psychology) with specialisation in the following areas

* Clinical Psychology
* Developmental Psychology
* Industrial/Organisational Psychology
* Social Psychology

2. MMP Masters in Managerial Psychology

3. MSc Sociology

4. PGD Social Work

Multidisciplinary MBA (Areas of Specialization)

# Accounting
# Human Resource Management
# Business Administration
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Department of History & International Studies

# PGD, Security and Strategic Studies
# MA (History & Int'l Studies)
# PhD (History & Int'l Studies)
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Department of Biological Sciences

Msc, PhD (Microbiology) with specialisation in:

* Food Microbiology
* Environmental Microbiology
* Molecular Biology and Genomics

* Bioinformatics
* Medical Microbiology (Bacteriology, Virology, Mycology)

Department of Physical Sciences

MSc, PhD (Physics) with specialisation in:

* Communication Physics
* Theoretical and Computational Physics
* Lower Atmospheric Physics
* Instrumentation

Department of Chemical Sciences

# MSc in Materials Chemistry
# MSc in Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
# PhD in Industrial Chemistry
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Department of Biochemistry

# MSc in Biochemistry
# M.Phil in Biochemistry
# Ph.D in Biochemistry
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Department of Computer Science

PGD in Computer Science

Academic Option

Professional Option

MSc/MPhil/PhD Computer Science

The College of Postgraduate Studies commenced in the 2012–2013 academic year, when the university admitted its first set of M.A., M.Sc., and PhD. students. So far, the college continues to award the following postgraduate degrees:

* PGD
* MA
* MSc
* MBA
* MMP
* MPhil
* PhD

Notable faculty

* Ahmed Yerima, professor
* Christian Happi, professor
* Debo Adeyewa, professor

Distinguished alumni

* Kiddominant, music producer
* Debo Macaroni, comedian
* Judikay, Nigerian gospel singer

References

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2005 establishments in Nigeria
Christian universities and colleges in Nigeria
Education in Ogun State
Educational institutions established in 2005