The Faculty was created in 1976 from the former Institute of Administration, founded in 1963, as both a post-graduate school of Public Administration and a staff college to provide:

i. Courses of instruction at graduate level for the higher degrees and postgraduate diplomas;
ii. Special training courses for serving officers in government, industry and commerce; and
iii. Consultancy services for both government and business, as well as to conduct basic and applied research
The Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is really an integral part of the University’s academic organization structure with responsibility for the development of subjects and courses within its purview and competence of its teaching staff.

The Faculty currently has four departments in which it award undergraduate and postgraduate degrees to include: Management and Accounting, Local Government and Development Studies, International Relations and Public Administration. To date, the Faculty has produced many graduates who are serving creditably in both private and public organizations all over the world.

Vision Statement
Faculty of Administration keys into the propelling vision of the University which is to be a top rated University in Africa that is the technological flagship of the West African sub-region, as evidenced by its application of modern technology to teaching research and community service, and its provision of practical solutions to social, cultural and economic problems.

Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote by research and other means the advancement of knowledge and its practical application to social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological problems; and to create a conducive teaching and learning community for imparting skills, knowledge, behavior and attitude.

Past Deans of the Faculty of Administration

PROCEEDING 2020

RESILLIENCE-AND-REINVENTION