University in Nigeria
Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State
University profile
Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED, pronounced TARSUD) is a specialised university of education at Ijagun, near Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria. It was proclaimed by the Ogun State Government on 29 January 2005 and approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) on 28 November 2005 as the 76th Nigerian university and the first specialised university of education in the country. It is owned by the Ogun State Government and named after Dr Tai Solarin. Its vision is to be the preferred university of education, preparing educators who will lead in all spheres of the discipline.
The main campus lies along the Sagamu-Ore-Benin expressway in the Ijagun, Imaweje and Ijele communities. A second site at Ososa, on about 15 hectares, houses the Centre for Part-time and External Programmes, the diploma and pre-degree programmes, the College of Vocational and Technical Education and the Distance Learning Institute. The university grew out of Tai Solarin College of Education, formerly the Ogun State College of Education founded in 1978.
Teaching is organised into six colleges: Specialised and Professional Education (COSPED), Science and Information Technology (COSIT), Humanities (COHUM), Social and Management Sciences (COSMAS), Vocational and Technical Education (COVTED), and Agricultural and Home Management (COAHM), with a Postgraduate College. Education degrees (B.A.(Ed.), B.Sc.(Ed.), B.Ed. routes) sit alongside subject degrees in the sciences, languages, arts, economics, political science and technical education, following NUC approval to award B.A., B.Sc., M.A., M.Sc. and PhD degrees in addition to the education degrees.
Teaching, research and service centres include the ICT Centre, the Professor Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade Centre for Entrepreneurial and Vocational Studies (CENVOS), TASUED Consultancy, the Centre for Part-time and External Programmes (CEPPS), the Centre for Human Rights and Gender Education (CHURGE), the Distance Learning Institute, the Directorate of Research and External Relations, and the Centre for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning (CITEL), which works with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria on professional teaching certification. Other routes into the university are JUPEB, pre-degree and part-time degree programmes.
Student life centres on the Students' Affairs Division, which handles welfare, discipline, student union and club activities, orientation and bursaries. Limited hostel accommodation on the main campus is offered to female students on a first-come, first-served basis, with borehole water, standby generator and security. The Sports Council coordinates athletics, badminton, basketball, chess, handball, soccer, volleyball, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, cricket and hockey, and the university has taken part in the Nigerian University Games (NUGA) and the Gateway tertiary institution games. The campus includes the Zenith Bank Recreation Park and the Kayode Oyesiku Tennis Court.
The Governing Council approved annual College Scholarships for 100 students called University Scholars, covering both degree and NCE students in proportion to student population. Ninety places are reserved for Ogun State indigenes, spread across the state's 20 local government areas, and 10 for non-indigenes. The award covers the beneficiary's school fees for the year of award, excluding school, department and association fees.
The Students' Affairs Division processes bursary and scholarship awards from states: application forms come through state ministries of education, qualified candidates are compiled and a submission deadline is issued. For Ogun State, officials come to the university to pay students directly.
Funding options include federal and state government scholarships and bursaries, student loan schemes, corporate awards, foreign government scholarships and private individuals' scholarships. Enquiries go to the Dean, Students' Affairs.
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View scholarships for Tai Solarin Federal University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode →Four-year programmes require credits in five subjects at one sitting, or six credits at not more than two sittings, in WAEC/NECO SSCE or GCE O-Level (or equivalents), including a credit in English Language for all courses. NTC/NBC is acceptable for vocational courses only. Candidates must choose TASUED as their first-choice institution in the JAMB UTME.
Three-year programmes accept NCE with at least Merit in two core subjects, GCE A-Level, JUPEB or IJMB, HND at upper credit (for some courses) in a relevant area, Cambridge A-Level, or an academic diploma from a recognised university (for some courses), in addition to the O-Level requirement. ANTC/ANBC is acceptable for vocational courses only. Programme tables set lower-credit thresholds for some courses.
Each course has its own UTME subject combination, for example Mathematics, Economics and other social science or arts subjects for Business Education, and Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science plus one other subject for Home Economics and Hotel Management.
Five or more O-Level credits including English (and Mathematics for science, social science and education courses) at one sitting; or a pass in English plus credits in four other subjects at not more than two sittings, with deficient subjects remediated during the programme. NABTEB holders with five credits or merits including English, Mathematics and Integrated or General Science may be considered for the science programme. Successful candidates who meet degree matriculation requirements transition into the degree programme on payment of a transition fee.
Postgraduate Diploma: a minimum of third class bachelor's degree or lower credit at HND; any class for graduates who teach or intend to teach. Master's: bachelor's degree with at least second class lower division in the field; or third class plus a postgraduate diploma in the same subject; or HND (lower credit) plus a postgraduate diploma. PhD: master's degree with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 or 60%, or an M.Phil.; candidates with 3.50-3.99 CGPA or 55% and above may apply and go through a conversion process. Some master's programmes (Educational Management, Counselling Psychology, Educational Media Technology) also require a certificate in Education and credits in English and Mathematics. Minimum durations: PGD 12 months full-time or 24 part-time; master's by coursework 18 months full-time or 36 part-time; PGDE/M.Ed. combined 24 months; M.Phil./PhD 36 months. Nigerian applicants need an NYSC discharge, exemption or exclusion certificate.
Postgraduate applications are made online at my.tasued.edu.ng/admission with an application fee of N10,000 paid by Mastercard or Visa; the printed form is submitted with three referees' reports, O-Level and degree/HND certificates, NYSC certificate, payment receipt, birth certificate or declaration of age and two passport photographs to the Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, P.M.B. 2118, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
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