Adekunle Ajasin University

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is located in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Adekunle Ajasin University was established as Obafemi Awolowo University in March 1982 by the government of the old Ondo State, headed by the late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin. The immediately succeeding military government of Navy Commodore Michael Bamidele Otiko changed its name to Ondo State University in 1985. Its relocation at Akungba Akoko in the new Ondo State became imperative in 1999, following the creation of a new state out of the old Ondo three years earlier in October 1996. The bill backing the relocation was signed into law by the then Governor of the State, Chief Adebayo Adefarati, in November 1999, and that prompted the movement of a crop of workers from the old site in Ado-Ekiti to Akungba Akoko on 1 December 1999. The bill for yet another name change, this time to Adekunle Ajasin University, in order to immortalise the late Governor Ajasin, was signed into law by Governor Adefarati in 2004 following the demise of the former. The amended and subsisting statute of the university was signed into law in November 2007 by yet another governor, the former Governor Olusegun Agagu. In these circumstances, it can rightly be said that while the history of AAUA started in 1982, its relocation on 5 November 1999 marked the beginning of the second phase of its history now in its present location, Akungba Akoko.
Adekunle Ajasin University offers undergraduate and post-graduate as well as Pre-degree, JUPEB programmes in fields of specialization ranging from Science, Arts, Education, Law, Social and Management sciences, Agricultural science, Environmental Design and Management.
The university has seven (7) faculties
Below is the list of departments Archived 24 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine:
The institution's library supports teaching. learning and research among the students and staff of the institution. The library has an automated system with availability of e-resources.
The AAUA Students' Union (AAUASU) has a large population of over 20,000 students.
The Students' Unionism of Adekunle Ajasin University runs like a Federal system of government; with the Student Union Government (SUG) at the Apex level, the Faculty Executives at the Faculty level and the Departmental Executives at the Departmental level. Each office is held for a single Academic year.
The Current Student Union Government for 2024/25 session in Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko were elected into Office on Friday, 28th February, 2025; with Comrade Salami Akeem, known on Campus as "OLOGBON" as the SUG President.
Salami Akeem is a native of Idanre, in Ondo State, South West Nigeria. He is a Student of Library and Information Studies from the department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education. Salami is the first student from Library and Information Studies to emerge as SUG President since the creation of the Course - (Library and Information Studies), in Adekunle Ajasin University.
Other key Cabinets in AAUA Students' Union Government include the Vice president - Comrade Olaleye Deborah Ayomide, alias "Mide" from the department of Criminology and Security Studies; also the Union's Public relations officer(PRO) - Comrade Ajidagba Mosadoluwa Akinbobola, alias "Mosa Gold" from the Faculty of Law.
Comrade Adesuyan Rotimi Timilehin, popularly known as ROSTIMARP the Celebrity Barber, is The Director Of Social (DOS). He is also the CEO of HOTSHOT CONCEPTS,hailing from the Faculty of Education .
AAUA's Sports Complex, provides sium, Standard football pitch, Tennis court, and many other sports. AAUA students participate in competitive sports such as the Nigerian University Games Association and West African University's Games.
AAUA also participated in the Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL) 2021 AAUA played at the final of the HiFL against UNIMAID where they won the second-place position.
The Vice Chancellors are assisted by two deputy Vice Chancellors, both Academic and Administration.
The scientists out of which five are professors include: Olaposi Omotuyi, Oyekanmi Nash, Basiru O Ajiboye, Victor O Olumekun, Babatunji E Oyinloye, Oludare T Osuntokun, Adebisi Olonisakin, A Olajide Ajayi, Olasehinde Olusanya, Funmilola S Akomolafe, Niyi Adelakun.