I have great pleasure in welcoming you to the Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan. Whether you a prospective applicant, a current student, an alumnus, or you are just visiting our website, I am glad you are here. The Faculty of the Social Sciences has a wide varieties of academic programmes at undergraduate level and also academic and some professional programmes at postgraduate level. The Faculty has a rich history and tradition of academic and research excellence. The Faculty believes in promoting staff and students’ welfare; fostering an environment that is conducive to teaching, learning and character moulding for all. As a leading Social Science Faculty in Nigeria and globally, our academic programmes are tailored towards building an all round person in our students, taking into special considerations their psychological, emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing and health.

Over the years, the Faculty has trained and produced several thousands of graduates in Geography, Political Science, Sociology and Psychology, and lately, in Employment Relations and Human Resources Management. Until recently, too, the Faculty has trained and produced graduates in Economics and Urban and Regional Planning. The various academic programmes in the Faculty are geared towards exposing our students to the historical and contemporary debates in their disciplines, the current research methods and methodologies, and analytical skills needed in today’s world, as well as developing in them the capacity for critical thinking and enquiry. The Faculty develops leadership capacity in its students by exposing them to practical trainings in leadership, including providing them with opportunities to organise themselves politically and socially at departmental, faculty and university-wide levels. This is in addition to promoting sporting and entrepreneurial activities amongst them.

It is the goal of the Faculty to facilitate change beyond the academy, hence it produces cutting-edge knowledge that influences societal change. The Faculty is committed to building inter-disciplinary research and purpose-driven collaboration to enable transformative and enduring impact. The Faculty partners, and would continue to partner, with the world of industry; systematically and deliberately producing knowledge and graduates for the industry, while collaborating with it for the development (infrastructural, manpower etc) of the Faculty.

As you carefully navigate through this website, you will discover the various departments and programmes (academic and professional) that are available in the Faculty, and information about admissions, conferences, and staff and students, and other things that are designed to familiarise you with the Faculty.    

  I once again wish to say, welcome to the Faculty of the Social Sciences, the premier Faculty in the premier university in Nigeria, where we mould lives and train leaders.

 Professor Olajide O. Akanji