Kwara State University (KWASU) is one of the state universities in Nigeria. It is located at Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria. Like other universities in Nigeria, the institution has produced many graduates and prominent people. It is an indigenous college that places great importance on research; hence, it has partnered with many institutions in and outside Nigeria to achieve this aim. Because of the quality of courses and research institutes at Kwasu, their school fees are relatively high compared to other state universities in Nigeria. The institution offers about 44 courses spread across several faculties.
The university is organized into three campuses; one in Malete, another one in Ilesha-Baruba, and the other in Osi-Opin. The Malete campus is the main campus housing the College of Education, College of Pure and Applied Sciences, and the College of Information and Communication Technology. The Baruba Campus is made up of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences while the Osi Campus is made up of the College of Engineering, College of Humanities, College of Management, and the College of Social Sciences. The university started with these campuses and faculties; subsequently, more faculties and departments have been added. This article is going to explore Kwasu courses and their school fees structure.
Brief History of Kwasu
- Motto: Service and Integrity.
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, is the 95th university established in Nigeria and the 77th university to be registered under the Nigerian Union of Universities (NUC). It came into existence in 2009, under the leadership of Dr. Bukola Saraki, who was the governor of Kwara State at the time. Before this date, a planning committee was set up under the former governor of Kwara State by Bukola Saraki on 11th July 2007. The bill was signed into law on 24th December 2008. Subsequently, the university was registered with the Nigerian Union of Universities (NUC) in 2009. In July 2009, the First Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah, was appointed, and the academic activities kicked off fully that same year.
More so, the university was designed to be a center for community service and entrepreneurship; therefore, it runs numerous academic centers. These centers include Center for Ecology and Environmental Management and Studies (CEERMS), Center for Oral Traditions in Africa, Institute for Asian Studies, Center for Pre-degree and Remedial Studies, Center for Modernity and Religion, Center for Entrepreneurship, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research, etc.
List of Courses One Can Study at Kwasu
Kwara State University runs both undergraduate and post-graduate programs. It also runs remedial and pre-degree programs. The institution, however, is yet to start a faculty for pure medical science courses. Below is a list of the faculties/colleges and courses studied at Kwasu.
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Department of Arabic Language and Literature
- Department of Christian Studies
- Department of English and Literary Studies
- Department of French
- Department of History and International Studies
- Department of Islamic Studies
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Faculty of Administration
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Banking and Finance
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Studies
Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services
- Department of Animal Production, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
- Department of Crop Production
- Department of Food Science and Technology
Faculty of Education
- Department of Business Education
- Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education
- Department of Education and Science
- Department of English Language
- Department of Human Kinetics
- Department of Library and Information Science
- Department of Special Education
Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Aeronautic and Astronautical Engineering
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Law
- Department of Common Law
- Department of Common and Islamic Law
Faculty of Sciences
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Geology and Mineral Science
- Department of Industrial Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Plant and Environmental Biology
- Department of Physics
- Department of Public Health Science
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Zoology
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Mass Communication
- Department of Economics
- Department of Political Science and Administration
- Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Department of Geography
- Department of Sociology
It is worthy of note that Kwara State University, as of 2021, does not offer pure medical courses. The only related courses Kwasu offers are Medical Laboratory Sciences, Public Health Sciences, and Human Kinetics.
Kwasu School Fees
Kwara State University is a government-owned institution that pays its school fees per academic session. Also, like other state universities, indigenes pay less than non-indigenes. In addition, there are other fees to be paid by the students that are not included in the school fees. Failure to pay the stipulated fees by any student attracts a late payment charge of 20 percent of the amount to be paid.
However, like it is applicable in Nasarawa State University, Kwasu’s first-year students pay less than others. From the second year, the school fees remain the same through the final year. This is so because tuition and entrepreneurship fees are added to the returning students’ fees. All their fees are to be paid online.
Kwasu School Fees Schedule For 2021/2022 Academic Session
The school fees schedule is divided into two main divisions: indigenes and non-indigenes. There may be further divisions in faculties that pay higher than the other, but the information is not available. The following is a breakdown of the current school fees schedule for Kwara State University.
Indigenes
First-year students: N99,500
Second-year to final-year students: N109,500
Non-indigenes
First-year students: N200,000
Second-year to final-year students: N210,000
Other Fees Payable at Kwasu
At Kwara State University, there are extra fees to be paid by the students apart from their school fees. These fees are paid by specific departments that depend on fieldwork and practicals, which helps in necessitating the field activities. Below is a lit of these extra payments.
- Handbook: N2,500
- N5,000 for first to final year Biochemistry students
- N5,000 for students of Tourism, Merchandising and Hospitality Management
- N20,000 (Teaching Practice) for Fourth year Education students
- N18,000 (Teaching Practice) for third-year Education students
- N25,000 (Field Work) for Geology students
- N12,000 College of Education Teaching Practice
- Business Education undergraduate N10,000; post-graduate N20,000
- College of Agriculture: College professional registration N1,000, Excursion N9,000, Farming Practice Training N40,000
- Early Childhood: departmental levy N2,500, Association fee N5,000, Excursion N1,500
- E-learning Enhancement fee N5,000
- ENACTUS Entrepreneurship Awareness Creation for first-year students N5,000
How to Pay Kwasu Fees
Below is a step-by-step procedure on how to pay Kwara State University Fees
- Go to myportal.kwasu.edu.ng/login
- Login with your details
- Click on Invoice Generation
- Generate an invoice for the payment you want to make
- Pay online with the generated invoice
- Or go to the bank and pay with the invoice
- Collect a printout after payment
- After paying, go back to the portal
- Click on Payment and confirmation of school fees and acceptance fee
- Complete the payment online by choosing the correct options
- Print your receipt