Fountain University
| Motto | Faith, Knowledge and Service |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2007 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Bashiru Ademola Raji |
| Location | Oke Osun, Osogbo, Nigeria |
| Website | Official website |
Fountain University is in Oke Osun after the Osun Osogbo sacred grove in Osogbo, Nigeria.[1][2] It was established by the Nasrul-lahi-li fathi (NASFAT) Society of Nigeria in 2008. It is a privately owned Islamic faith-based university in Osun State. Presently, the university has two colleges: College of Natural and Applied Sciences and College of Management and Social Sciences. Colleges of Art, Engineering and Education are being proposed.
History
The formation of Nasrul-Lahi-Ii-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) — the proprietor of Fountain University — was originally focused on prayer meetings for the Muslim elites, with a view to creating opportunity for them to interact and rub minds with Islamic scholars and to enhance their knowledge about the principles and practices of Islam.
The desire of NASFAT to establish a university was borne out of its education policy and plan enunciated at its strategic retreat in Akodo, Lagos, in 2000. From this humble beginning, the society started a systematic process which led to the hosting of an academic summit of 30 distinguished academic personalities from where an 18-person planning committee emerged in January 2004.
Fountain University was granted an operational licence as a Private University on May 17, 2007 by the federal government on the recommendations of the National Universities Commission. Following this achievement, a Fountain University strategic implementation committee was set up to serve as “in loco Council” to actualise the birth of the university. This committee worked tirelessly to put in place the facilities for the university to take-off. The committee was dissolved in September 2007 upon the inauguration of the Governing Council led by Professor N.O. Adedipe. The first Governing Council completed its first four years in September 2011 after which it was reconstituted.
Objectives
- To provide opportunity of acquiring education to all people without discrimination of color, nationality, race, gender or political persuasion.
- To promote knowledge advancement through research, seminars, conferences, workshops and the likes
- To stimulate interest in the acquisition and cultivation of Islamic ethics and culture.
- To provide innovative educational programmes of high standard and relevance to the needs of the society
- To promote the acquisition of knowledge through international collaboration.
- To undertake other activities appropriate for a university of high repute.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fountain University". www.4icu.org. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Nigeria's 59 private universities …locations, Vice Chancellors names, websites, dates of establishment". Kukogho Iruesiri Samson. pulse.ng. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Fountain University, Nigeria.". Opemipo Adeniyi. thenews.ng. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
