The proverbial narrative of a tiny mustard seed sprouting to make a stand in the grove epitomises the chronicle of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Nigeria, in the global annals of postgraduate training. This feat characterises the prominent, creative, resilient and resourceful traits of the graduates that the University has produced through her Postgraduate School in just over two decades.

The mission of the school is to develop graduate students with independent creative thinking and enquiry, through training and research to meet societal needs. There are over 50 departments across 13 faculties/colleges, running more than 90 postgraduate programmes (PhD, MPhil, M.Tech, M.Sc, MBA, MPA, MPH, MTM, MEHM and PGD) in the school. Cumulatively, the school has turned out more than 2,000 doctoral and over 30,000 master’s candidates in both academic and professional streams.