Barely four weeks after it was granted operational licence to take off as a university, Sam Maris University, Supare Akoko, Ondo State, has rolled out the 2023/2024 admission process.
The university, alongside 36 others, was on May 15 granted operational license by the Federal Government to commence academic activities.
However, its chairman and chief promoter, Mr Sam T. Ologunorisa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said the university, which would run in four phases, would commence academic activities with two faculties – Social and Management Sciences and the Computing and Environmental Sciences.He said the school would run 18 courses across the two faculties in its first four years.
They are Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Taxation, Entrepreneurship, Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy, as well as Security Studies and Mass Communication.
Others are: Architecture, Estate Management, Surveying and Geo-informatics, Building, Quantity Surveying, Urban and Regional Planning, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Environmental Management.
Ologunorisa, in a statement, said the institution would work to be a world-renowned university that is internationally distinguished for its excellent research, high academic standards in legal, managerial, social and applied sciences, and commitment to social justice.
“At Sam Maris, we are motivated to create an ICT-driven academic conducive environment and committed to high-quality teaching, experiential learning, cutting-edge and high-impact research and good character.
“We are driven by the need to produce globally competitive graduates nurtured with the spirit of entrepreneurship. We are also driven by the need to provide a new generation of leaders with requisite knowledge and skills required to run the emerging 21st century knowledge-driven economy.
“The nature of the school and its focal points is to provide quality instruction in law, humanities, management, social sciences and applied sciences,” he explained.