Breaking: Like UNILAG, OAU hikes school fees for new, old students

Few days after the management of University of Lagos (UNILAG) announced increment of school fee, their Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) counterpart in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has followed suit.

OAU on Wednesday announced new school fees payable by both new and returning students of the institution ahead of the resumption for the 2023 academic session.

According to a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, the revised fees are applicable to the 2023 academic session alone.

The statement noted that the adjustments were approved during an emergency meeting of the University’s Senate on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, and cut across various faculties.

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The adjusted fees are as follows:

Faculties of Arts, Law, and Humanities:

Freshers: ₦151,200

Returning Students: ₦89,200

Faculties of Technology and Science:

New Students: ₦163,200

Returning Students: ₦101,200

Faculties in the College of Health

Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy:

New Students (College of Health Sciences): ₦190,200

Returning Students (College of Health Sciences): ₦128,200

New Students (Faculty of Pharmacy): ₦190,200

Returning Students (Faculty of Pharmacy): ₦128,200