The establishment of the University of Lagos in 1962 was informed by the need to intensify the training of a professional workforce for a newly independent Nigeria in search of rapid industrialisation and economic development. It was however quite evident that the country lacked the requisite workforce to actualise the people’s dream. There was a big gulf to be filled, and that required establishing many more universities.
The University began with three faculties: Commerce and Business Administration, Law and Medicine. At its first meeting the Board of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration changed the name to the Faculty of Business and Social Studies. The faculties of Arts, Education, Engineering and Science were added in 1964.
LIST OF UNILAG COURSES OFFERED
| S/N | COURSES OFFERED |
| 1. | ACCOUNTANCY/ACCOUNTING |
| 2. | ACTUARIAL SCIENCE |
| 3. | ADULT EDUCATION |
| 4. | ARCHITECTURE |
| 5. | BANKING AND FINANCE |
| 6. | BIOCHEMISTRY |
| 7. | BIOLOGY |
| 8. | BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING |
| 9. | BOTANY |
| 10. | BUILDING |
| 11. | BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
| 12. | BUSINESS EDUCATION |
| 13. | CELL BIOLOGY & GENETICS |
| 14. | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
| 15. | CHEMISTRY |
| 16. | CHINESE STUDIES |
| 17. | CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| 18. | CIVIL ENGINEERING |
| 19. | COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
| 20. | COMPUTER SCIENCE |
| 21. | CREATIVE ARTS |
| 22. | DENTISTRY AND DENTAL SURGERY |
| 23. | EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION |
| 24. | ECONOMICS |
| 25. | EDUCATION AND BIOLOGY |
| 26. | EDUCATION AND CHEMISTRY |
| 27. | EDUCATION AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| 28. | EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS |
| 29. | EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| 30. | EDUCATION AND FRENCH |
| 31. | EDUCATION AND GEOGRAPHY |
| 32. | EDUCATION AND HISTORY |
| 33. | EDUCATION AND IGBO |
| 34. | EDUCATION AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE |
| 35. | EDUCATION AND ISLAMIC STUDIES |
| 36. | EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS |
| 37. | EDUCATION AND PHYSICS |
| 38. | EDUCATION AND YORUBA |
| 39. | EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION |
| 40. | ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING |
| 41. | ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| 42. | ESTATE MANAGEMENT |
| 43. | FINANCE |
| 44. | FISHERIES |
| 45. | FISHERIES MANAGEMENT |
| 46. | FRENCH |
| 47. | GEOGRAPHY |
| 48. | GEOLOGY |
| 49. | GEOPHYSICS |
| 50. | GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING |
| 51. | HEALTH EDUCATION |
| 52. | HISTORY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES |
| 53. | HOME ECONOMICS AND EDUCATION |
| 54. | HUMAN KINETICS |
| 55. | IGBO |
| 56. | INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY |
| 57. | INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS |
| 58. | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT |
| 59. | INSURANCE |
| 60. | INSURANCE |
| 61. | ISLAMIC STUDIESl |
| 62. | LAW |
| 63. | LINGUISTICS, IGBO AND OTHER AFRICAN LANGUAGES |
| 64. | MARINE BIOLOGY |
| 65. | MASS COMMUNICATION |
| 66. | MATHEMATICS |
| 67. | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
| 68. | MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE |
| 69. | MEDICINE AND SURGERYl |
| 70 | METALLURGICAL AND MATERIAL ENGINEERING |
| 71. | METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
| 72. | MICROBIOLOGY |
| 73. | NURSING/NURSING SCIENCE |
| 74. | PETROLEUM AND GAS ENGINEERING |
| 75. | PHARMACOLOGY |
| 76. | PHARMACY |
| 77. | PHILOSOPHY |
| 78. | PHYSIOTHERAPY |
| 79. | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
| 80. | PSYCHOLOGY |
| 81. | QUANTITY SURVEYING |
| 82. | RADIOGRAPHY |
| 83. | R-USSIAN |
| 84. | R-USSIAN WITH FRENCH/GERMAN |
| 85. | SOCIAL WORK |
| 86. | SOCIOLOGY |
| 87. | STATISTICS |
| 88. | SURVEYING AND GEOINFORMATICS |
| 89. | SYSTEMS ENGINEERING |
| 90. | TEACHER EDUCATION SCIENCE |
| 91. | TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
| 92. | URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING |
| 93. | YORUBA |
| 94. | ZOOLOGY |
