Department of Microbiology

The Microbiology programme started as a component of the programme run in the former Department of Biological Sciences, which was set up in 1976 to award a single honours degree in Biology.  Later the former Department of Biological Sciences was divided into three units, namely Microbiology, Botany and Zoology.  Microbiology Unit started awarding B.Sc. (Hons.) Microbiology in 1981.  By 2005, Microbiology Unit became a full-fledged department, when the former Department of Biological Sciences was split into three autonomous departments. By the same year, the Department of Microbiology was given a full accreditation till the year 2010.

The Department of Microbiology teaches and trains undergraduate and postgraduate students in various aspects of Microbiology.  These aspects include Food and Dairy Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology and Pharmaceutical Microbiology.  Moreover, the academic staff members are involved in researches in various aspects of Microbiology.

Philosophy and Objectives of the Programme:

The philosophy of the programme is to produce cultured Nigerians with trained minds in general while seeking to expose them to all facets of Microbiology with the purpose of self-realization and a sense of the need to contribute to National development.  Problem appreciation in the programme is located in the concrete objective of the Nigerian milieu. The objectives of the Programme are:

(a) The training of the students to develop confidence in appreciating and solving problems in general.
(b) Development of self confidence in handling problems with minimal or no supervision.
(c) Building of students capacity to fit into the appropriate level of manpower to which their qualification will allow them in various employment opportunities available to microbiologists.
(d) Production of Microbiologists that can be self employed and possibly employer of labour
(e) Training the students to be able to ease into postgraduate training without difficulty.