geobukky:
My academic mentor and project supervisor did all his programs at OAU, BSC MSC, PHD.
One of the earlierst tips he gave me is "avoid OAU", why? they will waste your life. I think he spent 5-6years on his PhD
I know someone will come and say he did not know what he was doing; dude was best in his class during MSc and got an AAPG award on his MS research
I don't know of other departments o.... but white house (OAU Geoscience)is legendary!!! when u see that department just flee... am not oau product but i know 50% of their lecturers; they are just notorious and that is also the best geoscience department in the country, has to be said

emmasege:
Do you mind the OP? Instead of him to come out plainly and tell us the whole truth, he's being economical with the truth. OAU PG program is no longer slow. If anyone is delayed for whatever reason, the fault is either between a candidate and his/her supervisor, though in most cases it is the student's some of whom have no research ideas whatsoever.

okewumi:


Bros, you are right. I graduated from OAU and the only problem is no short cut to anything. You can not buy handout to boast your GP, you cannot ask a friend to write test for you. The only thing is that OAU is not meant for average students like me but for genius. I got job automatically after service year because of the school image and l was sent for training in Europe. Education in OAU is very tough

OAUTemitayo:
In OAU, no room for lazy a.z.z

twilliamx:


it is your [b] english that is delaying you.
It is spelt [b]stuck not stocked.

twilliamx:


it is your english that is delaying you.
It is spelt stuck not stocked.

Sanchez01:

The White House is indeed legendary. You would hear people groan and wail but in the end, they come out super excellent. Just like I complained and thought Humanities was cruel. I still thank the likes of Akande, Babalola and Uwasomba till date.

OAU lecturers can be notorious, but they never fall short of what they intend to forge.

jibs4lv:
Profesor in Inglis,as if e never sufa from caryover b4 mtceeew .

twilliamx:


it is your english that is delaying you.
It is spelt stuck not stocked.

oracle009:
I had my BSc. Botany from OAU. It was a wonderful experience in all ramifications. Though, we spent more sessions than anticipated, but WE CAME OUT BETTER, RUGGED and VERSATILE! currently running my Post graduate in UNILAG... very fast, less demanding, less stressful BUT MORE MODERN researches, cost demanding, Modern and useful to society and cool experience. The way I read ehn, so alien to UNILAG... good student- lecturer rapport (far better than OAU), More fund and finance opportunities (UNILAG gets foreign grants alot)... And LABOUR MARKET oriented (oau train us like monster with only scholastic researches)...

A combination of OAU and UNILAG is a top notch. I don't like UI tho

VickyRotex:
By tomorrow now, we will start seeing various threads of: "Run Away from sososo and so school if you love Yourself"! No be Nairaland?

All thanks to the op for starting this "stocked" up trend

felictorx:
This is a friendly advice especially for post graduates applicants. I have warned you enough. OAU will delay your destiny and brag ontop of that. I can only pity the undergraduates stocked there! A word is enough for the wise!

zionglory:


lazy ass, we went to the best, great ife

LARRYDKING:


Our institutions are in very terrible states but unfortunately, alumni wouldn't ever agree to the fact whenever it's been discuss. Every school in Nigeria today is so far behind. Imagine the alumni of the school jumping over the thread chanting and insisting "stress" is the order of the day in the institution? Must we be stressed out to learn? what is wrong with us in this part of the world?

These guys disgust me with their ways of reasoning. We have friends abroad and we as well read a lot on the Internet. Must you be a prey to bedbugs, get intimidated and harassed unduly and do some unreasonable things to be knowledge? Alas, the products of the said institution pride themselves in ignorance of the grand scheme of things.

It's speaks volume of the danger which abounds if this pattern of reasoning is what our best schools imbibe in their alumni.

twilliamx:


it is your english that is delaying you.
It is spelt stuck not stocked.

GogobiriLalas:
Still the best school in Nigeria though....sad

emmasege:
What exactly is your point, OP? I don't think OAU is so strict with their postgraduate programs as they were, years ago. I know of so many people who completed their MSc research programs within 4 semesters and PhD in 6 semesters in the last few years, on that same campus. OAU is not UI or UNILAG where they do short-term projects and mass defence for MSc candidates. In OAU, you do MSc by research which is the style in American and Canadian universities and not the British style adopted by UI & UNILAG. And if your thesis is not examinable, your supervisor will not clear you for defence. It doesn't matter if your class mates have been cleared by their own supervisors.

OAU is only good for research-minded candidates and not those who will want to do their research as if they were part time students, the moment they complete their course works. Such candidates may consider UNILAG or UI.

twosquare:
I think felictorx is right to some extent. For Postgraduate students, OAU should be the last option. It is a No-No. Though they have sound lecturers but consider these turn-offs:

1) Your thesis won't add any point to your grade...it is just done like that, unlike other universities where it like 6 unit course. So, to attain your Ph.D. grade is totally based on coursework---such system is poor.

2) Lack of Ph.D. grade (60) means you will have to do Mphil...and OAU MPhil is 2 years (who have time to waste a whole two years. Why is it a waste? See the third point)

3) MPhil is not convertible to Ph.D. after two years, unlike U.I where there is MPhil/Ph.D. (After a year, you convert to Ph.D. and continue with your program if you have good grade).

4) A lot of 'Bureaucracy' and red tapes...That's where you see Form A, E, F, Abstract, K, and the likes, each having its useless and unnecessary time wasting procedures

5) Form A, for instance, will have to go to the department (you correct mistakes after it is returned to you), leave for the department (come back and correct mistakes)...while your mates in other schools are convocating... the same process till Faculty, Postgraduate College, and then your Oral Interview can be fixed. God help you if you don't have a good supervisor. I still have folks who are still there since 2014.

6) Other forms go through the same process as above....before your thesis is accepted whereas in some universities...you do your thesis and submit, and those forms do not add one value to your life

7) When your mates are convocating and moving on with their lives, you are still doing your program in OAU..growing old...

With the points above, if you still decide to go for your PG programs in OAU (especially Masters and PH.D., well, that's your own business...do not say I don't tell you.)

Just that, in some departments, you can easily get admission, unlike U.I...If you like these disadvantages, then find a way to beat the system, but not possible, especially the grade aspect

Cc Statsocial, emmasege, HeyHey, ssuccess, Noble4life

Omobolajiatanda:
if it's cus of d strikes...am nuh sure they've gone on one since d acting vc took charge

oracle009:
I had my BSc. Botany from OAU. It was a wonderful experience in all ramifications. Though, we spent more sessions than anticipated, but WE CAME OUT BETTER, RUGGED and VERSATILE! currently running my Post graduate in UNILAG... very fast, less demanding, less stressful BUT MORE MODERN researches, cost demanding, Modern and useful to society and cool experience. The way I read ehn, so alien to UNILAG... good student- lecturer rapport (far better than OAU), More fund and finance opportunities (UNILAG gets foreign grants alot)... And LABOUR MARKET oriented (oau train us like monster with only scholastic researches)...

A combination of OAU and UNILAG is a top notch. I don't like UI tho

Iamsheye:
another stupid school