The Department was established in the 2012/2013 session. The Department presently consists of Twenty four (24) Staff; Academic Staff Members are Twelve (12) and Twelve (12) Support Staff.  The Department has Thirty Four (34) students in 300 Level, Thirty One (31) in 200 Level and Thirty Nine (39) in 100Level with a Chemistry Laboratory for our students’ practical classes.

The Department of Chemistry is one of the basic Academic Unit in the Faculty of Science.  It is mission-oriented not discipline biased and serves as the functional unit for integrating teaching and research to positively influence the environment and community for development.  The programme of the Department is therefore designed to give students the required academic and practical background in Environmental, Analytical, Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry.

Breakdown of students in the Department

100 Level		200 Level		300 Level
Male	15	Male	16	Male	24
Female	24	Female	15	Female	10
Total	39	Total	31	Total	34

 

Departmental Objectives

1. To broaden the academic base of students in the main branches of Chemistry.
2. To produce students that can competently handle diverse Chemistry issues and concepts with in depth focus on specialized areas.
3. Provide the students with opportunity for integrating theoretical chemistry with practicals in all the branches of Chemistry.
4. Admission Requirements

To ensure the development of the human mind, to be creative, innovative and research oriented.

To be the most outstanding Department in the University in terms of the quality of research and training.

The philosophy of the Department is to produce practical oriented and innovative graduates that will be of benefit to the host community Kogi State which is known to be rich in mineral resources and the country at large.