BRIEF HISTORY
Covenant University is a missionary and Visionary
Institute whose mission is to raise a new generation
of leaders. Covenant University was given an
operational license by the Federal Government of
Nigeria through the Nigerian Universities Commission
(NUC) to operate as a private university in Nigeria
on Feb. 12, 2002.
Covenant University started its academic programme
in October 2002 under three colleges namely: College
of Business and Social sciences (CBS), College of
Human Development (CHD) and College of Science and
Technology (CST). Each College has various
Programmes being run under them. The College of
Science and Technology (CST) has Architecture as one
of the professional programmes offered under it.
HISTORY.
The present Department of Architecture offers two
programmes Architecture and Building. However the
Department started in the 2002/2003 academic
calendar as Department of Environmental Sciences
offering programmes in Architecture and Estate
Management. The administration of the department in
2002/2003 academic year was under the headship of
the Dean of the College CST as the University was
still out to recruit the best crops of academics to
run the programme.
Dr Adedeji Daramola resumed duty at the beginning of
the 2003/2004 academic year as the acting head..
Since resumption of duty he has worked together with
the University management in line with the mission
of the University to chart a new course of raising
new generation of leaders in the architectural
profession. The former Department of Environmental
Sciences was spitted into Department of Architecture
and Estate Management in the 2004/2005 academic
calendar due to the astronomical increase in student
enrolment for the programmes.
The Department of Architecture has been marching on
and taking giant strides in producing a new
generation of architects that will provide
leadership for the decadence in the profession and
chart new courses for architectural practice in the
nation.
STAFF STRENGTH/STUDENT POPULATION:
At the inception of the architecture programme in
year 2002/2003 academic year there were 3 academic
staff with a pioneering student population of 42.
The 2003/2004 academic session had a new intake
student population of 54 registered students with
staff strength of 7 academic staff. The 3rd year
architecture programme witnessed an increase in
student enrolment for the two programmes offered in
the Department. Architecture – 69 and Building – 12.
The academic staff strength has also increased from
7 in the previous academic year to 10 in the
2004/2005 academic year with Prof E. A. Adeyemi
joining the department as a full time staff. In
2005/2006 academic year 57 new students were
admitted with astronomical staff strength (full
time) of over 20 including four Visiting Fellows of
Architecture.
In addition to this, some allied/science lecturers
from other programmes came in to take some courses.
In line with the vision of the University of
developing a new generation of leaders the a number
of Assistant lecturers of the Department currently
registered for PhD programmes under full scholarship
by the university
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION (NUC)
ACCREDITATION
In March 2005, the National Universities Commission
awarded a 5* Full accreditation to the Department of
Architecture at its first presentation. This was
quite encouraging.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
In 2004/2005 the department won a covenant
University Senate Research Grant amounting to
N968,000 to carry out a study on the ‘TRENDS OF
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN NIGERIA SINCE 1960.
The study has taken researchers to a number of
architectural firms in Nigeria and the United
Kingdom. The final report is currently being
concluded. Budget
The
Department of Architecture currently runs a 100%
budget approval. In which case all the budget of the
Department for 2003/2004, 2004/2005, and 2005/2006
sessions are fully implemented.
National/International Conferences
The department has a full funding that allows its
staff to embark on both national and International
conferences at full sponsorship. Quite a number of
its staff have benefited from this In 2005, the
department presented a paper at the African Union of
Architects (AUA) triennial conference held in Abuja.
In July, 2005, the department was also represented
at the Triennial conference of the UIA
(International Union of Architects), a World
Congress of Architecture in Istanbul, Turkey – Asia
where a paper was also presented. The department has
been very actively involved in both national and
international activities of the professional bodies.
Innovations
The Department of Architecture is working in
collaboration with the staff of Covenant University
project in exposing her students to continuous
practical experiences of building construction
stages on site simultaneously with the academic
work. In line with this each student is attached to
a construction site from where they are expected to
report in their log books, detailed report of
activities on site on daily basis. This report is
countersigned by the site Architect. This is to
expose them to on the job practice knowledge of
building carrier which will give them a better
understanding in their design studio and thus enable
them handle greater challenges. This invariably
offered them an edge over their counterparts
elsewhere. |
