The University enrolls nearly 20,000 students in six faculties and a college.[2] For two consecutive seasons, in 2003 and 2004, the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) rated the University as the best state University in Nigeria.[2]The University’s main campus is located in Ogbomosho. This main campus is the site of the University’s administration, as well as home to five faculties and the post-graduate school.[3]Fields of study include pure and applied science, medicine, agriculture, engineering and technology, and environmental science. Another campus is located in Osogbo, home to the College of Health Sciences. Faculties in medicine and surgery, medical laboratory technology and nursing are housed there.

Lagos state polytechnic is a school of international standard, It is basically conceived to train young Nigerians and international Community to attain their full potentials and develop cutting-edge insights and foresight needed to perform at their vintage best in their future careers and to be a positive influence in the society.

The Mission Statement of the University is: “to form competent and committed professionals and encourage them to serve with personal initiative and social responsibility the community in which they work, thereby helping to build a better society in Nigeria and Africa at large”. This dream encapsulates the purpose of the University.

To be a top-class institution in the pursuit of knowledge and scholarship through teaching, learning, research and exemplary service to humanity.