The university Research activities had, since inception, been co-ordinated by the Senate Research Grants Committee and sub Committee of Deans. This Committee is headed by a member of the committee of Deans.
There are presently difficulties in providing accurate statistics and detailed information on the various levels and status of research activities in the University, aside from those which are University sponsored.
These lapses would certainly be a thing of the past as soon as the Centre for Research Coordination and Documentation proposed by the University Senate receives the approval of Management and becomes functional. The main function of the Centre would, amongst others, be to provide easy access to information on all research work carried out in the University as well as research grants prospects world-wide.
From a cursory assessment, it would appear that the level of research activities in our University would receive a boost given the favourable political perception of Nigeria’s governance by developed nations with whom Nigeria has bilateral agreements. One notable example is the recent (July 17, 2003) visit by officials of USAID to the Institute of Oceanography to discuss the modalities for a 5-year funding of research activities of the institute (estimated at 1 million US dollars). This indeed is the only academic institution in the entire country selected for such research funding.
However, following manifested difficulties in providing accurate statistics and detailed information on various levels and status of research activities the university has recently established a university Centre for Research Coordination and Documentation. This centre is headed by a Professor. Such lapses as regards accurate records among others would be corrected in this new dispensation as soon as the centre receives the funding and other facilities for full operation. One of the centre’s main function would be to provide easy access to information on all research work carried out in the university, both completed and ongoing in a virtual Library arrangement. The centre would be well equipped with computers and Internet services.
The following academic units are represented in the Research Committee, which is headed by a professor.

• Departments:
  • Department of Curriculum/Teaching
  • Department of Religious Studies/Philosophy
  • Department of Theatre Arts
  • Department of Languages/Linguistics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Med. Microbiology
  • Department of Business Administration
  • Department of Zoology
  • Department of English/Literary Studies
  • Department of Microbiology
  • Department of Soil Science
  • Library Department
• College of Medical Sciences
• All Deans of Faculties
• All Directors of Institutes