The University of Lagos Business School (ULBS) was set up in 2013 and became operational in 2019, to advance the culture of excellence in Business education by the University of Lagos. The University of Lagos is an academic citadel of choice, with sterling brand identity. Its unique brand identity derives from the quality of teaching, high rate of employment of its graduates, strong alumni, quality of its academic research and location in Lagos, the commercial and industrial hub of Nigeria. ULBS is designed to leverage on the University’s strategic location and capabilities to provide a unique environment that is conducive for executive education and learning.

Our focus is to bridge the gap between theory and practice through having experienced academics and industry practitioners as faculty. Our degree and short-term programmes are designed to equip the new generation of Nigerian and Global leaders with the skills required to excel in business management and personal life. To ensure relevance of our programmes to current practical industry problems, we partner with organizations in manufacturing, financial industry, healthcare industry and others and develop multiple educational and training options for their employees.

We go beyond the normal criteria of research universities by promoting research that transcend the realm academic publications to reach and add value to the Nigerian and Global business communities.

Our approach is inductive, holistic and transformational.  We provide opportunity for immersion programmes to enable our students gain global experience from our partner universities and business organizations around the world and build a lasting global network.

For a business school to truly make a mark in the broad arena of the business and management discipline, it has to maintain its relevance to the community that it is serving, cultivate the respect, not only of other academic institutions but also of those in the corporate field and the students, as well as act as a focal point, to which questions, pertaining to issues in business and management, can be referred with full confidence.  Hence, a business school is not merely a building where students come to study and then graduate from within a few years, but is particularly a symbol of an organic ethos, a set of principles that form the backbone of both the school and its students, and permeate thinking and practices, long after students have graduated. Indeed, ULBS shall reengineer the society from the core, by nurturing leaders through relevant curricula as well as influencing business practices through meaningful consultancy and research work by faculties.

The ULBS will gives students the experience, leadership skills and networking opportunities they need to succeed in business.  We are an Institution dedicated to shaping leaders who will contribute immensely and ethically to the social and economic well-being of Nigeria and the world. We will maintain the national and international reputation of our Executive Degrees, Diploma, Certificate and DBA programmes by continually evolving to meet the needs of today’s and future global economy. At ULBS, students have the opportunity to be mentored by local business leaders, gain international experience through exchange opportunities and earn real-world, work experience in our business/industrial development programme before graduating. We nurture promote innovation and entrepreneurship by providing students with access to powerful online and offline resources and simulations in the school.

The today’s highly competitive job market means an education that prepares students for work is more important than ever. Education must help learners to develop the skills which employers need. The ULBS provides executive professional degree, diploma and certificate programmes, relevant to today’s working world.  The ULBS stands ready to help the new generation of business leaders and  managers to solidify their immediate and long-term success in business.