Welcome To Our Department

The Department of Physiological Sciences is one of the foundation departments in the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The Department is committed to training and nurturing high quality professionals in various areas of medical sciences; dentistry, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics, pharmacy at the undergraduate levels of their studies. Apart from training graduate students in M.Sc, MPhil and PhD physiology, members of the department are involved in various groundbreaking research work in their various areas of specialization, the outcomes of which have been patented/published in peer reviewed high impact scientific journals both locally and internationally. The Department has put together a well-structured proposal for B.Sc Physiology Programme that is awaiting the approval of the relevant bodies of the University. There is an Echocardiography Unit of the Department that is currently domiciled in the University Health Centre. This Unit has provided and continued to provide diagnostic support to both staff and students of the University since 2014. Premium is given to quality, resourcefulness and innovation in the discharge of our mandate to University and the community at large.