Six (6) postgraduate students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, will participate in the Erasmus+Mobility Programme which kicks off in September 2025, at the IMT Atlantique, France.
They are;
- Akindele, Abdul-Qudus Olajide
- Harry, Osawayenmen Azamosa
- Okoegwa, Usifo Stephen
- Samuel-Iluobe, Olayemi Oluwakemi
- Ogunbunmi, Samod Oyedele and
- Mahmud, Tijani
The students who are currently studying for their Masters’ Degrees (M.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering, will be participating in the Process and Bioprocess Engineering, Project Management for Environmental and Energy Engineering (PM3E) as well as the Nuclear Engineering Production and Industrial Application (NEPIA).
While presenting them to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, in her office on Friday, August 22, 2025; the Director, Office of International Relations, Partnership and Prospects (IRPP), Professor Ismail Ibraheem said the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UNILAG and IMT Atlantique, also has potentials to offer research collaboration opportunities to members of faculty especially in Process and Energy Engineering and other diverse areas.
The Programme, according to the Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Professor Adekunle Adelaja marks a bold step in achieving the proposed double Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Nuclear Engineering from IMT Atlantique.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, who was visibly elated, describe the opportunity as part of the low hanging fruits of the university management’s earlier engagements with the IMT Atlantique, France.
While congratulating the students, Prof. Ogunsola implored them to seize the opportunity to identify salient challenges in the energy sector and develop tangible solutions.
She particularly charged them to make the best of the opportunity for knowledge acquisition, personal growth and development, cultural immersion and social integration.
IMT Atlantique was established in 2017 as a result of the merger of Telecom Bretagne in Brest, and Ecole des Mines de Nantes. The university is internationally recognized as a technological university with three (3) campuses situated in Brest, Nantes and Rennes, all in France.
Also present at the brief session was Emmanuel Okere, a 400 level Mass Communication student who was part of a team of four (4) students who recently returned from a Community College Initiative sponsored by the Government of the United States of America.
Emmanuel Okere and three other students were at different colleges in the United States from August, 2024 to May, 2025.
Report: Gbenga Gbelee
Photograph: Ayomide Oloyede
