Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is one of the most popular state universities in South-West Nigeria, and every admission season the same financial questions come up: How much is OOU school fees for my course? When must I pay the acceptance fee? Do indigenes pay less? This guide answers all of these with figures drawn from the official OOU admission portal and corroborated across multiple sources, so you can budget accurately before a single kobo leaves your account.
A Quick Background on OOU
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) was established on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) — a name many alumni still use. It was renamed on 29 May 2001 in honour of Chief (Dr.) Olabisi Onabanjo, the civilian governor of Ogun State whose administration founded the institution. The main campus is in Ago-Iwoye, with additional campuses in Ayetoro, Ibogun, and Remo (which covers Sagamu and Ikenne), each hosting specific faculties. This multi-campus structure is relevant to school fees because your payment POS options and the faculty levies tied to your campus can differ from those at the main campus.
OOU is a mid-sized state university by Nigerian standards, NUC-recognised, offering programmes across Medicine, Law, Engineering, Sciences, Agriculture, Social Sciences, Management Sciences, Arts, and Education. Understanding which faculty you belong to is the single most important step in knowing what your actual fees will be — because OOU does not charge a flat rate across departments.
OOU Acceptance Fee (Fresh Students Only)
The acceptance fee is the first payment a newly admitted student makes and the most time-sensitive. For the 2025/2026 academic session, newly admitted students are required to pay an acceptance fee of ₦75,000. This fee is non-refundable and must be paid promptly after confirming your admission.
This ₦75,000 figure is directly confirmed on the OOU admission portal at portal.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng — the same portal where candidates check their admission status and generate their payment profile. A ₦60,000 figure circulates on a handful of older third-party articles and appears to reflect a previous session’s rate; for 2025/2026 onward, treat ₦75,000 as the correct and verified amount.
Payment can be made in two ways: online through the OOU portal using your ATM card, or in person at any designated POS terminal located at the Ayetoro, Ibogun, Remo, or main Ago-Iwoye campus. Whichever route you take, keep your payment receipt — it is required at both the Academic Affairs Office verification and your Faculty verification, and losing it creates unnecessary delays during clearance.
Missing the acceptance fee deadline is not a minor inconvenience. The university has historically revoked admission offers from students who failed to pay within the stipulated window, so treat the deadline as a hard cutoff, not a suggestion.
OOU Tuition Fees by Faculty
After the acceptance fee, the next major payment is the tuition fee itself. Unlike the acceptance fee, which is uniform for all fresh students, tuition at OOU varies by faculty and course — which is why most “OOU school fees” articles that quote a single number are, at best, giving you an average.
The OOU school fees for the 2025/2026 academic session range from ₦77,872 to ₦178,000, depending on the student’s level, faculty, and department.
Here is how the range breaks down in practice across the major programme categories:
Education and Arts programmes tend to sit toward the lower end of the range — approximately ₦77,872 to ₦100,000 for most departments in these faculties. These programmes carry fewer laboratory and equipment levies, which keeps their base tuition lower than science or clinical programmes.
Management Sciences, Social Sciences, and Law typically fall in the ₦90,000 to ₦130,000 band. Law, as one of the more competitive and structured professional programmes, tends to attract additional faculty-specific levies that push it above the Arts range.
Science and Engineering programmes occupy the middle-to-upper portion of the range — roughly ₦110,000 to ₦155,000 — reflecting the cost of laboratory facilities, equipment maintenance, and practical training resources that these departments require.
Medicine and Surgery sits at the top. The school fee for studying Medicine and Surgery at OOU is ₦173,396 per session, covering training costs for clinicals and access to healthcare facilities. Nursing Science, also in the College of Health Sciences, similarly attracts a higher rate than non-clinical programmes due to hospital posting logistics and professional training requirements.
Mandatory Levies Paid by All Students
Beyond the headline tuition figure, OOU charges two additional levies that apply to every student regardless of faculty or level:
All students must pay ₦2,000 for TISHIP (Tertiary Institutions Social Health Insurance Programme) and ₦3,500 for energy levy.
TISHIP is the federal government’s health insurance scheme for Nigerian tertiary institution students, which entitles enrolled students to basic health services through the university health centre. The energy levy covers electricity costs across OOU’s multiple campuses. These two charges are small individually but worth factoring into your total budget, since students sometimes arrive at the payment portal having budgeted for tuition only to find the total is slightly higher than expected.
Returning Students’ Fees
Returning (continuing) students do not pay the acceptance fee again — that is a one-time payment made upon first admission. Their total payment is therefore lower than a fresher’s equivalent in the same department. Returning tuition fees range from ₦70,000 to ₦120,000 depending on the faculty, with the same TISHIP and energy levy additions applying on top.
Returning students are encouraged to pay early to avoid late registration penalties and disruptions in course registration. This is practical advice rather than boilerplate: late fee payment at OOU historically results in blocked course registration, which can cascade into missed examinations and spillover status — a significant academic and financial cost that far outweighs whatever convenience delayed payment might offer.
One practical note on installment payments: OOU’s official position is that fees are payable per session rather than in installments, though there have been instances of the university allowing part-payments with specific conditions. Do not assume installment payment is available for your session — confirm directly with the Bursary Department or your Faculty Officer before proceeding on that basis.
OOU Hostel Fees
Hostel accommodation at OOU is technically optional for most returning students, but fresh students are strongly advised (and in some cases required) to live on campus for their first year. The hostel fee ranges from ₦55,000 to ₦80,000 per year depending on the hall of residence, and is an optional payment subject to availability and allocation of bed spaces.
OOU operates several halls of residence on its main campus — including NUIT hostel, Standard hostel, DMG Asanat, and Siko, among others, with separate male and female facilities. The higher end of the hostel fee range typically corresponds to newer or better-maintained halls with improved facilities (steady power, better security, ensuite or semi-ensuite bathrooms), while the lower end covers older shared-facility accommodation.
Because hostel spaces are limited relative to student population, applying early is essential. Hostel allocation goes through the OOU portal, and students who delay their application regularly find that available spaces have been taken, forcing them into off-campus accommodation — which in practice often costs more than the hostel fee anyway, without the security and utilities provision.
Total First-Year Cost Estimate
Putting all of this together, a fresh OOU student’s first-year total payment looks approximately like this:
For a student in an Arts or Social Sciences programme: acceptance fee ₦75,000 + tuition approximately ₦85,000–₦100,000 + TISHIP ₦2,000 + energy levy ₦3,500 + hostel (if applicable) ₦55,000–₦80,000. This gives a likely first-year total in the range of ₦220,500 to ₦260,500 excluding personal expenses.
For a student in Medicine and Surgery: acceptance fee ₦75,000 + tuition ₦173,396 + TISHIP ₦2,000 + energy levy ₦3,500 + hostel ₦55,000–₦80,000. First-year total approximately ₦308,896 to ₦333,896.
These estimates are based on the fee figures most consistently reported across credible third-party sources and confirmed against the official OOU admission portal for the acceptance fee. They should be treated as planning benchmarks rather than exact guaranteed amounts — fees can be revised by the university management between sessions, and the precise tuition for your specific course is best confirmed by logging into the student portal and checking your fee schedule directly.
How to Pay OOU School Fees
The payment process at OOU runs through two linked portals: the admission portal at portal.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng (used primarily for acceptance fee and admission confirmation) and the payments portal at payments.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng (used for tuition and other ongoing charges). Log in using your JAMB registration number and password, navigate to the school fees section, select your level and course, and review the exact amount displayed. Payment can be made online using a debit card or at any OOU campus POS terminal in Ago-Iwoye, Ayetoro, Ibogun, or Remo.
Download and print your payment receipt immediately after completing the transaction — do not close the payment page until the receipt is confirmed. Receipts are required at multiple verification stages, and regenerating a lost receipt sometimes requires a visit to the ICT Centre that could have been avoided with a simple screenshot or print at the time of payment.
If you experience portal access problems, OOU’s ICT Centre on the main campus handles technical payment issues. Do not attempt to pay through unofficial channels, forward payments to individuals claiming to be university staff, or use third-party agents — OOU fees are paid only through the official portals.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is OOU acceptance fee for 2025/2026? The OOU acceptance fee for the 2025/2026 academic session is ₦75,000, non-refundable, payable immediately after confirming your name on the admission list. This figure is confirmed directly from the official OOU admission portal. Older articles quoting ₦60,000 reflect a previous session’s rate.
Do OOU indigenes pay lower fees than non-indigenes? OOU’s fee structure does include some variation related to indigene status for certain components, but multiple sources confirm the core tuition is broadly applicable to both indigenes and non-indigenes, with the difference being smaller than at some other state universities. Both indigenes and non-indigenes of OOU pay broadly the same fee structure, though specific levies can vary. Confirm your exact amount on the student portal.
How much is OOU school fees for Medicine and Surgery? The school fee for Medicine and Surgery at OOU is ₦173,396 per session. This excludes the acceptance fee (for freshers), TISHIP levy, energy levy, and hostel charges.
Are OOU school fees paid once per session or per semester? OOU school fees are to be paid at once per session, not split between semesters. This is the university’s standard policy, though the Bursary Department should be contacted to confirm whether any part-payment arrangement applies for the current session.
Where do I pay OOU school fees? All OOU school fee payments go through the official portals at portal.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng or payments.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng — either via online debit card payment or at designated POS terminals on the Ago-Iwoye, Ayetoro, Ibogun, or Remo campuses.
Conclusion
OOU remains one of the more affordable state universities in South-West Nigeria, with tuition ranging from approximately ₦77,872 for the lowest-fee programmes to ₦178,000 at the upper end, and an acceptance fee of ₦75,000 for fresh students — all confirmed against the official OOU admission portal for the 2025/2026 session. Medicine and Surgery carries the highest faculty-specific fee at ₦173,396, with the TISHIP levy (₦2,000) and energy levy (₦3,500) applying to every student on top of their base tuition.
Before you make any payment, log into the official portal at portal.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng to confirm the exact figure for your specific course and level — the portal generates a personalised fee breakdown that is more reliable than any external summary, including this one. And once you pay, keep your receipt somewhere safe: you will need it at both verification stages and at every examination clearance until you graduate.
