Obafemi Awolowo University

=== Research ===
The medical research facilities are located in the teaching hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, comprising the Ife State Hospital, the Wesley Guild Hospital Ilesha, Comprehensive Health Centres, and the multidisciplinary laboratories at the main University Campus.<ref>nrgrgurdiannews.com. editorial, 18 March 1997</ref>{{full citation needed|date=April 2017}}

The University Teaching Hospital is consistently cited as a highly reputable teaching hospital based on its numerous records. It has served as a training site for Nigerian foreign-trained doctors, who are required to pass the medical licensing examination organized by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.  The operation for the first Siamese twins to be separated in sub-Saharan Africa was carried out at its teaching hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=OAU doctors separate Siamese twins|url=http://www.greatifealumni.org/index.php/2012-04-25-14-29-13/featured-university-news/113-awolowo-varsity-doctors-separate-siamese-twins-5-22-2002|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> Consequently, the separation of Siamese twins has been successfully carried out on different occasions, while successful cochlear implantation has been performed repeatedly in the [[otorhinolaryngology]] unit.<ref name="National Universities Commission" />

The university pioneered the resuscitation and modernization of the traditional bronze-casting technology.<ref name="theoptimumcareers.com">{{cite web|title=Jobs at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria|url=http://www.theoptimumcareers.com/2010/11/jobs-at-obafemi-awolowo-university-ile.html|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> It also pioneered the introduction of entrepreneurship education at the undergraduate level and this has now been adopted nationally and by the [[National Universities Commission]] (NUC).<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> It is the leading [[Information and communications technology|ICT]] University with a bandwidth of 113 Mbit/s as well as a pioneer in iLab. The first iLab in Africa, south of Sahara was developed and established in OAU in collaboration with [[MIT]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Linking African Universities with MIT ILABS|url=http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/153/|publisher=Carneige|access-date=27 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320180742/http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/153/|archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref>