Kunle Adelabu
-Partnership opens structured pathways to European academia, research funding, student Exchange programmes
The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland’s oldest and most prestigious business school.
The agreement was signed on Monday, 11th May, 2026, at the SGH campus in Warsaw.
Mr ‘Lanre Kuye, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, LASUSTECH, revealed in a statement on Friday.
Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Olumuyiwa Odusanya, signed on behalf of LASUSTECH, while SGH Rector, Professor Piotr Wachowiak, signed on behalf of SGH. The signing marks the establishment of a sustained bilateral framework for academic and research collaboration and student exchange programmes between the two institutions.
The Vice-Chancellor led a LASUSTECH delegation that included Professor Olumuyiwa Olamade, Dean of the College of Applied Social Sciences (CASS), and Dr Ayo Eso of the Department of Economics. The working visit, which ran from Monday, 11 May to Thursday, 14 May 2026, afforded the team direct engagement with SGH’s academic leadership, research faculty, and institutional structures, enabling both sides to align the MOU’s implementation framework with concrete, near-term deliverables.
According to LASUSTECH, “the partnership is strategically anchored in the Vice-Chancellor’s IMPACT model, a development philosophy that prioritises infrastructural development, manpower upgrade, prosperity, a strong university culture, a catalyst to the Lagos State agenda, and town and gown partnership.
“It equally reinforces Lagos State’s THEME+ agenda, which positions education as a driver of human capital development, economic growth, and global competitiveness for the state.
“For LASUSTECH, the agreement is not a ceremonial gesture; it is a structured mechanism for delivering tangible value to students, educators, and the wider Lagos economy. The visit opened possibilities with the Polish funding agency and the CIC Innovation Hub”.
LASUSTECH explained that the agreement with the reputable academic institution, focuses on four areas – staff and students exchange programmes, research development and standardization of LASUSTECH curricula.
“Under the terms of the MOU, the collaboration will operate across four principal areas. LASUSTECH and SGH faculty will participate in staff exchange and visiting lectureship programmes, enabling cross-institutional teaching and collaborative research. Eligible LASUSTECH students will access short-term exchange placements at SGH Warsaw, earning credits recognised towards their LASUSTECH qualifications.
“Both institutions will co-develop research initiatives in areas of shared academic priority, including financial inclusion, the digital economy, development economics, and African business environments. The partnership also creates a formal channel for benchmarking LASUSTECH curricula against internationally accredited standards, ensuring that programme content reflects global best practice.
The institution, further emphasising its gains from the agreement, stated that:
“The research dimension of the MOU carries particular significance. SGH’s library, the largest economics library in Poland, holds over 786,000 monograph volumes and provides access to approximately 30,000 foreign journals in electronic form. LASUSTECH staff and visiting scholars will gain meaningful access to this resource base under the agreement.
“Equally, SGH’s established relationship with Poland’s National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) opens structured pathways for LASUSTECH to access European academic mobility funding and collaborative grants, including EU-funded programmes such as Horizon Europe. For a faculty actively building its research profile, these are direct, substantive advantages”.
Speaking on the partnership, Vice-Chancellor Professor Olumuyiwa Odusanya described the MOU as consistent with LASUSTECH’s deliberate strategy to position the university as a credible actor in international academic exchange, not merely a beneficiary of it.
Dean Professor Olumuyiwa Olamade noted that the College of Applied Social Sciences stands at the frontline of this collaboration, and that the agreement will directly shape curriculum design, faculty development, and student outcomes across its departments.
“For prospective students, educators, and institutional stakeholders, this partnership signals a LASUSTECH that is methodically constructing the infrastructure of a globally competitive university. The agreement with SGH is not an isolated milestone; it is one element of a coherent internationalisation strategy that connects LASUSTECH’s academic programmes to real European networks, accredited standards, and funded research environments.
“As Nigerian universities navigate an increasingly competitive knowledge economy, LASUSTECH is deliberately placing itself among institutions that do not follow global conversations but contribute to them”, Professor Olamade added.
SGH Warsaw School of Economics brings a formidable institutional profile to this collaboration. Founded in 1906, it has over 120 years of academic tradition and currently educates more than 10,000 students annually across undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and executive programmes. Critically, SGH completed the Triple Crown of Accreditation in 2025, a distinction held by less than 1% of the world’s 16,000-plus business schools. Its three accreditations, AACSB (United States), AMBA (United Kingdom), and EQUIS (Belgium), confirm the highest international standards in teaching quality, research excellence, and institutional governance. SGH also maintains active academic partnerships with more than 300 universities worldwide, and is a member of two elite global networks: the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) and the Partnership in International Management (PIM).
