For the fourth consecutive year, Covenant University students in the Department of Chemical Engineering have claimed the top position in the prestigious 2024 Students’ Design Project.

The Competition was organized by the Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE), a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers. The 2024 project, titled, ‘Design of 150,000 Tonnes/Year of Activated Carbon, Bitumen, and Synthetic Rubber Production Plant from Waste Tyre Feedstock,’ earned them the coveted award.

More partnerships between private companies and the academia will encourage scholarly works in Nigeria’s education sector. This is according to the Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Professor Timothy Anake.

History was made on Friday, December 6, 2024, as a research team of Covenant University unveiled a virtual Chemistry laboratory App, an innovation that allows students anywhere in the world to carry out experiments and research with full complement of equipment outside a physical laboratory setting.

Covenant University has announced her Christmas Break, marking the end of the first half of the Alpha Semester and the closure of academic activities for the year 2024.

The announcement was made during the Departure Assembly at the University Chapel,which saw a gathering of both students, academic and non-academic staff of the tertiary institution, signaling the beginning of the Christmas break  with effect from Friday, December 6, 2024.

The leadership of Covenant University, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, celebrated its outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo and other principal officers with whom he served during his tenure.

The Board of Regents, Covenant University, has announced the appointment of Professor Timothy Ashibel Anake as the 6th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution. This announcement was made during a special meeting of the Board with the University Management on Thursday, November 28, 2024.

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun Adebayo, emphasized that the engineering profession plays a central role in shaping any society’s development. He stated that engineers have been instrumental in driving infrastructure development through innovation, which continues to shape the future of the world.

Representatives from the National Universities Commission (NUC), led by Professor Rafiu Adesina Ganiyu, on an accreditation visit to Covenant University, for the assessment of its Computer Engineering programme, has commended Covenant University, for her exceptional dedication and commitment to academic excellence. 

Covenant, God’s own University, has done it again, as she continues to retain her eminent status as an institution in a class of its own, by emerging the best West African university and the 3rd best in Africa, in Times Higher Education’s newly unveiled Interdisciplinary Science Research ranking for 2025.

The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo, has called for increased collaboration among researchers from Nigeria's higher institutions to develop solutions for the pressing challenges facing the African continent, particularly in the areas of energy and power.