Welcome to the Department of Sociology, Ekiti State University, the Department was created at the inception of the university in 1982 with the admission of 19 students and academic staff which included Late Professor I.O.A. Adeola and Professor Israel Olatunji Orubuloye, and Prof. E.O. Akeredolu-Ale were instrumental to the formulation of the academic programme through the recruitment of NISER scholars into the University. Mr (Now Professor) Lukuman Adesina was also a pioneer staff though as a Youth Corp member. The department has grown in the past forty years as a productive and versatile trainer of manpower in academic, public and private sectors of Nigeria and global communities. The department currently runs the Diploma, B,Sc, M.Sc and PhD degrees in Sociology with subfields in Industrial, Criminology and Penology, Social Change and Development, Rural, Urban, Population Studies, Health/Medical, Community Development, Education, Youth Dynamics, and Religion. The department is populated by resourceful Professors and lecturers contributing immensely to intellectual and national development through insightful researches, publications and community service.