COMSIT

Computer Services & Information Technology (COMSIT) Directorate

Computer Services and Information Technology (COMSIT) is a Directorate of the University charged with the responsibilities of deploying ICT infrastructure and services for administration, teaching, research, learning to the University and to the community at large.

Prominent among the duties and schedules of this directorate are the following:

1. Attending to Computerization of University Management Information System comprising of Staff, Students and financial/Audit information system.
2. Design, Provision and sustainability of Internet access to the University Community.
3. Design, Provision and Maintenance of University Area Network.
4. Help desk support services to the University community on ICT applications and facilities.
5. Ensuring that the University community has a standard and robust Website through a constant maintenance and updating of the site.
6. Maintenance of application software, minor repairs of faults on desktop and Laptop computers for the University Community.
7. Research support through Statistical Analysis of Postgraduate and undergraduate research activities in the University Community.
8. Providing ICT capacity building for staff and students of the University through various training programmes.
9. Augmenting the revenue generation for the University through regular ICT part-time training programmes for the public outside the University Community.

The University of Ilorin mission to provide a world-class environment for learning, research and community service in this information driven age where intellectual capital is of the utmost value, can only be actualized with a well articulated, well managed information technology strategy.  To achieve this, the Computer services and Information Technology (COMSIT) Directorate is vital to ensure that services delivered are of the highest technical content and of the best quality.
There are a number of on-going ICT projects and future initiatives in the University Community which require an ICT workforce for it’s sustainability.  This workforce is the COMSIT directorate.
On-going ICT Projects
Some of the on-going ICT projects include; University Management Information System, Internet Access, University Campus Network, Unilorin website, University Library Services Automation etc.  Brief on each of these projects are as follows:

University Website
The existing University website www.unilorin.edu.ng which is being hosted at ICTP in Italy is maintained and updated by the COMSIT directorate on daily basis. While this maintenance is going on, University is in the process of re-engineering the existing site to a world-class standard by designing and developing a new one which will compete with Websites of developed world.  COMSIT directorate still has a great role to play in making this plan a reality.  Besides, the maintenance and instant updating which is the main beauty of any site rests primarily on the COMSIT Directorate.
University Campus Network
The University Area Network is growing fast with the existing buildings and coming up of new departmental and faculty structures on the campus.  Maintenance of these networks require constant monitoring and attention to avoid breakdown and to ensure efficient running of the servers and the workstations on the network.
All these require the support services of the COMSIT Directorate.  With the new initiative of wireless network technology for the University equally requires the role of the directorate in the deployment and maintenance to the University campus.
The COMSIT directorate has three units

• Computer Centre Unit
• Management Information System (MIS) unit 
• Campus Network Unit

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE COMSIT DIRECTORATE

1. Director COMSIT - Mr. T.I. Aiyelabegan
2. Mrs. J.O. Olorunfemi - Head,  Computer Centre
3. Engr (Mrs.) O. Bolade-Eyinla - Head, Campus Networks