The Cosmetology programme was instituted to train professionals for the beauty therapy industry to meet the expanded beauty requirement of the country in a more professional fashion. The department intends to mount programmes in areas of aesthetics, trichology, cosmetology and beauty therapy both at the Higher National diploma and Degree levels to meet the need to create pathways for the academic progression of beauticians. It hopes to eventually establish itself as the number one training institution and a pace setter in the transformation of the industry taking into account professionalism, beauty enhancement and the health of practitioner and clients alike. The Department has ultra-modern laboratory that contains equipment with the potentials to train and offer services for clients and students in the areas of massage, manicure and pedicure, barbering, hairdressing facials and nails. The motivation behind establishing the programme was a drive to minimise health hazards associated with operations of the industry as it directly or indirectly affects humans. It is also motivated by the increasing desire of the University to avail the youth and practitioners of the trade, to provide both high/middle levels manpower training for job creation opportunities, and to build a backbone for a formal technical, vocational education and training not only at the lower levels of education but also at the higher level.