About
The department of International Relations is one of the foundation Departments of the College of Social and Management Sciences. It offered two programmes – International Relations and Mass Communication at its inception till 2014 when Mass Communication became a full- fledged Department of its own.
The Department runs a four year progamme leading to the award of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in International Relations. The course is designed to produce competent graduates with sound intellectual knowledge of the theories of International Relations and their applications to solving socio-political problems at the national and international levels. It on the other hand provides a solid academic base for further studies and research.
The course is fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC)
Meet the Department Head
Steve Amiemenkharu, Iyayi is Professor of Public Administration and the Dean of College of Social and Management Sciences (CSMS) Wellspring University, Benin City. He was previously Head of Department of International Relations
He holds the Ph. D (Public Administration) M.Sc. (International Relations), M.Sc. (Corporate Governance) and B.A. (History) degrees Prof Iyayi , earlier had a successful career with the Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi where he was Registrar for 10 years, 2001 to 2011. He later taught in that institution and was between July 2006 and September 2009, a visiting Lecturer to Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
Professor Iyayi is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria and a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management. He is a Google Scholar and has published extensively, locally and internationally. He has also attended many local and international conferences and workshops at which he presented papers. He is a reviewer to International Relations and Diplomacy Journal, USA and has served as a facilitator to National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) for supervision of Masters Degree theses in Public Administration