The commencement of Postgraduate Education in Ekiti State University was in 1986, with the introduction of Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s degree in (Guidance and Counselling) in the Faculty of Education. Four years later, specifically in 1990, students were admitted into M.Sc Degree Programme in the Department of Biological Sciences. Currently, all Faculties in the University run one postgraduate programme or the other. Originally, postgraduate programmes were domicile and managed by Faculties, through various Boards of Faculties.  In December, 1996, the administration of postgraduate programmes became centralized under a Board of Postgraduate Studies. By 1999, the Board was upgraded to a School of Postgraduate Studies, and later to a College of Postgraduate Studies in 2015.