Mission

• To actualize the second segment of the University Motto: For Learning and Culture

• To engage the large society through active projection of the town and gown policy of the University

Major Objectives of ICS:

• Regular mounting of Arts Exhibitions and periodic hosting of the famed Ife Festival of the Arts

• Conduct of inter-disciplinary research in to African, especially Yoruba Arts, Science and Technology

• Organization of Learned conferences, symposia, workshops, seminars, public and special lectures on cultural issues and personalities.

• Documentation of significant traditional technologies, ceremonies and festivals.

• Publications and dissemination of information’s and research findings on various aspects of African Cultural life and praxis

• Provisions of Detailed and up-to-date archival and bibliographic information for researchers.

• Serving as a ‘linkage-base’ for researchers on cultural studies from various parts of the world, thereby promoting a healthy exchange of research findings and information’s.