The Vice Chancellor of Dennis Osadebay University is Prof Ben Emukufia Akpoyomare Oghojafor.
[3][4] In January 2021, Governor Ifeanyi A Okowa of Delta State announced plans to convert Delta State University, Anwai Campus Asaba and two other schools such as Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro and College of Education, Agbor into a full-fledged University.
The bills had their first reading during plenary at the Delta State House of Assembly on the 28th day of January 2021.
[5] In February 2021, the bills were passed into law after going through the House Committee on Education.
[6] While signing the bill which was passed by the State House of Assembly, Governor Ifeanyi A Okowa said, "As the students of our technical education start to progress from the technical colleges to the polytechnics, they also have a chance of going further to the University of Science and Technology.