Abstract
The study examined the types of mentoring relationship that existed between the mentors and the students (mentees) of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. It identified the strategies used to mentor the students and assessed the relationship between academic motivation of the students and the strategies used to mentor them. A sample of 211 parts one, two and three undergraduate students was purposively selected from the University from five faculties selected porposively . These were the students who were willing to participate in the study from students accessing a general special elective course in the University. The findings of the study showed that the students had moderate awareness of the mentoring system in the University. The major type of mentoring relationship in the University was academic. The strategy commonly used was school-based method. There was a significant relationship (r=0.417, p<0.5) between the strategies used by the mentors to mentor their students and students’ academic motivation. The study recommended that different mentoring strategies should be put in place by the University to help the students.