The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 10 new programmes to be run by the Kwara State University (KWASU) effective the 2024/2025 session.

The Acting Director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Aliyu said the approval was contained in a letter to the KWASU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh.

Aliyu noted that the letter was signed by the NUC Acting Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar Girei, on behalf of the acting executive secretary.

The KWASU spokesperson stated: “The approval was based on the results of assessments from the resource verification visit carried out by panels of experts to the proposed academic programmes.

“The approved programmes include B.Sc. Estate Management, B.Sc. Geography, B.Sc. Urban and Regional Planning, B.Sc. Mining Engineering, B.Sc. Marketing, and B.Sc. Sociology.

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“Others are B.Sc. Criminology and Security Studies, B.Sc. Physiology, B.Sc. Human Anatomy, and B.Sc. Cyber Security

“The letter dated December 10, 2024, noted that the programmes are to be in full-time mode while the university was urged to provide adequate human and material resources for the development and growth of the approved programmes.”

Aliyu quoted the KWASU VC as describing the programmes’ approval as timely and a reflection of the university’s readiness to train quality human resources that will impact society.

Jimoh, who disclosed that the approval brings the undergraduate programmes run by KWASU to 80, commended the staff of the institution for working assiduously to secure the approval by the NUC.

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