NUC Releases List Unaccredited Courses Nigerian Universities Offer

– A certificate issued for those courses will be considered void

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of some courses that have not been accredited. The unaccredited courses pose serious danger to students who study them as the certificates issued by these universities for the courses will not be officially recognised.

Premium Times reports that 2016 accreditation status report indicated that these unaccredited courses were taught in 37 out of 143 universities in the country.

The Quality Assurance Department of the NUC is in charge of accrediting courses in the universities.

The NUC insists that for a course to be accredited, it must meet the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) that has been stipulated by the commission.

Some of the requirements include:"qualified faculty members, good learning environment and adequate teaching materials – equipment, books and journals".

According to Premium Times, 13 federal universities, 16 state universities and eight private universities were running courses that had not been accredited.

Some of the high profile institutions include University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Benin, University of Jos, University of Calabar. The biggest casualty seems to be the University of Abuja which has 15 of its courses, including Law, unaccredited.

See full list of unaccredited courses and their universities in the table below:

S/No School Course

1.University of Nigeria, Nsukka Russian Dentistry Statistics

2.University of BeninAnatomyPharmacy

3.University of CalabarBusiness ManagementTheatre and Media ArtsPublic Health

4.University of JosHistory and International RelationsMedical Laboratory ScienceBiochemistryScience Laboratory Technology

5.Federal University of Technology, OwerriArchitectureMicrobiology

6.Modibbo Adama University of Technology, YolaBanking

7.Federal University of Technology, MinnaBiology EducationChemistry EducationGeography EducationIndustrial and Technical EducationMathematics EducationPhysics Education

8.University of AbujaAccountingEnglish LanguageLinguisticsPhilosophyAgricultural EducationBiology EducationChemistry EducationEconomics EducationEducation (Social Science)Geography EducationIntegrated ScienceMathematics EducationLawChemistryMicrobiology

9.Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, BauchiAutomobile EducationBuilding Technology EducationBusiness EducationElectrical Electronics Technology EducationIntegrated ScienceArchitectureBuildingIndustrial DesignSurvey & Geo-informaticsApplied GeophysicsEngineering PhysicsPhysics Electronics

10.University of UyoEfik/Ibibio

11.Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNursing ScienceIndustrial/Production EngineeringMechanical Engineering1

2.University of Petroleum Resources, EffurunChemistryEnvironmental Management & ToxicologyGeologyGeophysicsMathematics

13.Federal University, WukariEnglish/Literary Studies

14.Rivers State University of Science & TechnologyQuantity Surveying

15.Ambrose Alli University, EkpomaMaterial & Production EngineeringArchitectureBuildingBiochemistryBotanyMicrobiologyPolitical Science

16.Abia State UniversityEnglish Language EducationFrench EducationIgbo EducationHistory EducationReligious Studies EducationEducation (Library Studies/Igbo/English/Social Studies/Government)Biology EducationChemistry EducationEconomics EducationGeography EducationGuidance & CounsellingMass Communication

17.Enugu State University of Science & TechnologyLibrary & Information Science

18.Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityChristian Religious Studies EducationHistory EducationIslamic Studies EducationElectrical Electronics Engineering

19.Ekiti State UniversityAfrican Traditional ReligionReligious StudiesCivil Engineering

20.Lagos State UniversityEnglish LanguageFrenchPhilosophyYoruba

Source: Premium Times