The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved a total of 13 new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.
The approval, which was contained in a letter to the Vice Chancellor of KWASU was signed by the Acting Director of Academic Planning of the NUC, Abubakar Girei, on behalf of the acting Executive Secretary of the Commission.
The acting Director of the University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, in a statement on Thursday said two of the programmes are at the undergraduate level while the other 11 are postgraduate programmes.
“The approved undergraduate programmes are B.HIM Health Information Management and B.Sc. Development Studies while the postgraduate programmes include LL.M and Ph.D. in Common Law, LL.M. and Ph.D. in Islamic Law, and M.LIS and Ph.D. Library and Information Science.
“The others are Ph.D. Human Kinetics, Ph.D. Special Education, M.Sc. Medical Laboratory Science, Masters in Public Sector Accounting, and Masters in Development Finance.
“The letter stated that the programmes are to be run in full-time mode and are to commence from 2024/2025 academic session,” Aliyu said.
In his reaction to the NUC approval, the acting Vice Chancellor of KWASU, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, expressed joy over the approval of the new programmes for the university.
He commended the state government for its support in achieving the feat, while appreciating the steadfastness of staff of the institution for the readiness to take on the new programmes and contribute more to human capital development.