The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given Kwara State University (KWASU)in the Malete area of the state approval to run 13 new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

KWASU acting spokesperson Dr Saeedat Aliyu made this known in a statement on Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Aliyu said NUC’s approval of the programmes was conveyed via a letter to Vice-Chancellor Prof. Jimoh Shaykh-Luqman on Wednesday, May 22.

The letter was signed by NUC’s Acting Director of Academic Planning Abubakar Girei on behalf of the Acting Executive Secretary of the commission.

While two of the programmes to be run are at the undergraduate level, the remaining eleven are postgraduate programmes.

Aliyu listed the undergraduate programmes to include Bachelors in Health Information Management and B.Sc. Development Studies.

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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.

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.

According to the approval, the programmes are to be run full-time and will commence from the 2024/2025 academic session.

Shaykh-Luqman, who expressed appreciation to NUC for the approval, commended the Kwara State Government for the support which, he said, made the feat possible.

The KWASU Vice-Chancellor also appreciated the staff of the institution for their readiness to take the new programmes and contribute more to human capital development.

The Star