Education

NUC approves Petroleum Engineering, 5 other courses for Ondo varsity

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted approval to Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) in the Okitipupa area of Ondo State to run Petroleum and Gas Engineering programme.

The NUC also approved other five programmes which are Chemical Engineering, Economics, Public Administration, Public Health, and Medical Laboratory Science for the institution’s 2024/2025 session.

OAUSTECH Vice-Chancellor Prof. Temi Ologunorisa disclosed this to journalists in Okitipupa on Friday, September 13, 2024.

Ologunorisa said a resource verification visit was carried out by a panel of experts to some proposed academic programmes in the university with a view to assessing the human and material resources available for their establishment.

The Vice-Chancellor said the approval was conveyed to the university via a letter dated September 6 and signed by NUC Acting Director of Academic Planning, Dr Abubakar Gerei, on behalf of the commission’s Acting Executive Secretary, Dr Chris Maiyaki.

NUC approves 14 programmes for Ondo varsity

The letter read: “I am directed to inform the Vice-Chancellor that the Ag. Executive Secretary has considered and approved the establishment of the full-time mode of the following programmes to be run in the university with effect from the 2024/2025 academic session.

“The newly approved programmes include B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, B.Eng. Petroleum and Gas Engineering within the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology; BSc Economics and BSc Public Administration in the School of Management Sciences.

“As well as B. Medical Laboratory Science (B.MLS) and BSc Public Health in the School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences.

“The approval from NUC to launch these new courses is the culmination of a resource verification evaluation conducted by the regulatory body in July to confirm the institution’s preparedness to introduce the proposed programmes.”

Ologunorisa, while addressing the results of the verification assessment, urged prospective students to consider OAUSTECH as their primary choice of educational institution in their quest for top-tier education in Nigeria.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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