The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted accreditation to 36 courses out of the 37 presented by the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State.
The UNILORIN Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
Akogun stated: “The result of the accreditation exercise carried out in October/November 2024 has just been released, as contained in a letter dated April 30, 2025.
“The letter was addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole SAN, by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu.”
The university spokesman said the letter, signed on behalf of Prof. Ribadu by the NUC Acting Director of Accreditation, Abraham Chundusu, explained that 36 courses were granted full accreditation status.
He said the remaining course, Hausa, was granted interim accreditation.
Akogun noted that courses in the Faculties of Management Sciences, Finance, Basic Medical Science, Anatomy, Computer Science, and Communication and Information Sciences were fully accredited.
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Akogun added: “From the Faculty of Education, all the 17 academic programmes presented were granted accreditation, as well as from Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
“From the Faculties of Environmental Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences, each of the programmes presented was given full accreditation.
“From the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Social Sciences, three academic programmes were accredited while four were accredited from the Faculty of Social Sciences.”
The UNILORIN spokesman, however, said Igbo and Hausa were presented for accreditation from the Faculty of Arts and Igbo was granted full accreditation while Hausa was granted interim accreditation.
Reacting to the accreditation, the UNILORIN Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, said the management, staff, and students of the university received the news with excitement and a sense of fulfilment.
Egbewole stated that they were happy to be so recognised and were elated.
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