AAUA gets NUC’s nod to commence Nursing Science, Cyber Security, 7 other programmes

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, the the nod to  commence nine new academic programmes starting from the 2024/2025 academic session.

The new programmes are Nursing Science, Public Health, and Medical Laboratory Science in the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences; Cyber Security, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, and Information Systems in the Faculty of Computing; while Food Science and Technology is housed in the Faculty of Agriculture.

This was contained in a letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, dated 6th September 2024 and signed by NUC’s Acting Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar Girei, on behalf of the Executive Secretary.

According to the letter, the decision followed the consideration and subsequent approval of the reports and recommendations from verification visits by panels of experts on the readiness of the university for the proposed and now approved academic programmes.

Reacting to this development, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, expressed his excitement over the development, describing it as “a fitting icing on the cake of the efforts put into the preparations for the new programmes.”

He further stated that the admission of qualified candidates would commence in earnest for the new programmes starting from this year’s academic session, as outlined in the NUC’s letter.

The Vice Chancellor also added that the management of AAUA has the human, material, and infrastructural resources necessary to teach the new programmes and produce graduates who would compete favorably with their peers globally.

He congratulated members of the university community for their efforts and cooperation, saying, “We are proud of this, and we thank every stakeholder who has made this possible.”