150 Unaccredited Courses in Nigerian Universities (See Full List)

​This is a list of over 100 higher institution courses that remain unaccredited by the National Universities Commission as obtained by an online newspapers.

2016 accreditation status report by the National Universities Commission (NUC) has revealed 150 courses being taught in Nigerian schools are disturbingly yet to accredited.
According to Premium Times, the unapproved academic progreammes are currently operational in Nigeria’s public and private universities as exposed by the Quality Assurance Department of the NUC is in charge of accrediting courses in the universities.

The accrediting body states that for a course to be accredited, the NUC says, it must meet the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) that has been drawn up by the commission.

Such a course, officials say, must have qualified faculty members, good learning environment and adequate teaching materials – equipment, books and journals.

The NUC says accreditation of courses is necessary to ensure “employers and other members of the community that Nigerian graduates of all academic programmes have attained an acceptable level of competency in their areas of specialization.”

The commission says it is also important to certify courses to assure “the international community that the programmes offered in Nigerian Universities are of high standards and that graduates of the institutions are adequate for employment and further studies.”

According to the NUC, pre-accreditation activities include drawing up a list of academic programmes to be certified, compilation of list of panel chairmen/members, time-tabling, budgeting and organizing the accreditation coordination meeting for panel chairmen and members in a simulation workshop.

The post-accreditation activities, according to the commission, include analyzing accreditation reports (technical and administrative), ranking of programmes and universities based on their accreditation status, publishing of accreditation status of programmes, issuance of certificates to programmes that earned Full and Interim accreditation results.

The online newspaper’s analysis of the accreditation result for 2016 showed that 150 courses are currently unaccredited in 13 federal universities, 16 state universities and eight private universities in the country.

The affected universities include universities such as the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Benin, University of Jos, University of Calabar and the University of Abuja which has 15 of its courses, including Law, unaccredited.

See full list of unaccredited courses and their universities in the table below:

1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Russian

Dentistry

Statistics

2.University of Benin

Anatomy

Pharmacy

3.University of Calabar

Business Management

Theatre and Media Arts

Public Health

4. University of Jos

History and International Relations

Medical Laboratory Science

Biochemistry

Science Laboratory Technology

5.Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Architecture

Microbiology

6. Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola

Banking

7. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Biology Education

Chemistry Education

Geography Education

Industrial and Technical Education

Mathematics Education

Physics Education

8. University of Abuja

Accounting

English Language

Linguistics

Philosophy

Agricultural Education

Biology Education

Chemistry Education

Economics Education

Education (Social Science)

Geography Education

Integrated Science

Mathematics Education

Law

Chemistry

Microbiology

9. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

Automobile Education

Building Technology Education

Business Education

Electrical Electronics Technology Education

Integrated Science

Architecture

Building

Industrial Design

Survey & Geo-informatics

Applied Geophysics

Engineering Physics

Physics Electronics

10. University of Uyo

Efik/Ibibio

11.Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Nursing Science

Industrial/Production Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

12. University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun

Chemistry

Environmental Management & Toxicology

Geology

Geophysics

Mathematics

13. Federal University, Wukari

English/Literary Studies

14. Rivers State University of Science & Technology

Quantity Surveying

15. Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

Material & Production Engineering

Architecture

Building

Biochemistry

Botany 

Microbiology

Political Science

16. Abia State University

English Language Education

French Education

Igbo Education

History Education

Religious Studies Education

Education (Library Studies/Igbo/English/Social Studies/Government)

Biology Education

Chemistry Education

Economics Education

Geography Education

Guidance & Counselling

Mass Communication

17. Enugu State University of Science & Technology

Library & Information Science

18. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Christian Religious Studies Education

History Education

Islamic Studies Education

Electrical Electronics Engineering

19. Ekiti State University

African Traditional Religion

Religious Studies

Civil Engineering

20. Lagos State University

English Language

French

Philosophy

Yoruba

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