The National Universities Academic Competition(NUAC) 2009 is a top level  academic competition designed to develop mentoring, creative and personal development of individual students while fostering strong team work ideals. Probably the most intellectually tasking competition in Nigeria, it is also the first of its kind to be held in Nigeria

Objectives

The competition was established to provide:
• A forum for interaction among students of various Nigerian Universities to foster National unity
• To serve as a breeding/discovery ground for future Nigerian academic stars.
• To reduce idle time in the hands of students
• To assist in developing the research culture and stimulate the once moribund progressive discourse on intellectual areas that affect our lives
• To identify and publicly honour , for the first time, outstandingly brilliant students.

Eligibility

Categories

There would be two unique categories to this competition.
1)  The academic rounds category
2) The Unique talent/ invention category

The academic rounds category

The academic rounds of the competition, which is a team event ,is planned for students in their final year and their immediate juniors. i.e. 3rd and 4th year in the university for 4 year courses or  4th and 5th year where the courses are 5 year courses.
The team will consist of TWO final year students and TWO students in the immediate lower year.
The final year students are the LEADING team members who will participate in BOTH oral and written rounds would be assisted by 2 RESEARCH ASSISTANTS from the immediate lower year. This would make the team have a total of FOUR members.
During the oral rounds, separate seats would be available to research assistants and the leading team members. Research assistant would not be allowed to speak but can be consulted for anything in the course of the oral rounds. This makes the research assistants invaluable for data, research findings and help out of tight spot questions.

The Unique talent/ invention category

This wild card event  would be modelled on the highly successful BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT.  This category is open to ALL students from ANY level participate in.
Students with unique skills,talents, inventions, products or services personally developed by them, would be allowed to showcase them and the top 10 in the region would compete with others at the national rounds. 
These Students with unique ideas, inventions, products, processes and  talents would register to participate and would have to convince , through exhibiting to the judges, the reason they should participate in the National rounds.

The departmental FAN CLUB is also open to students who intend to support a specific team. The fan club must be a coordinated group of 15 students.

Registration
Registration is FREE. Just click the appropriate area you would be participating in and follow the prompts

--PRIZES--

THE ACADEMIC ROUNDS
Grand Prize for Team: N1,000,000.00 (one million naira only)
Instant Employment Opportunity
Educational trip to the United States

THE UNIQUE TALENT/ INVENTION CATEGORY
Grand Prize for over all winner: N1,000,000.00 (one million naira only)
Commercial deal for product or service

The MOST INSPIRATIONAL FAN CLUB would win N500,000.00 (five hundred thousand naira only)


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