A bulletin issued on Monday from the office of the Executive Secretary dated May 14 contains the list of federal, state and private universities currently allowed to issue such certificates to students in Nigeria.



“The commission hereby notifies the general public that only the following universities have approval to offer postgraduate programmes at the Masters’ and Ph.D levels in Nigeria as of July 30,2012,” the bulletin said .

According to the bulletin, Nigeria has 162 universities: 41 are federal, 47 are state owned while 74 are privately owned institutions.

Out of the 41 federal universities across the country, the commission for post-graduate programmes approves 26:

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
Ahmodu Bello University, Zaria
Bayero University, Kano
Federal University of Technology, Akure
Federal University of Technology, Minna
Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola
National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos
Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna
Nnamdi Azikwe University, Akwa
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife
University of Abuja, Gwagwalada
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
University of Agriculture, Makurdi
University of Benin, Benin City
University of Calabar, Calabar
University of Ibadan, Ibadan
University of Ilorin, Ilorin
University of Jos, Jos
University of Lagos, Akoko
University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt
University of Uyo, Uyo
Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto
Similarly, only 25 state universities were approved by the commission for post-graduate programmes out of the 47 state owned universities in the country. The approved universities are :

Abia State University, Uturu
Adamawa State University, Mubi
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
Anambra University, Uli
Benue State University, Makurdi
Cross River University of Technology, Calabar
Delta State University, Abraka
Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti
Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
Imo State University, Owerri
Kogi State University, Anyigba
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
Lagos State University, Ojo
Nasarawa State University, Keffi
Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye
Rivers State University of Science and Technology
Umar Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina
Gombe State University, Gombe
Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai
Kano State University of Science and Technology
Kebbi State University of Science and Technology
Kwara State University, Malete
Meanwhile, only 18 universities out of 74 private universities were approved for post-graduate studies. The 18 institutions are:

African University of Science and Technology, Abuja
American University of Nigeria, Yola
Babcock University, Ilishan Remo
Benson Idahosa University, Benin City
Bowen University, Iwo
Covenant University, Ota
Igbiniedo University, Okada
Pan-African University, Lekki
Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Ogun State
Caleb University, Lagos
Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji
Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja
Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
Lead City University, Ibadan (MSc. Only)
University of Mkar, Mkar (MSc. Only)
Madona University, Okija
Al-hikmah University, Ilorin (MSc. Only)
Godfrey Okoye University, Ugwuomu-Nike , Enugu state.
“Employers of labour, educational institutions and other stakeholders are to note that only certificates issued by these universities for their approved programmes, are valid for employment, further studies and other purposes,” the commission said.

The NUC Director of Information and Public Relations , Ibrahim Yakasai, in a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES said all the ‘legal’ universities in Nigeria can actually do post-graduate courses only after meeting certain criteria and conditions of the commission.

According to him, the commission must verify that the institutions have adequate resources, which include “physical and human resources.”

“All universities can ‘graduate’ to post-graduate but the universities with approval are those that are matured, (who) applied and have met the requirement and they’ve been allowed to do post-graduate. So, we published the names of the universities who have met the conditions,” he said.

Similarly, an official of the commission who pleaded anonymity explained that there is a document called Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard (BMAS ).

According to the source, the document contains all the minimum requirements before a particular programme or school can be approved or accredited.

“One of the quality assurances of NUC, is to conduct a resource verification of any programme. The commission must go out there to find out whether the particular institution has the minimum number of academic staff that will enable the programme run.

“If they have the minimum required space for students to be admitted into the programme, do they have laboratories, well-equipped libraries and other amenities to make the students comfortable?” the source said.

See a full list here :

https://www.rimapost.com/nuc-shortlisted-the-names-of-approved-universities-for-post-graduate-programs/

Thank God my school is included