North-Eastern University, Gombe, has received approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to establish 17 postgraduate programmes across 12 academic disciplines from the 2026/2027 academic session.
The approval was communicated in a letter dated 22 October 2026, following an NUC resource verification exercise that assessed the university's human and material resources.
17 postgraduate programmes approved by NUC
The newly approved programmes are:
- M.Sc. Accounting
- PGD Business Administration
- MBA
- M.Sc. Business Administration
- PGD Public Administration
- MPA
- M.Sc. Public Administration
- M.Sc. Public Health
- M.Sc. Architecture
- PGD Mass Communication
- M.Sc. Mass Communication
- M.Sc. Computer Science
- LL.M. Common Law
- M.Sc. Environmental Chemistry
- M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
- M.Sc. International Relations
- M.Sc. Economics
Campus and academic session
All 17 programmes are approved to run at North-Eastern University's Main Campus in Gombe, beginning with the 2026/2027 academic session.
The approvals cover postgraduate diplomas, master's degrees and professional postgraduate qualifications across the listed disciplines.
