NUC Approves 14 Additional Programmes for Tech-U Ibadan

The First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan has received approval from the National University Commission (NUC) to run forensic science and 13 other environmental/engineering courses.

This means that the university has become the first university to offer the course in Nigeria after the Nigerian Police Academy.

The approval was contained in a letter from the NUC dated February 10, 2021, based on a recent verification exercise the commission conducted at the university.

According to a statement issued by the institution Public Relations Officer (PRO), Akeem Lasisi, the other 13 newly-approved courses include computer engineering, civil engineering, industrial and production engineering, chemical engineering, biochemistry, science laboratory technology and quantity surveying.

Others are survey and geo-informatics, urban and regional planning, architecture, biotechnology, estate management and building.

Reacting to the development, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ayobami Salami, thanked the NUC led by its Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, for the confidence it has continued to have in Tech-U.

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