By Stephen Oladele
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has received approval for full-time take off of 24 new programmes in the institution.
The approval which was granted by the National University Commission (NUC) is with effect from the 2026/2027 academic session.
The approval was contained in a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, dated June 19, 2026, and signed by NUC’s Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar M. Girei.
A statement signed by the director of relations of the university, Prof. Saeedat Aliyu, said 14 of the programmes are at the undergraduate level, while 10 are at the postgraduate level.
The statement mentioned the approved undergraduate programmes to includ B.Sc. Architecture, B.Sc. Quantity Surveying, B.Sc. Surveying and Geoinformatics, B.Nsc. Nursing Science, B.Ed. Educational Technology, B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling, B.Ed. Health Education, and B.Ed. Entrepreneurship Education.
Others are B.Sc. Insurance and Risk Management, B.Ed. Technology Education, B. Community Health Science, B.Eng. Computer Engineering, B.Eng. Industrial and Production Engineering, and B.Eng. Biomedical Engineering.
The postgraduate programmes include M.A. and Ph.D. Fine and Applied Arts, M.A. and Ph.D. Performing Arts, M.A. Linguistics, PGD M. Tech, and Ph.D. Food Science and Technology.
Ph.D. Hospitality and Tourism Managment, Ph.D. Public Administration, and Ph.D. Mass Communication completes the list.
The statement said in his reaction to the NUC approval, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, expressed excitement and congratulated the staff of the institution who worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the resource verification exercise by the regulatory agency.
Jimoh said that the university would continue to sustain the excellence in teaching, research, and community development for which the institution is reputed, producing the excellent human capital resources needed to propel global development.
