American University of Nigeria (AUN) has gotten approval for her Postgraduate Programmes (MSc and PhD) from the National Universities Commission (NUC). The accreditation was conveyed to the university on October 29, 2014, following a resource assessment visit in August by a team of NUC officials.
Read the full details as reported by Daily Trust:
NUC Approves AUN Postgraduate Programmes
The NUC is the government agency that has the statutory mandate to accredit university academic programs in Nigeria.
The accreditation was conveyed to the university on October 29, 2014, following a resource assessment visit in August by a team of NUC officials, a statement by the AUN Executive Director of Communications & Public Relations Daniel Okereke said.
The letter was signed by the NUC Director, Academic Standards, Dr. G.B. Kumo, for the Executive Secretary, Prof Julius Okojie.
Reacting to the accreditation, President of AUN Margee Ensign said: “I am pleased to announce that AUN, only ten years old has received approval to run its first PhD program.”
Dean of the School of Business & Entrepreneurship, Professor Linus Osuagwu, explained that the school is fully set to commence admission into the M.Sc. and PhD programs starting 2015.
In April 2013, the NUC reassessed the university’s human and material resources and issued it with another five-year full accreditation to all the academic programs which had been first accredited in 2008.
The accredited programs are Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Management & Entrepreneurship, Marketing, English Language & Literature, Telecommunication & Wireless Technology, Information System, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Economics, International & Comparative Politics, and Mass Communications (Communication & Multimedia, Advertising, Print Journalism, Television/Film, Multimedia Design.)
As an institution modelled on American university pedagogy, AUN, now in its 10th year, strives to comply with both the American accreditation standards as well as those of the NUC.