The Goals of the National Universities Commission are:
- Attainment of stable and crisis-free University System.
- To work with Nigerian Universities to achieve full accreditation status for at least 80% of the academic programmes.
- To initiate and promote proficiency in the use of ICT for service delivery within the Commission and the Nigerian University System.
- Upgrade and maintain physical facilities in the Nigerian University System for delivery of quality university education.
- To match university graduate output with national manpower needs.
- To foster partnership between the Nigerian University System and the private sector.
The Functions of the Commission are:
- To advise the President and State Governors, through the Minister, on the creation of new universities and other degree-awarding institutions in Nigeria;
- To prepare, after consultation with the State Governments, the universities, the national manpower Board and such other bodies as it considers appropriate, periodic master plans for the balanced and co-coordinated development of all universities in Nigeria;
To lay down Minimum Academic Standards in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to accredit their degrees and other academic awards; - To ensure that quality is maintained within the academic programmes of the Nigerian University System;
- To make such other investigations relating to higher education as the Commission may consider necessary in the national interest;
- To inquire into and advise the Federal Government on the financial needs, both recurrent and capital, of university education in Nigeria and, in particular, to investigate and study the financial needs of university research and to ensure that adequate provision is made for this in the universities;
- To take into account, in advising the Federal and State Governments on university finances, such grants as may be made to the Universities by the Federal and State Governments, private proprietors and by persons and institutions in and outside Nigeria;
- To undertake periodic reviews of the terms and conditions of service of personnel engaged in the universities and to make recommendations thereon to the Federal Government where appropriate;
- To recommend to the Visitor of a university that a visitation be made to such university as and when it considers it necessary;
- To act as the agency for channeling all external aid to the universities in Nigeria;
- To receive block grants from the Federal Government and allocate them to Federal Universities in accordance with such formula as may be laid down by the National Council of Ministers.
%
Guidelines for Transnational Education in Nigeria
%
Establishing Specialized Varsities Will Rapidly Develop Nigeria – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the education sector have posited that establishing specialized Universities would rapidly and technologically develop the nation.
Tinubu Approves Fed. University for Southern Kaduna
President Bola AhmedTinubu, GCFR, has consented to a proposal to establish a federal university in Southern Kaduna. This is according to Vice President Kashim Shettima, State.
New ES Resumes Duties, Promises Improved Staff Welfare
The newly appointed 9th Substantive Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu,has assumed duties with the promise to prioritise training and the welfare of staff.
FG renames UniAbuja to Yakubu Gowon University
President Bola Tinubu has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) to Yakubu Gowon University.
NUC Gets New Executive Secretary
A former Visiting Professor in the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu has been appointed the 9th substantive Executive Secretary of the Commission, with effect from Friday 6th December, 2024.
IIOE Chinese Delegation Visits NUC
A delegation from the IIOE, China, an affiliate Institute linked with the UNESCO, paid a courtesy visit on the Ag. ES NUC, Mr. Chris J. Maiyaki in his office.
JAMB Pegs Cut-off mark at 140 for Varsities, 100 for Polytechnics, Others
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COEs), respectively.
NUC Charges Varsity Councils on Service Delivery
The Ag. ES NUC, Mr. Chris J. Maiyaki, has charged the newly-inaugurated Governing Councils of 51 out of the 62 federal universities in the country to work assiduously and ensure that they turned around the fortunes of their various institutions.
Minister Tasks Governing Councils on Prudent Management of Institutions’ Finances
The HME, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has warned the newly inaugurated Governing Councils of tertiary institutions against extravagant expenses in the course of discharging their duties as prudent management of the institutions finances would lead to their growth and development in line with the Federal Government expectations.
Please click here for the Directory of Full Professors (2017)
Please click here for the Directory of Full Professors (2021)
Please click here for the 2018 statistical Digest
Please click here for the 2019 statistical Digest