The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of full-time mode for 23 new undergraduate and 21 new Postgraduate programmes at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, (FUDMA) Katsina State.
The newly approved programmes are to be offered by the University with effect from the 2023/2024 academic session.
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Habibu Umar Aminu, the Coordinator, Directorate of Public Relations and Protocol (DPRP) of the University, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina on Wednesday.
It stated that the approval for
the commencement of the programmes was contained in a letter signed by NUC’s Director of
Academic Planning, Dr N.B Saliu for the Executive Secretary and addressed to the University
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Armayau Hamisu Bichi.
The approval for the commencement of the programmes was sequel to an earlier resource verification visit to the university by NUC panel of experts to assess the human and material resources available for the establishment of the programmes.
The statement added that, some of the newly introduced undergraduate programmes included, B.Sc Mass
Communication; LL.B Law; B.Eng. Mechatronics Engineering; B.Sc International Relations
and Diplomacy; B.URP Urban and Regional Planning; B.Sc Applied Geophysics; B.Tech.
Entrepreneurship; B. Tech. Textile Design Technology amongst others.
It further reads that, “these new programmes are in addition to over 80 different programmes already being offered at the university at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels”.
