BREAKING!!! NUC DROPS WARNING – IF YOU ARESTUDYING ANY OF THIS COURSES IN NIGERIANUNIVERSITIES, YOU ARE NOT IN SCHOOL (SEE LIST)List of courses that have not been accredited in Nigerianuniversities have been released – A certificate issued forthose courses will be considered void– The university of Abuja has the highest number ofunaccredited courses The National Universities Commission(NUC) has released a list of some courses that have notbeen accredited.The unaccredited courses pose serious danger to studentswho study them as the certificates issued by theseuniversities for the courses will not be officially recognised.Premium Times reports that 2016 accreditation statusreport indicated that these unaccredited courses weretaught in 37 out of 143 universities in the country. TheQuality Assurance Department of the NUC is in charge ofaccrediting courses in the universities.The NUC insists that for a course to be accredited, it mustmeet the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS)that has been stipulated by the commission. Some of therequirements include: “qualified faculty members, goodlearning environment and adequate teaching materials –equipment, books and journals”.According to the NUC, accreditation is necessary to ensure“employers and other members of the community thatNigerian graduates of all academic programmes haveattained an acceptable level of competency in their areas ofspecialization.” It also says it is also important to certifycourses to assure “the international community that theprogrammes offered in Nigerian Universities are of highstandards and that graduates of the institutions areadequate for employment and further studies.”According to the commission, the pre-accreditation processinclude “drawing up a list of academic programmes to becertified, compilation of list of panel chairmen/members,time-tabling, budgeting and organizing the accreditationcoordination meeting for panel chairmen and members in asimulation workshop.”The post-accreditation activities include “analyzingaccreditation reports (technical and administrative), rankingof programmes and universities based on their accreditationstatus, publishing of accreditation status of programmes,issuance of certificates to programmes that earned Full andInterim accreditation results.”According to Premium Times, 13 federal universities, 16state universities and eight private universities were runningcourses that had not been accredited. Some of the highprofile institutions include University of Nigeria, Nsukka;University of Benin, University of Jos, University of Calabar.The biggest casualty seems to be the University of Abujawhich has 15 of its courses, including Law, unaccredited.See full list of unaccredited courses and their universities inthe table below: S/No School Course1.University of Nigeria, NsukkaRussianDentistryStatistics2. University of BeninAnatomyPharmacy3. University of CalabarBusiness ManagementTheatre and MediaArtsPublic Health4. University of JosHistory and International RelationsMedical Laboratory ScienceBiochemistryScience Laboratory Technology5. Federal University of Technology, OwerriArchitectureMicrobiology6. Modibbo Adama University of Technology, YolaBanking7. Federal University of Technology, MinnaBiology EducationChemistry EducationGeography EducationIndustrial and Technical EducationMathematics EducationPhysics Education8. University of AbujaAccountingEnglish LanguageLinguisticsPhilosophyAgricultural EducationBiology EducationChemistry EducationEconomics EducationEducation (Social Science)Geography EducationIntegrated ScienceMathematics EducationLawChemistryMicrobiology9. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, BauchiAutomobile EducationBuildingTechnology EducationBusiness EducationElectrical Electronics Technology EducationIntegrated ScienceArchitectureBuilding IndustrialDesign Survey & Geo-informaticsApplied GeophysicsEngineering PhysicsPhysics Electronics10. University of Uyo Efik/Ibibio11. Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNursing ScienceIndustrial/Production EngineeringMechanical Engineering12. University of Petroleum Resources, EffurunChemistry Environmental Management & ToxicologyGeologyGeophysicsMathematics13. Federal University, WukariEnglish/Literary Studies14. Rivers State University of Science & TechnologyQuantity Surveying15. Ambrose Alli University, EkpomaMaterial & Production EngineeringArchitectureBuildingBiochemistryBotanyMicrobiologyPolitical Science16. Abia State UniversityEnglish Language EducationFrench EducationIgbo EducationHistory EducationReligious Studies EducationEducation (Library Studies/Igbo/English/Social Studies/Government)Biology EducationChemistry EducationEconomics EducationGeography EducationGuidance & CounsellingMass Communication17. Enugu state University of Science & TechnologyLibrary & Information Science18. Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityChristian Religious Studies EducationHistory EducationIslamic Studies EducationElectrical Electronics Engineering19. Ekiti State University AfricanTraditional ReligionReligious StudiesCivil Engineering20. Lagos State UniversityEnglish LanguageFrenchPhilosophyYoruba21. Imo State UniversityEnglish & Literary StudiesFrenchTheatre ArtsMedical Laboratory ScienceNursing Law22. Delta State UniversityAccounting & FinanceChemical EngineeringCivil Engineering Electrical & Electronic EngineeringMechanical & Metallurgical EngineeringPetroleum Engineering Law23. Kogi State UniversityMedicine & Surgery24. Niger Delta UniversityAdult & Community EducationEconomics EducationGeography EducationMarketing EducationPolitical Science EducationReligious Studies EducationSocial StudiesBotanyComputer ScienceMathematicsPure & Applied Chemistry Zoology25. Anambra State UniversityEarly Childhood EducationHuman KineticsGeologyMicrobiology26. Ebonyi State UniversityBuilding/Woodwork EducationPhysics EducationApplied BiologyApplied MicrobiologyApplied StatisticsBiotechnologyGeologyIndustrial Mathematics27. Nasarawa State UniversityEnglish28. Cross River University of TechnologyPhysiologyWood ProductionEngineeringArchitecture29. Kebbi State University of Science & TechnologyInformation Technology30. Babcock Universityrench31. Benson Idahosa UniversityBusiness Education32. Ajayi Crowther UniversityActuarial Science & Insurance33. Caritas UniversityBio-technology Microbiology34. Kwararafa University, WukariPublic Administrationcomputer ScienceStatistics EconomicsMass CommunicationSociology35. Novena UniversityChemistry36. Joseph Ayo Babalola UniversityBuildingQuantity Surveying37. Tansian University, AnambraArchitecture