NUC approves cybersecurity, 10 other programs for Igbinedion varsity

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 11 new programmes for Igbinedion University Okada in Edo State.

Mr Friday Bakare, the Registrar of the university, said this in a statement made available on Saturday in Benin.

Bakare said that the approval to commence the new programmes was communicated to the university by the Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed.

"The programmes which comprise six undergraduates and five postgraduates programmes include B.Sc Industrial Chemistry, B.Sc Cyber Security, B.Sc Pharmacology, B.Sc Software Engineering and B.Eng Environmental Engineering.

"Others are B.Eng Mechatronics Engineering; PGD, M.Eng & PhD Civil Engineering; PGD, M.Eng & PhD Petroleum Enginneeing; PGD, M.Eng & PhD Computer Engineering; M.Sc & PhD Sociology; and M.Sc & PhD Geography and Regional Planning," he said.

Bakare noted that admission into the new programmes is with immediate effect from the 2022/23 academic session which is ongoing.

The registrar advised interested candidates to visit the university official website – www.iuokada.edu.ng to apply for the programme of their choice.

Igbinedion University, a premier private university in Nigeria, was established in 1999.