STATUS OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES - Rukayyatu A. GURIN* Baze University is synonymous with excellence and quality education. The University provides: state-of-the-art equipment in all laboratories; comfortable, convenient, and conducive facilities in Lecture Rooms and Auditoriums; 24/7 internet-serviced Libraries; highly qualified academic staff that give students rich and robust experiences in chosen fields, and a superb ICT platform. The capacity and capability of the ICT infrastructure in the University is a huge success story that sister institutions have come to understudy. Through remote learning and the conduct of online classes, Baze University successfully completed two Semesters during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown. Our students never lost any time in the pursuit of their academic goals as the University took advantage of its robust digital technology platform to connect with students and staff, provide and effectively monitor lectures as well as conduct examinations. To cap all these, the University has a good academic standing for all its programmes at the National Universities Commission (NUC) - the Agency that is statutorily empowered to regulate all university education programmes and activities in Nigeria. As of October 2020, there were forty-nine (49) approved programmes which run concurrently either at the Undergraduate (UG) or Postgraduate (PG) levels, with four-four (44) situated in different Faculties while five (5) are attached to Service Departments. There are 36 Academic Programmes at the Undergraduate level while 13 are at the Postgraduate level. As at date, almost all the programmes in the Faculties have attained Accreditation, while some new ones are awaiting NUC’s Accreditation Visits. The information above is presented in the Table below: STATUS OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES S/N Faculties Number of Programmes 1
Management and Social Sciences
UG 10
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Computing and applied Sciences Law Engineering Environmental Sciences Basic Medical Sciences College of Medicine (MBBS) TOTAL
5 + (*2 in service units) 1 6 3 + (*3 in service units) 5 1 36
PG 8 4 1 Not Not Not Not 13
Offered Offered Offered Offered
*Service Units •
Centre for Foundation & Interdisciplinary Studies
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Biochemistry * Dr Rukayyatu A. GURIN, mni is the Director, Academic Planning.
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