NUC Approves Forensic Science and 13 Other Programmes at First Technical University, Ibadan

Forensic science and thirteen other new programmes have been approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) at the First Technical University, Ibadan. See details below.

The First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan has received approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run forensic science and 13 other environmental/engineering courses.

This means that the university has become the first university to offer the course in Nigeria after the Nigerian Police Academy.

The approval was contained in a letter from the NUC dated February 10, 2021, based on a recent verification exercise the commission conducted at the university.

According to a statement issued by the institution Public Relations Officer (PRO), Akeem Lasisi, the other 13 newly-approved courses include computer engineering, civil engineering, industrial and production engineering, chemical engineering, biochemistry, science laboratory technology, and quantity surveying.

Others are survey and geo-informatics, urban and regional planning, architecture, biotechnology, estate management, and building.

Reacting to the development, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ayobami Salami, thanked the NUC led by its Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, for the confidence it has continued to have in Tech-U.