The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to 23 academic programmes in the University of Calabar (UNICAL).

This follows the NUC accreditation exercise conducted in October/November 2024 in the institution

UNICAL public relations unit, in a statement, said this was conveyed in a memo from the NUC addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, and signed by the Acting Director of Accreditation, Engr. Abraham Chundusu on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu.

The accredited programmes include Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture with full accreditation status.

Other fully accredited programmes are Medical Laboratory Science, Christian Religious Studies, English and Literary Studies, Philosophy, and Religious and Cultural Studies.

Additionally, programmes such as Adult Education, Education, Agricultural Science, and Library and Information Science in the Faculty of Education also received full accreditation. The Dentistry programme in the Faculty of Dentistry was fully accredited.

In the Faculty of Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences, programmes including Applied Chemistry, Applied Geophysics, Biochemistry, Botany, Genetics and Biotechnology, Geology, and Pure Chemistry were all fully accredited.

The Faculty of Administration and Management Sciences’ programmes, including MSc. Business Administration, Master of Public Administration, MSc. Banking and Finance, Accounting, Banking and Finance, and Public Administration were all fully accredited, while Marketing secured interim accreditation.

The Faculty of Social Sciences’ programmes, Economics and Geography, were also fully accredited. Computer Science in the Faculty of Computing also received full accreditation, while the Pharm D programme in the Faculty of Pharmacy received interim accreditation.

The NUC accreditation status, according to the memo, has significant implications for the affected programmes, with full accreditation valid for five years.

Accordingly, the university, as conveyed by the memo, has been advised to note the implications of the accreditation status for its programmes.