The National Universities Commission (NUC) approves six new programmes for the University of Benin (UNIBEN), covering both full-time undergraduate offerings and additional postgraduate courses. The approval is set to take effect from the 2026/2027 academic session, according to Vanguard. Premium Times also reports the approval and notes details of at least one of the new programmes: a nursing science programme to be delivered in collaboration with the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
Both reports frame the NUC’s decision as an expansion of UNIBEN’s academic portfolio, aligning the new courses with established institutional arrangements for clinical or practice-based training. While the sources provided do not list all six programme titles, they agree on the overall number of new undergraduate and postgraduate courses, the NUC’s role in granting the approval, and the implementation timeline starting in the 2026/2027 academic session.
