New Lagos varsity Gets NUC Approval For 34 Courses

The National Universities Commission has authorized 34 undergraduate programmes for the newly established Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe, Lagos State.

The approval, conveyed in a letter dated October 23, 2026 and signed on behalf of the NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, adopted a useful resource verification train performed by panels of specialists to evaluate the human and materials assets accessible for the proposed programmes.

According to an announcement made accessible to The PUNCH, on Monday, the authorized programmes will likely be supplied on a full-time foundation on the college’s take-off campuses, efficient from the 2026/2027 tutorial session.

The assertion learn, “The NUC authorized an admission quota of fifty college students for every programme, bringing the whole authorized quota to 1,700 college students throughout the 34 programmes.

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“The NUC stated that the approval covers only full-time programmes, and proposed part-time mode of delivery would require a separate request to the commission for further processing.”

FUSTECH presently operates by sharing a few of the services and infrastructure on the Epe campus of the Lagos State University.

The LASU administration had in August defined that the association with FUSTECH was on an interim foundation to assist the graceful takeoff of the brand new college and was within the spirit of collaboration and partnership.

LASU and FUSTECH had famous that the association would proceed briefly pending FUSTECH’s relocation to its everlasting web site.

The authorized programmes for FUSTECH are unfold throughout 5 schools: Computing and Informatics; Engineering; Allied Health Sciences; Management Sciences and Technology; and Science.

Under the Faculty of Computing and Informatics, the authorized programmes are Computer Science, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Information Communication Technology, and Software Engineering.

The Faculty of Engineering obtained approval to supply Geomatics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

For the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, the authorized programmes are Prosthetics and Orthotics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Health Information Management, Nursing Science, and Public Health.

The Faculty of Management Sciences and Technology will supply Business Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and Transportation Management.

The authorized programmes below the Faculty of Science are Biotechnology, Forensic Science, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Marine Science, Medicinal Chemistry, Medical Physics, and Nuclear Science.

Established in November 2025, the Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe, is amongst Nigeria’s newly established federal universities.

Following the approval, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Kazeem Oshikoya, expressed the college’s readiness to start its inaugural admission course of.

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