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NUC approves aviation administration, aerospace engineering programmes for Baze college
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has permitted the institution of two new undergraduate programmes at Baze University, Abuja, specifically Aviation Management and Aerospace Engineering, with impact from the 2026/2027 educational session.
The approval represents a vital milestone in the University’s increasing funding in aviation and aerospace training, complementing the ongoing growth of its devoted Aviation School on a extra than 88-hectare website in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory, which is at an superior stage.
The approval, conveyed in a letter dated October 16, 2026, and signed by Dr Ayuba Mohammed, Acting Director of Academic Planning at the NUC, authorises the University to run the programmes on a full-time foundation at its foremost campus in Abuja.
According to the Commission, the approval adopted a useful resource verification go to by a panel of specialists to assess the human and materials assets accessible for the proposed programmes, and an inspection go to to the Aviation School. The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Professor Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, subsequently permitted their institution after contemplating the panel’s report.
Aviation Management will be domiciled in the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, whereas Aerospace Engineering will be supplied below the Faculty of Engineering. The two programmes will develop the University’s undergraduate choices in fields that are more and more necessary to aviation growth, technological innovation and the broader aerospace business.
The approval additionally enhances Baze University’s ongoing growth of its Aviation School on an expansive over 88-hectare website in Bwari, Abuja. The venture, which is at an superior stage, displays the University’s broader ambition to construct capability in aviation training and coaching by way of devoted infrastructure and specialised educational programmes. The growth of the facility, alongside the introduction of the newly permitted levels, alerts a coordinated effort to strengthen the University’s presence in aviation associated training.
While the NUC approval authorises the two undergraduate programmes to function at the University’s foremost campus, the creating Aviation School in Bwari offers a distinct however complementary dimension to this wider institutional funding. Together, the initiatives place Baze University to broaden its educational attain in aviation and aerospace fields, topic to the related regulatory approvals for the programmes and amenities involved.
The new programmes are anticipated to begin in the 2026/2027 educational session. Their institution marks one other step in Baze University’s educational enlargement and its dedication to creating specialised fields of examine that reply to rising skilled, technological and business wants.
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