NOUN
National Open University of
NOUN
National Open University of Nigeria
NUC certifies NOUN’s master’s degrees in Business,
Public Admin
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved for the
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to run master’s degrees
in Business Administration and Public Administration.
This followed the release of an accreditation exercise carried
out by the regulatory body for postgraduate programmes of the
university.
Both programmes have received full five-year accreditation.
In a communication received by the NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Prof.
Abdalla Uba Adamu, dated 15th January, 2019, the NUC told the
university it could now run the two postgraduate programmes
fully.
The NUC accredited the university’s MSc Business Administration
at 88.7% and MSc Public Administration at 89.5%.
It would be recalled that the two programmes were put on hold in
2016 with a view to reorganise and review the administration of the
programmes to meet the NUC’s Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard
(BMAS).
Having carried the initial resource verification exercise by the
regulatory body, the NUC sent its accreditation team to the
university in September, 2018 to appraise the programmes and
confirm their viability.
The latest clean bill of health on the programmes has
strengthened the programmes that are already on-going since the
resource verification exercise in 2017.
Signed:
IBRAHIM SHEME
Director, Media and Publicity
NOUN