The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 26 new academic programmes for the Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State, starting from the 2025/2026 academic session.
In a statement on Friday, the university’s Director of Public Affairs, Abdullahi Yahaya Bello, said the approval followed a resource verification visit by NUC teams to assess the university’s capacity to run the courses. The new programmes include B.Sc Food Science and Technology, B. An Arabic, B.Sc Industrial Chemistry, B.Sc Industrial Mathematics, as well as PhDs in Chemistry and Mathematics. Others are postgraduate diplomas, master’s and doctoral degrees in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Soil Science, Crop Science, Animal Science, and Animal Production.
The university will also offer new postgraduate courses in Management, Business Administration, Taxation, English, Civil Society in Development, Political Science, Criminology and Security Studies, and Biochemistry. Vice-Chancellor Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammed thanked the NUC for the approval and praised the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance, along with the departments involved. He urged them to maintain the university’s standards in delivering the new programmes.
