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National Universities Commission approves 20 new academic programmes

 

Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education (AIFUE), Owerri has received approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to offer 45 new academic programmes starting from the 2025/2026 academic session. This achievement was announced by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stella Ngozi Lemchi on 8th August  2025 at the University.

The NUC’s approval is the outcome of a  Resource Verification Exercise conducted by the Commission earlier this year. The 37-man panel from the NUC assessed dozens of proposed programmes across faculties in Education, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Vocational and Technical Education.

Professor Lemchi announced that “For now 45 programmes have been approved for the immediate take off on our University platform after due consultations with the JAMB”.  She also added that the NUC highly commended Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education “for a very impressive performance” during the Resource Verification.

With the introduction of these 45  programmes, AIFUE is now open to applications from students from all over Nigeria and overseas. The University, styled primus inter pares, – first among equals –  while a College is now set to provide quality and excellent university education. The Vice-Chancellor also revealed that more programmes will soon be approved by the NUC as the University is working on approvals for more courses.

 

LIST OF AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES

 Faculty of Arts

  1. B.A.(Ed.) Christian Religious Studies
  2. B.A.(Ed.) CreativeArts Education
  3. B.A. English Studies
  4. B.A.(Ed.) English studies
  5. B.A. Fine and Applied Arts
  6. B.A.(Ed.) French
  7. B.A.(Ed.) History
  8. B.A. History and Diplomatic Studies
  9. B.A. (Ed.) lgbo
  10. B.A. Linguistics
  11. B.A. (Ed.) Music

Faculty of Education

  1. B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling
  2. B.Ed. Educational Management

Faculty of Specialised Education

  1. B.Ed. Adult and Continuing Education
  2. B.Ed. Early Childhood Education
  3. B.Ed. Primary Education
  4. B.Ed. Special Needs Education

Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

  1. B.Sc. Economics
  2. B.Sc. (Ed.) Economics
  3. B.Sc. (Ed.) Geography
  4. B.Sc. Library and Information Science
  5. B.Sc. Political Science
  6. B.Sc. (Ed.) Political Science
  7. B.Sc. Sociology
  8. B.Sc. (Ed.) Social Studies

Faculty of Sciences

  1. B.Sc. Biology
  2. B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology
  3. B.Sc. Chemistry
  4. B.Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry
  5. B.Sc. (Ed.) Computer Education
  6. B.Sc. (Ed.) Health Education
  7. B.Sc. (Ed.) Human Kinetics
  8. B.Sc. Information and Communication Technology
  9. B.Sc. (Ed.) Integrated Science
  10. B.Sc. Mathematics
  11. B.Sc. (Ed.) Mathematics
  12. B.Sc. Physics
  13. B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics

Faculty of Vocational and Technology Education 

  1. B.Sc. (Ed.) Accounting
  2. B. Agriculture
  3. B.Sc. (Ed.) Agricultural Education
  4. B.Sc. (Ed.) Business Education
  5. B.Sc. (Ed.) Home Economics
  6. B.Sc. Industrial Technology
  7. B. Tech. (Ed.) Technology Education

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