OAUSTECH gets NUC nod to run programme in petroleum engineering

The Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) in Okitipupa Ondo state has gotten regulatory approval to run an undergraduate programme in petroleum and gas engineering.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) also approved five other programmes including chemical engineering, economics, public administration, public health and medical laboratory science for the institution’s 2024/2025 session.

Temi Ologunorisa, OAUSTECH’s vice-chancellor, spoke to journalists on Friday in Okitipupa.

Ologunorisa said a resource verification visit was carried out by a panel of experts for some proposed programmes at the university.

He said the visit was to assess the human and material resources available for the establishment of those academic programmes.

The vice-chancellor said the approval was conveyed to the university via a letter dated September 6 and signed by Abubakar Gerei, NUC’s acting director of academic planning.

“I am directed to inform the vice-chancellor that the Ag. the executive secretary has considered and approved the establishment of the full-time mode of the following programmes to be run in the university with effect from the 2024/2025 academic session,” the letter reads.

“The newly approved programmes include B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, B.Eng. Petroleum and Gas Engineering within the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology; BSc Economics and BSc Public Administration in the School of Management Sciences.

“As well as B. Medical Laboratory Science (B.MLS) and BSc Public Health in the School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences.

“The approval from NUC to launch these new courses is the culmination of a resource verification evaluation conducted by the regulatory body in July to confirm the institution’s preparedness to introduce the proposed programmes.”

Ologunorisa, while speaking on the results of the verification assessment, encouraged prospective students to consider OAUSTECH as their primary choice of educational institution.