NUC Grants Kwara State University Full Accreditation for Nine Programmes
Kwara State University, KWASU, has secured full accreditation for nine undergraduate programmes from the National Universities Commission, NUC. The approval came after the NUC carried out its accreditation exercise in October and November 2025. The result means the nine programmes met the standard expected by the Commission and can continue to run with full accreditation for the normal three-year period.
The development was announced on Sunday in a statement signed by Saeedat Aliyu, the Director of University Relations at KWASU. According to the statement, the NUC sent the official result in a letter dated April 7, 2026. The letter was addressed to the Visitor of the university, the Governor of Kwara State, and it was signed by Abraham Chundusu, the NUC Director of Accreditation. The letter confirmed that all nine programmes listed by the university had received full accreditation. For KWASU, the news brought a clear sense of relief and pride because accreditation directly speaks to the quality and standing of a university programme.
The nine programmes are Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Environmental Health Science, English, Linguistics, Performing Arts, Computer Science, and Microbiology. Each programme received full accreditation from the NUC. This approval will remain valid for the standard three-year period. During this time, the university is expected to keep the required academic standard and continue providing the facilities, staff, teaching, and support needed for the programmes to remain strong.
The successful list cuts across many areas of study. Accounting, Banking and Finance, and Business Administration represent key business programmes. Environmental Health Science is also included, while English and Linguistics cover language and communication studies. Performing Arts also received full accreditation. Computer Science and Microbiology completed the list. The result shows that the approval was spread across different parts of the university and was not limited to one field.
Accreditation is a serious part of university education in Nigeria because the NUC uses it to check whether a programme is meeting the required standard. The process looks at important parts of a programme, including teaching quality, staff strength, learning facilities, course structure, and other academic needs. Universities prepare carefully for these visits because the result can affect the future of a programme. KWASU took part in the October and November 2025 exercise, and the final result was later confirmed in the April 7, 2026 letter.
KWASU Vice-Chancellor, Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, welcomed the result and described it as proof of the university's commitment to academic excellence. He linked the success to the work of people across the university who have continued to support teaching, learning, and academic growth. He said the successful reaccreditation showed the commitment of stakeholders to maintaining the high standard of education provided by the institution. His response carried both pride and responsibility; the university had achieved an important result, but the work had to continue.
Jimoh also called on members of the university community to keep giving quality service. He urged staff and other stakeholders to remain focused as the management continues to work for the progress of the institution. His message was simple and strong. The accreditation result should encourage the university community, but it should also push everyone to protect the standard that earned the approval in the first place.
For the university, full accreditation is a major achievement because it gives official confirmation that the affected programmes have met the standard set by the NUC. For students, it gives stronger confidence in the status of their programmes. For lecturers and other staff, it reflects the work done to prepare, teach, support, and maintain the programmes. The result can bring pride, but it also brings pressure because academic quality must be kept alive every day, not only during an accreditation visit.
Saeedat Aliyu also repeated the university's commitment to high academic standards and steady improvement. She said KWASU will continue to work hard to maintain quality across its programmes. The university wants to keep improving and to make sure that students continue to receive the standard of education expected from a recognised higher institution. That commitment now becomes more important because the approval is valid for three years; the university must use that period well and avoid falling below the standard already reached.
The full accreditation of Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Environmental Health Science, English, Linguistics, Performing Arts, Computer Science, and Microbiology marks another important point for KWASU. The NUC exercise took place in October and November 2025, and the official result was communicated through the April 7, 2026 letter. With that letter, the status of the nine programmes became clear. Each one received full accreditation for the normal three-year period.
The result also places a clear duty on the university. Good accreditation should lead to better teaching, stronger support for students, better learning conditions, and careful attention to quality. The university has already said it will keep pushing for improvement, and that promise now carries weight. Students, parents, lecturers, staff, management, and other stakeholders will expect the standard to remain high throughout the accreditation period.
For KWASU, the news is worth celebrating because nine undergraduate programmes have received full approval from the NUC. It also sends a direct message to the university community. The work that produced the result must continue. The systems that supported the programmes must remain strong. The people behind the success must keep doing their jobs with care. The university has earned full accreditation for these nine programmes; now it must protect that achievement and keep moving forward with the same focus on academic quality and continuous improvement.