The Goals of the National Universities Commission are:
- Attainment of stable and crisis-free University System.
- To work with Nigerian Universities to achieve full accreditation status for at least 80% of the academic programmes.
- To initiate and promote proficiency in the use of ICT for service delivery within the Commission and the Nigerian University System.
- Upgrade and maintain physical facilities in the Nigerian University System for delivery of quality university education.
- To match university graduate output with national manpower needs.
- To foster partnership between the Nigerian University System and the private sector.
The Functions of the Commission are:
- To advise the President and State Governors, through the Minister, on the creation of new universities and other degree-awarding institutions in Nigeria;
- To prepare, after consultation with the State Governments, the universities, the national manpower Board and such other bodies as it considers appropriate, periodic master plans for the balanced and co-coordinated development of all universities in Nigeria;
To lay down Minimum Academic Standards in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to accredit their degrees and other academic awards; - To ensure that quality is maintained within the academic programmes of the Nigerian University System;
- To make such other investigations relating to higher education as the Commission may consider necessary in the national interest;
- To inquire into and advise the Federal Government on the financial needs, both recurrent and capital, of university education in Nigeria and, in particular, to investigate and study the financial needs of university research and to ensure that adequate provision is made for this in the universities;
- To take into account, in advising the Federal and State Governments on university finances, such grants as may be made to the Universities by the Federal and State Governments, private proprietors and by persons and institutions in and outside Nigeria;
- To undertake periodic reviews of the terms and conditions of service of personnel engaged in the universities and to make recommendations thereon to the Federal Government where appropriate;
- To recommend to the Visitor of a university that a visitation be made to such university as and when it considers it necessary;
- To act as the agency for channeling all external aid to the universities in Nigeria;
- To receive block grants from the Federal Government and allocate them to Federal Universities in accordance with such formula as may be laid down by the National Council of Ministers.
Tributes Pour in for Late Professors Idris Abdulkadir, Nimi Briggs
At the sideline of the elaborate event organised by the NUC to train Universities Staff on the implementation of the CCMAS was a tribute session in honour of former ES of the Commission, Late Prof. Idris Abdulkadir and Former Vice-Chancellor, UNIPORT and Chairman, FG/ ASUU 2009 Renegotiation team, Emeritus Prof. Nimi Briggs.
Mallam Adamu Challenges Stakeholders in NUS @ Training Workshop for Varsity Staff as he Unveils CCMAS Book Series 1 ..Presents Book Written in His Honour
The HME, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said that all relevant stakeholders in the Nigerian University System (NUS) must ensure that graduates of the system were fully equipped
Kenyatta Varsity, Nairobi, Hosts ACDE TTT Workshop, Quality Assurance Toolkit Review Meeting
The African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) recently held a three-day Train-the Trainer (TTT) workshop and review of the ACDE Quality Assurance toolkit.
EduCase Finland Hands NUC Concept Note on Collaboration with Nigerian Varsities
An EDUCase team comprising an amalgamation of several universities from Finland, led by the Chairperson, Start North, Dr. Jari Handelberg, visited the ES NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed
NUC, UoL Organise Fifth Hybrid Symposium on ODL Policy and Practice
The Fifth series of the Joint NUC and UoL Hybrid Symposium on Policy and Practice in Open Distance and e-Learning ended recently which focused on the opportunities presented by large-scale, high-quality Open and Distance Learning (ODL)
ES Receives Interim Report from the Committee on Status of Medical Education
The recently-inaugurated Committee on the Status of Medical Education in Nigerian Universities met with the ES, NUC, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed to present to him an Interim Report on their assigned task in his office.
Prof Rasheed Pledges NUC’s Support to AWAU
The ES NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed has reiterated that the Commission would do everything possible to support the Association of West African Universities (AWAU) to achieve its aims and objectives
“Medical PhD Cannot Replace Fellowship”–Prof Rasheed
The ES NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has reiterated that the recently introduced Doctor of Medicine programme (MD by publication) was introduced for an entirely different purpose from the original medicine by fellowship programme.
NOUN Governing Council Visits NUC
A high-powered delegation from NOUN led by the Chairman
of the Governing Council, Prof Emeritus Peter Okebukola,
visited the ES, NUC, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed.












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