CALABAR, CROSS RIVER— The management of the University of Calabar, Calabar (UNICAL) has actually protected complete accreditation status from the National Universities Commission (NUC) for 7 of its core academic programmes.
The significant regulatory triumph follows an intensive, multi-disciplinary accreditation evaluation exercise performed by the commission throughout the organization’s professors between October and November 2025.
The effective assessment was officially interacted to the university administration in a main letter signed by the Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu.
The full accreditation status guarantees five consecutive years of uninterrupted functional stability for the impacted departments, safeguarding countless undergrads versus future admission freezes, quota caps, and certificate invalidation.
Satisfying Efficiency Across Diverse Faculties
According to the statutory audit report released by the pinnacle regulative commission, the exercise was performed at UNICAL in rigorous positioning with the federal government’s required to implement minimum academic requirements throughout Nigerian universities.
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The final results reflected exemplary performance, high staffing compliance, and adequate infrastructural schedule throughout all the assessed fields.
The successful departments span six strategic professors, including Farming, Basic Medical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Law, Science, and the Social Sciences.
The Seven Totally Accredited Programmes:
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Law (Professors of Law)
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Anatomy (Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences)
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Computer system Engineering (Professors of Engineering and Innovation)
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Professors of Engineering and Technology)
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Criminology and Security Researches (Professors of Social Sciences)
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Forestry and Wildlife Management (Professors of Agriculture)
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Physics (Professors of Science)
Five-Year Strategic Stability Guaranteed
The NUC explicitly specified that the complete accreditation status stands for a five-year window, applying comprehensively to both the undergraduate and postgraduate tiers of the certified departments.
During this five-year regulatory window, the affected departments will continue to process brand-new student admissions without external interruptions and award degrees that are totally identified nationwide.
Crucially, the clearance makes sure that finishing trainees deal with no administrative hold-ups regarding their compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) mobilisation or professional body registrations.
Through its Director of Accreditation, Engr. Abraham Chundusu, the NUC, extended its highest relates to and commendation to the Vice-Chancellor and the Governing Council of the University of Calabar for effectively satisfying national academic benchmarks.
University administrators kept in mind that the clean bill of health offers UNICAL with a tactical window to combine its institutional gains.
The school plans to use this period of stability to aggressively upgrade its specialised engineering labs, broaden research study financing, and enhance its digital knowing infrastructure without the tension connected with an interim or denied accreditation status.
The successful result further strengthens UNICAL’s placing as a premier destination for qualitative tertiary education in the South-South geopolitical zone, proving its capacity to graduate professionals who are prepared to compete in the global knowledge economy.