The National Universities Commission, NUC, has approved 34 undergraduate programmes for the newly established Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe, Lagos State.
The approval, conveyed in a letter dated 23 October 2026, and signed on behalf of the NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Abdullahi Ribadu, followed a resource verification exercise conducted by panels of experts to assess the university’s available human and material resources.
The programmes will be offered on a full-time basis at the university’s take-off campuses from the 2026/2027 academic session.
NUC approves 1,700 admission slots
The commission approved an admission quota of 50 students for each programme, giving the university a total approved capacity of 1,700 students across the 34 programmes.
The NUC clarified that the approval covers only full-time programmes, while any proposed part-time programmes would require a separate application for further processing.
The approved courses are spread across five faculties: Computing and Informatics, Engineering, Allied Health Sciences, Management Sciences and Technology, and Science.
Full list of approved programmes
The Faculty of Computing and Informatics will offer Computer Science, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Information Communication Technology and Software Engineering.
The Faculty of Engineering will offer Geomatics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Under Allied Health Sciences, the approved programmes are Prosthetics and Orthotics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Health Information Management, Nursing Science and Public Health.
The Faculty of Management Sciences and Technology will offer Business Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Transportation Management.
The Science faculty will offer Biotechnology, Forensic Science, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Marine Science, Medicinal Chemistry, Medical Physics and Nuclear Science.
FUSTECH prepares for inaugural admission
Established in November 2025, the Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe, is among Nigeria’s newly established federal universities.
The institution currently shares some facilities and infrastructure at the Epe campus of Lagos State University as part of an interim arrangement to support its take-off. The arrangement is expected to continue until FUSTECH moves to its permanent site.
Following the NUC approval, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kazeem Adeola Oshikoya, expressed the university’s readiness to commence its inaugural admission process for the 2026/2027 academic session.
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