The National Universities Commission has granted Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, full accreditation in 13 undergraduate programmes across four colleges.
ABUAD Director of Public Affairs, Tunde Olofintila, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday listed the programmes that got full accreditation to include Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics Engineering; and Petroleum Engineering in the College of Engineering.
Others include Medicine and Surgery and Dentistry in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences; Industrial Chemistry and Agriculture in the College of Sciences and Intelligence and Security Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies and Political Science in the College of Social and Management Sciences.
Olofintila said that the accreditation status was contained in a letter by NUC dated April 30, 2024, to ABUAD Founder and Chancellor, Chief Afe Babalola.
Babalola said, “Today marks another milestone in the history of our university. We started well. We are doing very well.
“Our ratings as No. 1 in the World in SDG 7, No. 1 in the World in Outreach with a score of 98 per cent, No. 1 in the World in Stewardship with a score of 98.2 per cent, No.1 among all the 264 federal, state, and private universities in Nigeria for three consecutive years: 2022, 2023 and 2024 by Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are further confirmation that we are doing well. Indeed, we have overshot our expectations.”
ABUAD acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olasupo Ijabadeniyi, said, “Full accreditation in 13 programmes is further proof that ABUAD is indeed the Number 1 university in Nigeria, as recently enunciated by the highly respected Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
“That this (accreditation) is coming from the NUC now, when we are still celebrating our ranking by the Times Higher Education Rankings, is providential. It also shows the quality of education on offer in our increasingly famous 21st-century university.
“This certainly is good news for all parents and all our well-wishers. We promise them more of such good news.”
