Kaduna varsity begins post-graduate programmes

Management of the Kaduna State University (KASU) will begin post-graduate and Master’s degree programmes (MSc) in the 2014/ 2015 academic year.

KASU’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Barnabas Williams Quirix said the introduction of the programmes followed their approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

“Ten years after the establishment of this university, we are pleased to let you know that NUC has approved 44 out of the 52 courses that we applied for as Post Graduate Programmes,” the Vice Chancellor said.

Quirix said they were commencing lectures in the 2014/2015 academic year with MSc in Procurement Supply in Management, Criminal Justice, Crime Management and Security Studies, Environmental Biology, Renewable Energy, Geographic Information System and PGD in Investigative and Sport Journalism.

The VC disclosed that as part of their research interest, the university was embarking on a research on ginger adding, “Ginger is a natural resource and we are embarking on an extensive research of the product. Some people are coming to our university on sabbatical for this purpose.”

Quirix thanked the Kaduna State Government for their support that led to the approval of the programmes, adding, “We will run both academic and non-academic programmes.”

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