Below are guidelines for conducting Part-time and Sandwich programmes in
Nigerian universities. All universities currently operating Part-time programmes are
expected to comply with the guidelines on programme by programme basis.
Consequently, universities still interested in running Part-time programmes are
advised to forward fresh applications to the NUC on programme by programme
basis.
This is, however, subject to the readiness of the university to comply with the
following extant guidelines on part-time programmes:
1. The admission and graduation requirements, Staffing, Library and physical
facilities requirements must be in line with the Benchmark Minimum Academic
Standards (BMAS) for the various full-time academic programmes.
2. For a programme to be eligible to run on part-time basis, the approved full-time
equivalent must be available in the university, must have earned full accreditation
and must be run within approved campuses.
3. The enrolment into part-time programmes must not exceed 20% of total
students’ population in the programme.
4. The minimum duration of the part-time programmes must be 150% of the
approved duration of the Full-Time equivalent.
5. Approval shall not be granted for part-time programmes in Environmental
Sciences, Engineering/Technology, Law, Medicine/Medical Sciences, Pharmacy/
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dentistry; and Veterinary Science.
6. All admissions into part-time programmes must be through the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).Part-time programmes must be run
within approved campuses of universities where the human and material
resources for the teaching of the programmes are domiciled, i.e. on the main
campus of the university.
7. Part-time programmes shall be subjected to the NUC accreditation assessment
upon maturity of the programme.
8. For any programme to be eligible for part-time mode, it must have produced
two (2) sets of graduates and satisfied the Resource Verification Requirements.
9. Commencement of a part-time programme MUST be subject to NUC’s
approval.Approval of commencement of all part- time programmes must be
obtained.The National Universities Commission shall not hesitate to apply
appropriate sanctions on any university which violates any of the stipulated
Guidelines on Part-Time and Sandwich Programmes.
Signed
Management