NUC Approves Aviation Management, Aerospace Engineering At Baze University

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited the introduction of Aviation Management and Aerospace Engineering as undergraduate programmes at Baze University, Abuja, starting from the 2026/2027 educational session.

The approval, conveyed in a letter dated October 16, 2026, and signed by the Acting Director of Academic Planning on the NUC, Dr Ayuba Mohammed, authorises the college to run each programmes on a full-time foundation at its essential campus in Abuja.

According to the fee, the approval adopted a useful resource verification train by a panel of consultants to evaluate the human and materials sources obtainable for the proposed programmes, in addition to an inspection of the college’s Aviation School.

The NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, subsequently accredited the programmes after contemplating the panel’s report.

Aviation Management shall be domiciled within the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, whereas Aerospace Engineering shall be provided beneath the Faculty of Engineering.

The programmes are anticipated to increase the college’s undergraduate choices in areas linked to aviation growth, technological innovation and the aerospace trade.

The approval additionally enhances the college’s ongoing growth of an Aviation School on a website measuring greater than 88 hectares in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory.

The facility, which is at a sophisticated stage of growth, kinds a part of the college’s funding in aviation schooling and specialised coaching.

While the newly accredited programmes will function on the college’s essential campus, the Aviation School in Bwari is a separate however complementary undertaking geared toward increasing its capability in aviation-related schooling.

The college is predicted to begin the 2 undergraduate programmes within the 2026/2027 educational session.