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Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo has commenced Law and Nursing Science programmes after the National University Commission (NUC) verified and gave approval for the university to commence the Programmes.
The premier private university in Cross River State is said to scored 100% in the recently conducted NUC accreditation of the institution and has therefore, been given full statutory license to operate as a tertiary institution in Nigeria.
Speaking at the press conference held at the institution’s Senate Chambers, the Vice- chancellor of the university, Prof. Ani Nkang held that the university has experienced tremendous progress since its inception and that the result can be seen in the prompt accreditation of its programme.
His words “Arthur Jarvis University was granted provisional license to operate as a tertiary institution and academic activities commenced in March 2017 with a total of 15 programmes spread out in ten departments and two faculties; Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences and Faculty of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences.
“Today the university has five faculties, with 44 degree programmes. We were amongst the universities whose provisional licenses were reviewed in 2019. It is my pleasure to announce in this august press conference that Arthur Jarvis University met all qualifications and has been issued with a full statutory license.”
Programmes that got accreditation includes; Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, English, Applied Geophysics, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Microbiology, and Physics with Political Science and Geology getting provisional accreditation”
The Vce Chancellor added that the “university continues to boast of affordable tuition, excellent students to lecturers ratio in the classes, and a good hostel accommodation”.
Arthur Jarvis University is the first privately owned university in Cross River State.
