DUTSE — The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of a Faculty of Law and 30 new full-time undergraduate programmes at the Federal University Dutse for the 2026/2027 session. The approval letter, dated September 11, 2026, was signed by the NUC Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar M. Girei. The new programmes include Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Community Health, Human Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Common and Islamic Law, Medical Laboratory Science, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Optometry, several education degrees and Science Laboratory Technology. Postgraduate programmes in Forestry, Accounting, Banking and Finance and Information Technology were also approved. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ahmad Mohammed Gumel, described the approval as a milestone.