ENUGU — The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 12 new full-time undergraduate programmes at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), to start in the 2026/2027 academic session. The approval letter, dated September 11, 2026, was signed by the NUC Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar M. Girei, and addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, following a resource verification visit. The new programmes include Automotive Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Science, Pharmacology, Health Care Administration and Hospital Management, Optometry, Educational Management, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering and Information Technology. The approval covers full-time study only. Ortuanya pledged to provide the staff and facilities needed to run the programmes.