The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has names of universities in Nigeria that are running various engineering programmes with expired accreditation status, and those without any accreditation.
The President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar revealed this on September 15 while addressing newsmen in Abuja on the resolution the council reached at it’s 179th Ordinary Council Meeting, which was held on September 7.
Universities and Their Non-accredited Engineering Programmes
University of Abuja
Programmes
1. Electronics Engineering
Accreditation Status: Expired on April 20, 2022
2. Mechanical Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired on April 20, 2022.
Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma
Programmes
1. Mechanical Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired since November 12, 2020
2. Electrical Electronics Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired on November 12, 2020
Modibo Adama University of Technology, Yola (Formerly Federal University of Technology, Yola)
Programmes
1. Agricultural Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Failed accreditation
2. Civil Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired since October 11, 2020
3. Electrical Electronics Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired since March 10, 2021
4. Chemical Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired since March 10, 2021
5. Mechanical Engineering department
Accreditation Status: Expired on March 10, 2021.
Universities Offering Engineering Courses without Accreditation
The COREN President further disclosed that the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers and Technical University Ibadan, Oyo State were also running engineering programmes without approval.
According to Prof. Abubakar, the University of Calabar was currently running engineering programmes up to 300 Level without Resource Verification/Pre-Accreditation by COREN, while Technical University Ibadan was running programmes up to 500 Level without Resource Verification/Pre-Accreditation by COREN.
The COREN President called on all the defaulting universities to do the needful, otherwise their accreditation will totally be withdrawn and the Engineering graduates of the institutions will not be recognized for registration as engineers.
“COREN is hereby, notifying the affected universities to rectify the abnormalities and get the programmes accredited before the commencement of the next academic session.
“Failure to rectify this, their non-accreditation status will result in blacklisting them as non-accredited institutions whose graduates of engineering programmes will not be recognised for registration as engineering practitioners,” Prof Abubakar warned.