NUC Approves Aviation Management, Aerospace Engineering At Baze University

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has authorised the introduction of Aviation Management and Aerospace Engineering as undergraduate programmes at Baze University, Abuja, starting from the 2026/2027 tutorial 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 primary campus in Abuja.

According to the fee, the approval adopted a useful resource verification train by a panel of specialists 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 authorised the programmes after contemplating the panel’s report.

Aviation Management will likely be domiciled within the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, whereas Aerospace Engineering will likely be supplied beneath the Faculty of Engineering.

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

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, types a part of the college’s funding in aviation training and specialised coaching.

While the newly authorised programmes will function on the college’s primary campus, the Aviation School in Bwari is a separate however complementary undertaking aimed toward increasing its capability in aviation-related training.

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