New Departments emerge as NUC approves 37 Take-Off Programmes for LASUSTECH (See Full List)

Safiu Kehinde

Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) have seen the emergence of new departments ahead of the 2022/2023 academic session as the National University Commission (NUC) approved 37 Take-Off Programmes for the Institution.

As contained in last week’s edition of LASUSTECH newsflash issued by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, the initial 33 Take-Off Programmes proposed by the institution increased to 37 following the inclusion of Industrial Chemistry, Physics with Electronics, Industrial Mathematics, Zoology, and Botany.

The newly included programmes would have made it 38 Take-Off programmes in total, but the removal of Animal Breeding and Genetics reduced it to 37.

Interestingly, this is coming a month after NUC’s conduction of Resource Verification Exercise across the campus where available facilities and manpower were checked by the team assigned to each colleges that made up the institution.

See Full List Below

1. B.Eng. Computer Engineering

2. B.Eng. Civil and Construction Engineering

3. B.Eng. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

4. B.Sc. Biotechnology and Food Technology

5. B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering

6. B.Eng. Mechatronic Engineering

7. B. Eng. Agricultural Engineering

8. B.Sc. Architecture

9. B. Sc. Estate Management and Evaluation

10. B.Sc. Quantity Surveying

11. B.Sc. Industrial Mathematics

12. B.Sc. Urban and Regional Planning

13. B.Sc. Arts and Industrial Design

14. B.Sc. Building Technology

15. B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry

16. B.Sc. Chemistry

17. B.Sc. Mathematics

18. B.Sc. Computer Science

19. B.Sc. Physics with Electronics

20. B.Sc. Zoology

21. B.Sc. Botany

22. B.Sc. Microbiology

23. B.Sc. Mass Communication

24. B.Sc. Accounting

25. B.Sc. Banking and Finance

26. B.Sc. Actuarial Science

27. B.Sc. Economics

28. B.Sc. Marketing

29. B.Sc. Business Administration

30. B.Sc. Office and Information Technology

31. B.Sc. Agricultural Economics and Farm Management

32. B.Sc. Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

33. B.Sc. Crop Protection

34. B.Sc. Horticulture and Landscape Management

35. B.Sc. Animal Production

36. B.Sc. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management

37. B.Sc. Statistics.

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