The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) programme at Gregory University Uturu (GUU), Abia State, following an assessment conducted during the 2025/2026 accreditation exercise.
The accreditation forms part of the NUC’s regulatory assessment of academic programmes in Nigerian universities and covers other professional and academic programmes at the institution, including Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Nursing Science, Optometry, Engineering, Law, Management and Social Sciences.
A statement by public affairs analyst, Sleek Ogbo-Ogwo, said the accreditation results were contained in the outcome of the 2025/2026 exercise conducted by the commission.
The statement added that admissions into the accredited programmes were ongoing.
Reacting to the development, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Cele U. Njoku, said the outcome would strengthen the institution’s provision of professional programmes.
Njoku said the university was training students in fields including medicine, pharmacy, nursing, optometry, engineering, law and business.
The university’s Chancellor, Sir Gregory Iyke Ibe Jnr, said the institution would continue to invest in facilities and infrastructure to support teaching and learning.
The university also disclosed that its College of Medicine and Health Sciences was admitted into the Association of Medical Schools in Africa (AMSA) on March 28, 2026.
It further said a 500-level medical student, Enukora Lucky, represented Nigeria at the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) General Assembly in Kazakhstan in August 2026.
According to the university, Lucky was the only delegate from a private university in Nigeria and the only delegate from the South-East at the meeting.
The institution also said construction of a 1,000-bed teaching hospital at Ezinnachi, Abia State, was nearing completion.
It said the facility, when completed, would support clinical training, medical research and healthcare delivery.
