Plateau State University has received full accreditation for 17 of its academic programmes from the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 17 academic programmes of the Plateau State University (PLASU). The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Doknan Sheni, disclosed this tonn newsmen on Sunday in Bokkos.

For more than 10 years, we have been operating as if we are not a university; without one of our courses accredited.

"But thanks be to God, today all our 17 programmes in the four faculties have been accredited by the NUC,’" he said.

The vice-chancellor said that with the accreditation, the university would admit more than 1,000 students in the 2016/2017 academic year.

Sheni said the university had been admitting between 300 and 400 students but with the accreditation, it would be admitting between 1,000 and 3,000 applicants.

Congrats to PLASU.