NUC Declares Medical Students will Spend 11 Years in University

NUC Declares Medical Students will Spend 11 Years in University

National Universities Commission, NUC announced that any student who wants to study medicine will henceforth spend a minimum of 10 to 11 years for the programme.

NUC and medical students

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, during a lecture delivered at the maiden matriculation and inauguration of the University of Medical Science, Ondo, Ondo State, has announced that any student who wants to study medicine will henceforth spend a minimum of 10 years in the university.

He said the 2015 document for the training of medical students made provision for students to spend four years studying basic sciences after which they would proceed to the medical school to spend another seven years.

SchoolGist Team.


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