Nigerian Universities Scrap Out Mass Communication

Mass Communication degree in Nigerian universities has been phased by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, while speaking with journalists in

Abuja on Thursday, said the NUC had unbundled Mass Communication into seven separate degree programmes to meet current demands and that it would take effect from the 2020 university admission year.

He stated, “The seven new programmes/departments to be domiciled in a Faculty/ School/College of Communication and Media Studies are Journalism and Media Studies, Public Relations, Advertising, Broadcasting, Film and Multi-Media Studies, Development Communication Studies, Information and Media Studies.”