
23/01/2025
Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Optometry undergraduates are now to spend a minimum of six years in universities instead of five.
Upon completion of their programmes, they would be conferred with βDoctorβ (clinical session) instead of Bachelor Degree.
A Pharmacy graduate will have his or her name prefixed with Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D); Physiotherapy graduand, Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT); and Optometry graduate (O.D Doctor of Optometry).
National Universities Commission (NUC), the regulator of tertiary educational institutions in the country, made this known via a statement yesterday by its Acting Director of Public Affairs, Franca Chukwuonwo.
But it did not say whether or not the decision would begin with the current set of students.
PharmaPhilic