NOUN Matriculates 23,885 Students

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has matriculated 23,885 newly admitted students, with the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Uduma Oji Uduma, declaring that Open and Distance Learning (ODL) represents the future of higher education.
Uduma made the declaration on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, during the university’s 31st Matriculation Ceremony, held virtually across its study centres nationwide.
The newly matriculated students comprise 17,471 undergraduates, 1,967 Postgraduate Diploma students, 4,333 Master’s students, 10 MPhil/PhD students and 104 PhD candidates.
Uduma said the growing adoption of ODL by conventional universities, alongside the increasing number of young Nigerians c...