Senate considers allowing medical college to award PhDs

Senate considers allowing medical college to award PhDs

The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to empower the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria to award PhDs in clinical medicine.

Senate advances bill to empower Medical College to award PhD degrees

Leading the debate, Bamidele said the proposed changes to the National Postgraduate Medical College’s governing law would expand its mandate beyond conducting professional postgraduate examinations to include establishing academic programmes and awarding doctoral degrees.

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