Veritas University

private university
Year dem found am	March 2002
Official name	Veritas University Abuja VUA (The Catholic University of Nigeria)
Native label	Veritas University
Nickname	The Catholic University of Nigeria
Found by	Catholic Church in Nigeria
Motto text	Seeking the truth
Continent	Africa
Country	Nigeria
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Abuja
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00
Ein location	Abuja
Coordinate location	9°17′27″N 7°24′59″E
Language dem use	English
Tym dem start	May 2007
Color	green, white, blue
Street address	Hostel M, Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja FCT
Phone number	+234-7015-862-819
Dema official website	http://www.veritas.edu.ng
Open data portal	CBCN

Veritas University be private university, wey dey Abuja. Dem establish am for March 2002 by de Catholic Church in Nigeria.^[1] De Institution receive ein provisional operation licence for 2007 insyd from de National Universities Commission wey dem commence admission of students for October 2008 insyd, for ein take-off campus wey dey Obehie, Abia State, Nigeria.

History

Veritas University Abuja (VUNA), alias Catholic University of Nigeria, de Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria wey establish am through sam resolution wey dem give for March 2002 meeting for Abuja insyd. Dem born de initiative by say de collective desire of de attending Bishops for University wey go provide high-quality tertiary education according to de tradition of de Catholic Church.^[2]

De Institution receive ein provisional operation licence for 2007 from de National Universities Commission wey dem commence admission of students for October 2008 for ein take-off campus wey dey Obehie, Abia State, Nigeria. For 2014 insyd, dem move go demma permanent site plus demma campus wey now dey Bwari Area Council of de Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Nigeria.

De University emphasize moral values, self-reliance den de development of de students’ entrepreneurial capabilities for de social den economic benefit of de graduates den de Nigerian society.^[3]

Academics

De University currently dey offer undergraduate den postgraduate programs across five faculties:

Natural den Applied Sciences

B.Sc. Applied Chemistry
B.Sc. Physics plus Electronics
B.Sc. Biochemistry
B.Sc. Microbiology
B.Sc. Computer science
B.Sc. Software Engineering

Management Sciences

B.Sc. Accounting
B.Sc. Banking den Finance
B.Sc. Business Administration
B.Sc. Entrepreneurship
B.Sc. Public Administration
B.Sc. Marketing

Humanities

B.A. English den Literary Studies
B.A. History den International Relations
B.A. Philosophy
B.A. Religion den Intercultural Studies
B.A. Theology

Social Sciences

B.Sc. Economics
B.Sc. Mass Communication
B.Sc. Political Science den Diplomacy
B.Sc. Peace den conflict studies

Education

B.Ed. Science Education
B.Ed. Educational Management
B.Ed. Arts den Social Science
B.Ed. Guidance den Counseling
B.Ed. English Education
B.Sc. Ed. Economics Education
B.Sc. Ed. Physics Education
B.Sc. Ed. Chemistry Education

Engineering

B.Eng. Computer engineering
B.Eng. Electronic engineering

Law

LL.B. Law

Postgraduate Studies

Post-graduate Diploma (PGD)
Masters of Art (M.A.)
Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Accreditation

National Universities Commission grant dem sam provisional License say make dem operate de university for May 2007.^[4] As of 2019, na de university offer ova 30 undergraduate den 15 postgraduate programmes, wey pass de National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation den resource verification.^[5]

For March 2019 insyd, Veritas University award certificates give 141 graduating students for demma 2017/18 academic session for demma 7th convocation ceremony.^[6]

Veritas Journal of Humanities

De Veritas Journal of Humanities (VEJOH) be de official maiden multidisciplinary academic journal of Veritas University from de Humanities Faculty published bi-annually. Edey base for de following principles; Afroconstructivity, Humanity, Society den Development. Articles cam from scholars within den outsyd Africa.^[7]