UNICAL: 62 Dentistry Students Transferred To Rivers University
October 24, 2025
2:42 am
This move follows protests and intervention by regulators after UNICAL’s over-admission crisis exposed gaps in Nigeria’s higher education oversight.
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has transferred 62 students from its Department of Dentistry to Rivers State University (RSU), ending months of uncertainty following the institution’s controversial over-admission crisis.
The decision comes after weeks of negotiations between UNICAL, the National Universities Commission (NUC), and the Nigerian Dental Association. Officials said the transfer aims to safeguard the academic progress of affected students after it was discovered that UNICAL’s dental program lacked full accreditation to accommodate the number of admitted candidates.
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