While Top Up or HND to BSc Degree conversion programme is just gaining popularity in Nigeria, the programme has been in existence as part of the tertiary education systems for long in some of the foreign countries especially in Europe and America.
It is a programme design to help Higher National Diploma (HND) degree holders up their certificate, bringing them level with BSc Degree certificate holders. In a world of education where BSc degree certificate holders are rated higher, any HND graduate with high ambition will want to get his HND converted to BSc so that he can be well positioned to compete in the labour market.
The programme is usually lasted between 12 to 18 months (two to three semesters) depending on an institutions and the course involved and it is usually a part time programme so that working HND holders can have time to participate in lectures.
Instead of a person to apply to do direct entry course in a university using his HND certificate which qualify him to 300 levels and thereby use extra four semesters to complete a 4 years BSC degree programmes or extra six semesters to complete a 5 years degree programme, it is better to enrol for Top Up degree programme which will qualify the person to earn his BSc degree certificate within a short period of time.
List of Universities in Nigeria that Run Top Up/ HND to BSc Conversion Courses
Below is the list of universities in Nigeria that do Top Up programmes. They are twelve in number right now, the number may likely increase in the future as the programme gain more popularity.- Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE)
- Bells University, Ota Ogun State
- Kwara State University
- Ekiti State University (EKSU)
- Babcock University, Ogun State
- Adeleke University, Ede Osun State
- Lead City University, Ibadan
- Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
- University of Portharcourt
- Al-hikma University, Ilorin Kwara State
- Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo
- Fountain University, Oshogbo
Note: Top Up programme is meant to be an HND to BSc degree conversion programme and not BSc to BSc degree conversion programme.
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