About the Centre
UNIABUJA CDL & CE
The Centre exists for one reason: there are capable people in Nigeria who will never be able to sit in a lecture hall from Monday to Friday, and their capability should not be wasted.
A virtual campus of the University of Abuja
Established in 1992, the Centre for Distance Learning & Continuing Education delivers the university's dual-mode federal mandate — the same degrees, earned flexibly.
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Keep earning while you study
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The same certificate
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A path for every stage
What we are
We are a Centre of the University of Abuja. Not a partner, not an affiliate, not a franchise.
The programmes we deliver are the University’s programmes. The academic staff who teach them are the University’s academic staff. The faculties that own the curricula moderate our examinations. The certificate at the end is signed by the same Vice-Chancellor and carries no notation distinguishing it from a full-time degree.
That last point is the one people ask about most, so we will say it once more plainly: your certificate does not say distance learning on it.
Who we teach
Civil servants who have hit a promotion ceiling. Teachers who need a degree to move up the salary scale. Bank staff, nurses, entrepreneurs, security personnel, people who started a family before they finished a first degree, and people who finished one twenty years ago and now need a Masters to go further.
The median student here is in their thirties, employed full time, and studying at night. Everything about how we run — when lectures are scheduled, how coursework is delivered, how examinations are arranged — is built around that person.
How we teach
Open & Distance Learning. Fully online. Live lectures delivered on Google Meet outside working hours, recorded and posted to the Learning Management System. Reading materials, assignments and assessments live on the LMS. Students attend physically only for semester examinations.
Part-Time. Face-to-face classes on Fridays and Saturdays, on campus. Six degree programmes run this way, for students who want a lecture hall and a cohort.
Continuing Education. Postgraduate Diplomas and taught Masters for graduates upgrading mid-career.
