The National University Commission (NUC) has granted operational license for the establishment of Enugu State Medical School of Applied Sciences.

The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof .Abubakar Adamu Rasheed disclosed this while presenting the operational license to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State who led some members of his cabinet to the Commission in Abuja.

The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi while commending the NUC for granting the approval for the establishment of the fourth Medical University and Applied Sciences in Nigeria, pointed out the reasons which necessitated the creation of another university in the state.

Enugu State Medical University of Applied Sciences located in Igbo-Eno community of the state,has increased the number of universities in Nigeria to
219th.