The Africa Centre of Excellence in Public health and Toxicological Research ACE-PUTOR (www.aceputoruniport.edu.ng) of the University of Port Harcourt, is a regional Centre established to promote collaboration and interdisciplinary postgraduate training and research. It serves as a platform for providing inter-disciplinary academic stream of postgraduate programmes and rapidly bridge the current paucity of adequately trained personnel with terminal degrees in public health, toxicology, nutrition, and nursing in sub-Saharan Africa. PUTOR has broad-based partnership with academic institutions, public sector and the industries who contribute to the curriculum development and training programmes under the Centre. The Centre is an ideal hub for inter-disciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary learning, research and collaborations.
ACE-PUTOR emerged from the 2018 round of competitive bid for Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) in various fields of human endeavour offered in African Universities. It was formally declared a centre in November 2018 and academic prorgamme started in June 2019 making this the 8th anniversary of delivering uninterrupted academic and research Calander in the University of Port Harcourt in 2026.
All programmes in ACE-PUTOR were designed with the need to promote equity, excellence and integrity. These are premised on developing the knowledge, skills and competences of students from diverse academic backgrounds to becoming industry-ready professionals. A period of internship in the relevant industry/sector is mandatory and newer pedagogical techniques built around blended learning, competency-based learning and self-directed learning. The development of all programmes in the Centre involved broad stakeholders and partners. All curricula are developed by subject experts based on the need. The available postgraduate programmes in the ACE-PUTOR are approved by the Senate of the University of Port Harcourt and most have been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Royal Society of Biology (International Programme Accreditation) include:
To provide an enabling environment for students and faculties to discover and nurture their full potentials in delivering innovative research and human capacity development.
To be a centre for innovative research and academic training, recognised for local relevance, international excellence and global impacts in public health, toxicology and nursing sciences.
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