Bayero University Kano – University in Kano

Bayero University Kano, known as BUK, is a federal university in Kano, northern Nigeria. It began in 1960 as Ahmadu Bello College and became a full university in 1975, named after Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero, a former Emir of Kano. BUK has an old campus in the city and a large new campus on Gwarzo Road. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in arts and Islamic studies, education, engineering, law, medicine and health sciences, agriculture, computing, management, social and physical sciences, and is known for research on dryland agriculture and Hausa studies. Admission to undergraduate programmes is through JAMB. Students and visitors can contact the university by phone or email.