Usmanu Danfodiyo University – University in Sokoto

Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) is a federal university in Sokoto, the capital of Sokoto State in north-western Nigeria. Established by the Federal Government in 1975 as the University of Sokoto, it was later renamed after Usman dan Fodio, the 19th-century scholar and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate. The university runs its main campus on a large permanent site outside the city and a city campus along Sultan Abubakar Road. Its faculties cover agriculture, arts and Islamic studies, education, engineering, law, management sciences, science, social sciences, pharmaceutical sciences and veterinary medicine, and its College of Health Sciences works with the university teaching hospital. UDUS offers undergraduate, postgraduate and remedial programmes. Applicants and the public can contact the university by email for admissions, registry and library enquiries.