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16 Faculties

99 Departments

16 Research Institutes

3 Colleges of Agriculture

The ABU Vision

According to Sir Ahmadu Bello

"Ahmadu Bello University shall be a world-class university comparable to any other, engaged in imparting contemporary knowledge, using high quality facilities and multi-disciplinary approaches, to men and women of all races, as well as generating new ideas and intellectual practices relevant to the needs of its immediate community, Nigeria and the world at large."

Mind-Spark Quotes

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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

– Auwal Adamu Gene

Postgraduate Programmes

Choose from around 664 well-established PhD, MPhil, MSc and PGD programmes to boost your career.

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Undergraduate Programmes

ABU produces thousands of fresh graduates every year from about 94 undergraduate programmes.

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Distance Learning Centre

If you're not able to learn on-campus physically, ABU gives you the chance to earn a degree via distance learning.

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LVT/Diploma

Mainly for individuals who may be able to spare only 2 or 3 months per year to study for a degree.

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Featured Staff

Warm morning greetings to you; I am Dr. Shehu Ismail Chafe, Reader (Associate Professor) specialising in Painting and Art History at the Department of Fine Arts.

The Fine Arts Department of Ahmadu Bello University is the pioneer and most equipped and vibrant Arts Department in Nigeria. It produced all the first generation University-trained artists and professors, who went ahead to start other renowned Arts Departments in the University of Benin, Ife, and many others across Nigeria. We are even more eager today than ever before to train and produce more professional arts experts in Nigeria and beyond. Please join us today.