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The Current Official List Of ABU Courses & Programmes

Ahmadu Bello University ABU

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), was established in 1962, it is the largest university in Nigeria and is approaching its 50th anniversary. The university covers 7,000 hectares with 18 academic faculties, a postgraduate school, and 111 departments. It has five institutes, six specialized centres, a Division of Agricultural Colleges, secondary and primary schools, extension and consultancy services and 500,000 alumni.

The university is known for its first-class architecture school and innovative agricultural research. The university offers Sciences, Social sciences, Arts, Environmental Design, and Engineering courses.

The university is ranked as the best for its expertise in architecture and research in agriculture.

This institution has nurtured two University Colleges; Abdullahi Bayero College and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College. This institution also has a large medical programme with its own Teaching Hospital, the teaching hospital is one of the largest training hospitals in Nigeria and Africa.

The university has three main campuses in Zaria: Samaru, Kongo, and Funtua. Samaru houses administrative offices, sciences, arts, languages, education, and research facilities. Kongo hosts the Faculties of Law and Administration, with the Faculty of Administration consisting of Accounting, Business Administration, Local Government and Development Studies, and Public Administration Departments and Funtua has the School of Basic Studies.

The university is named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, the first premier of Northern Nigeria. The institution runs undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, associate degrees, vocational and remedial programmes, and a large medical programme with its own A.B.U. Teaching Hospital.

The university has 35,000 students enrollment, ABU has nurtured two new institutions: Bayero University Kano and the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Technology, Bauchi. It also has 27 tertiary institutions, including colleges of education, polytechnics, and schools of basic or preliminary studies.

The University’s notable alumni include the Emir of Kano, the Pro-Chancellor of Plateau University, the former President of Nigeria, and the former World Bank Executive Director.

ABU Academic Sections

The list of Faculties includes;

1. ABU Business School

2. Faculty of Administration

3. Faculty of Agriculture

4. Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

5. Faculty of Arts

6. Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences

7. Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences

8. Faculty of Dental Surgery

9. Faculty of Clinical Sciences

10. Faculty of Education

11. Faculty of Engineering

12. Faculty of Environmental Design

13. Faculty of Law

14. Faculty of Life Sciences

15. Faculty of Physical Sciences

16. Faculty of Pharmacy

17. Faculty of Social Sciences

18. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Schools and Colleges are;

1. Business School

2. College of Medicine

3. Division of Agric

4. School of Basic Remedial Studies

5. School of Postgraduate Studies

The institute and centres include;

1. Institute of Administration

2. Institute for Agricultural Research

3. Iya Abubakar Institute of ICT

4. Institute for Development Research and Training

5. Institute of Education

6. National Animal Production Research Institute

7. Directorates

8. Directorate of Academic Planning and Monitoring

9. Directorate of Public Affairs

10. Directorate of University Advancement

11. Acenpee

12. African Centre of Excellence in Neglected Tropical Diseases and 13. Forensic Biotechnology

14. Centre for Inland Basins Studies

15. Centre for Biotechnology Research and Training

16. Centre for Climate Change Economics, Policy And Innovation (CCCEPI)

17. Venom, Anti-Venom and Natural Toxins Research Centre

18. Centre for Historical Documentation and Research Arewa House

19. entre for Energy Research and Training

20. Centre for Spatial Information Science

21. Centre for Islamic and Legal Studies

22. Distance Learning Centre

23. Counselling & Human Dev Centre

24. International Centre of Excellence for Rural Finance & Entrepreneurship

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List Of ABU Courses

The ABU courses and programmes include;

S/NCourses
1ACCOUNTANCY/ACCOUNTING
2ACTUARIAL SCIENCE
3ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
4AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
5AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
6AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE & EDUCATION
7AGRICULTURE
8ANATOMY
9ARABIC STUDIES
10ARCHAEOLOGY
11ARCHITECTURE
12AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
13BANKING & FINANCE
14BIOCHEMISTRY
15BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE(S)
16BOTANY
17BUILDING
18BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
19BUSINESS EDUCATION
20CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
21CHEMISTRY
22CIVIL ENGINEERING
23CIVIL LAW
24COMPUTER ENGINEERING
25COMPUTER SCIENCE
26DENTAL SURGERY
27DRAMA/DRAMATIC/PERFORMING ARTS
28ECONOMICS
29EDUCATION & CHEMISTRY
30EDUCATION & CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
31EDUCATION & COMPUTER SCIENCE
32EDUCATION & GEOGRAPHY
33EDUCATION & INTEGRATED SCIENCE
34EDUCATION & LANGUAGE ARTS
35EDUCATION & MATHEMATICS
36EDUCATION & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
37EDUCATION & SOCIAL STUDIES
38EDUCATION AND ARABIC
39EDUCATION AND BIOLOGY
40EDUCATION AND HAUSA
41EDUCATION AND ISLAMIC STUDIES:
42EDUCATION AND PHYSICS
43EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING
44ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
45ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
46ENGLISH LANGUAGE
47FINE ART
48FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE
49FORESTRY & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
50FRENCH
51GEOGRAPHY
52GEOLOGY
53GLASS TECHNOLOGY
54GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING
55HAUSA
56HEALTH EDUCATION
57HISTORY
58HOME ECONOMICS AND EDUCATION
59HUMAN KINETICS
60INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
61INSURANCE
62INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
63ISLAMIC/SHARIA LAW
64LAND & SURVEYING
65LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
66LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
67LOCAL GOVERNMENT & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
68MARKETING
69MASS COMMUNICATION
70MATHEMATICS
71MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
72MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
73MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
74MEDICINE & SURGERY
75METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
76MICROBIOLOGY
77MINING ENGINEERING
78NURSING/NURSING SCIENCE
79PHARMACY
80PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION
81PHYSICS
82PHYSIOLOGY
83POLITICAL SCIENCE
84PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
85QUANTITY SURVEYING
86RADIOGRAPHY
87SOCIOLOGY
88STATISTICS
89SURVEYING & GEOINFORMATICS
90TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
91TEXTILE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
92THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS
93URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING
94VETERINARY MEDICINE
95WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
96ZOOLOGY

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