University in Nigeria
Bauchi, Bauchi State
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi is a federal university of technology in Bauchi, Bauchi State, in north-eastern Nigeria. It is named after Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the first Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and its motto is "Doctrina Mater Artium" (education is the mother of the practical arts). The curriculum was designed on an applied, technology-oriented pattern after consultation with experts from Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States, and that theme runs through its academic units.
The university operates from two campuses in Bauchi: the Yelwa Campus along Dass Road, which was the first administrative headquarters, and the Gubi (Main) Campus along the Bauchi-Ningi-Kano Road, on a site of about 4,500 hectares some 16 kilometres from the town centre. It has also acquired a staff housing estate on Kari-Maiduguri Road and a Research and Innovation Centre at Tafawa Balewa.
Academic work is organised into seven faculties and colleges: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology; Technology Education; Engineering and Engineering Technology; Environmental Technology; Management Sciences; Science; and the College of Medical Sciences, which brings together the Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Basic Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Allied Health Sciences. Programmes run at diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate diploma, master's and doctoral levels, together with Higher Diploma, IJMB, remedial and Long Vacation Training (LVT) routes. A Postgraduate School coordinates higher degrees, and affiliated institutions include FCE Ankpa, FCE Bichi, FCE Gombe, FCE Potiskum and ATAP Bauchi.
Directorates and centres serve the whole university, among them General Studies, Remedial and Basic Studies, Research and Innovation, ICT, Industrial Training, Entrepreneurship Studies, the University Computer Centre, the University Medical Centre, the National Centre for Petroleum Research and Development, the Centre for Industrial Studies and the Dairy Research and Development Centre. In the 2024/2025 session the university recorded 22,107 undergraduate and 1,839 postgraduate students.
Student welfare is coordinated by the Student Affairs Division, which covers accommodation, sports, guidance and counselling, careers, alumni matters and clubs and societies. Students are represented by the Joint Students Executive Council (JSEC), and halls of residence have common rooms with TV and satellite viewing. Hostel places are allocated to foreign students, students with physical disabilities, fresh undergraduates, final-year undergraduates, students' union executives and outstanding sportspeople. A university clinic operates at both campuses with 24-hour services under the NHIS and TINSHIP health insurance arrangements.
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View scholarships for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi →Applicants sit the UTME and must reach the acceptable standard in English (compulsory) and three other subjects relevant to the chosen course, as specified in the JAMB brochure. Admission also requires five credit passes in SSCE, School Certificate/GCE O-Level or equivalent, relevant to the course and obtained in not more than two sittings; good behaviour attested by the school principal; and any other requirement set by the University Senate. Departments may add their own specific requirements.
Applicants complete the JAMB Direct Entry form and may qualify with a minimum of two relevant GCE A-Level passes (other subjects at credit level); passes in two major relevant subjects in NCE or ND, with the relevant O-Level credits; or two passes at IJMB or another recognised school of basic studies, with relevant O-Level credits. Direct Entry students spend a minimum of four years, compared with five years for 100 Level entrants.
A second-class honours degree from ATBU or another recognised university; holders of other qualifications with relevant field experience acceptable to the university; or an HND with at least a Credit pass.
A second-class honours first degree (CGPA 3.00 for ATBU graduates) or equivalent, or a degree with an appropriate postgraduate diploma at least at Credit level; an HND with at least Credit plus a Credit-level postgraduate diploma in the relevant area is also accepted. A qualifying examination may be required.
A first degree with at least second class honours (upper division), or a good second class degree plus considerable relevant industrial experience.
A relevant master's degree with a CGPA of at least 3.5 for ATBU graduates, or an equivalent higher degree from another recognised university. A qualifying examination and/or a probationary period of up to 12 calendar months may be required.
Postgraduate Diploma, master's and PhD programmes are offered in the Schools of Science, Technology Education, Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, and Engineering and Engineering Technology; the Schools of Management Technology and Environmental Technology offer Postgraduate Diploma and master's programmes.
The central library (established 1981) seats 1,000, holds 161,672 volumes of books, and has a 25-computer digital centre with access to HINARI, AGORA and EBSCOhost and the TEEAL agricultural e-library; faculty libraries supplement it. During semester it opens 8.00 a.m.-10.00 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. on Saturday and 2.00-8.00 p.m. on Sunday. The clinic has a 6-bed capacity at Yelwa and 10-bed at Gubi.
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