University in Nigeria
Kashere, Gombe State
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Federal University, Kashere (FUK) is a federal government university located at Kashere in Gombe State, north-eastern Nigeria. It was established by the Federal Government in 2010 as one of nine new federal universities created in the first phase of an initiative to widen access to higher education and give every state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory a federal tertiary institution. Its motto is Education for Global Citizenship, and its mission is to serve as a world-renowned centre of learning through excellence in teaching, research, scholarly and artistic activities, and service to the community, state, nation and the world.
Academic work is organised in faculties: Science, Agriculture, Education, Humanities, Management Sciences, Social Sciences and Allied Health Science. The Faculty of Science has departments including Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Chemical Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, Geography and Microbiology. Agriculture offers a five-year B.Agriculture with options in Agricultural Economics and Extension, Agronomy, Animal Science and Soil Science. Education has departments of Arts and Social Science Education, Educational Foundations and Science Education. Humanities covers Arabic, Religious Studies, Political Science, Languages and Linguistics, English and Literary Studies, and History and Diplomatic Studies. Management Sciences, established on 3 March 2018, has Accounting, Business Administration, Marketing, Public Administration, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Studies, and Procurement Management. Social Sciences includes Criminology and Security Studies, Economics and Development Studies, Geography, Mass Communication, International Relations, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
The Jibril Aminu College of Medical Sciences, led by a Provost, houses the Faculty of Allied Health Science with departments such as Dental Surgery, Nursing Science, Occupational Therapy, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Medicine and Surgery, and Pharmacology. In October 2026 the College secured full membership of the Consortium of Medical Schools-Africa (COMS-A). The university also has a School of Postgraduate Studies, an Institute of Maritime Studies, and the School of Preliminary and General Studies, which runs the pre-degree (remedial) programme and the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) programme as a route to 200-level Direct Entry admission.
Teaching and research are supported by the University Library, the ICT Directorate (set up in 2011), the Research and Development Directorate, the Academic Planning Unit and the Physical Planning and Works directorates. The university runs a pre-degree programme for Gombe State indigenes and neighbouring states, and offers part-time undergraduate degree programmes approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
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View scholarships for Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State →Candidates must sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and score at least the minimum approved by NUC and JAMB. They must also hold at least five credit passes, obtained at not more than two sittings, in WAEC (SSCE), NECO (SSCE) or NABTEB, including English Language, Mathematics and any three other subjects relevant to the course of study. Some departments have additional specific requirements.
Direct Entry candidates for the relevant programmes should hold an HND in their field of study. An HND in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Statistics or Mathematics is acceptable for Computer Science, and professional certificates such as ACA, ACIB, ACIS, ACIN and ACIT are acceptable for Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance and Banking. Admission is followed by online Post-UTME/DE screening.
Admission requires at least five credits, at not more than two sittings, in SSCE, GCE, NECO or NABTEB ordinary level in five relevant subjects including English Language and Mathematics. The programme runs for nine months starting in October. Science subjects are Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, English Language and Mathematics; management subjects are Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Geography, Agricultural Science, English Language and Mathematics. Applications are made online after advertisement on the university website.
Applicants need five O-Level credits at not more than two sittings in relevant subjects including English Language and Mathematics; Direct Entry candidates must also have N-Level results. For the 2021/2022 session the application fee was N5,000 paid via Remita through the online portal (applicant.safapply.com/fuk).
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD): at least a third-class degree in the proposed field from FUK or another recognised university; HND or equivalent professional diploma holders may apply. M.Sc.: at least a Second Class Lower degree. MBA: a relevant bachelor's degree with at least Second Class Lower; holders of a Third Class degree or an HND with at least Lower Credit also need a PGD with a minimum CGPA of 3.50. M.Phil.: a bachelor's honours degree with at least Second Class Upper, or a master's degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.50, and prior contact with the department about supervisor availability. Ph.D.: a master's degree with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 (M.Phil. or M.Sc.), transcripts of master's results, and departmental clearance on vacancies and supervisors; M.Phil. and Ph.D. admission is processed at the start of each semester.
Applicants create an account on the official application portal, complete the online form, select a programme, upload the required documents and pay the application fee through the portal, then track the application status online.
The university is based at Kashere, Gombe State (postal address P.M.B. 0182, Gombe). It has a permanent main campus; the library, which opened in a temporary building in 2011, moved to its permanent site commissioned in 2019.
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