Federal University of Education Pankshin, Plateau State

The Federal University of Education, Pankshin (FUEP) is a federal teacher-training university in Pankshin, Plateau State. It was founded in 1974 as the Federal Advanced Teachers College at a temporary site in Mararaba Pushit, about 17 km from Pankshin, and moved to its permanent site in 1977. It became the Federal College of Education, Pankshin in 1991, and the Federal Government upgraded it to a university of education in 2023.

FUEP's stated mandate is to produce higher quality graduate teachers of international standard and to be a centre of excellence in research in education. Examples are B.Sc. Ed. in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and computer science, B.Ed. in primary and early childhood education, and B.A. Ed. in Hausa, Arabic, French, history, music and Islamic studies.

The university is also mandated to run the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) programme, a pre-degree route to university admission, with a separate IJMB portal. The history page notes an earlier affiliation with the University of Jos for degree programmes and TETFund-supported infrastructure development.