University in Nigeria
Lapai, Niger State
University profile
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL) is a state-owned university in Lapai, Niger State, licensed by the National Universities Commission in 2005 as the 74th public and 25th state-government-owned university in Nigeria. Its motto is Learning for Service, and its stated mission is to produce world-class graduates through quality research, teaching and community service, with a vision of being a world-class centre of excellence driven by people, partnership and technology.
Academic work is organised into six faculties: Natural Sciences (biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, computer science, geography, mathematics, microbiology, physics), Applied Sciences (food science and technology, geology and mining), Management (accounting, business administration, economics, political science, public administration, sociology, transport management), Agriculture (agricultural economics and extension, animal production, crop production), Education and Arts (continuing education, counselling psychology, history and international studies, human kinetics, science education) and Language and Communication Studies (Arabic, English, French, mass communication). Programmes also include actuarial science, library and information science, pharmacy (Pharm.D), medicine and surgery (MBBS), law (LLB), nursing, medical laboratory science and community health science. Postgraduate study is run through the College of Postgraduate Studies, and the university also runs IJMB, remedial, French foundation and long vacation training programmes.
The main campus is at Lapai, with further campuses at Bosso in Minna, Bida and Suleja. The Abubakar Gimba Library serves the university, and the ICT Directorate, in place since the university's early years, provides internet, email, web, software development and e-learning services. An Entrepreneurship Centre set up in 2014 with a TETFund intervention of N75,000,000 offers hands-on skills training in ICT, fish farming, poultry, ceramics and cosmetics production, and a sports and fitness complex supports football, basketball, volleyball, athletics and other clubs.
Research and professional units include the Centre for Applied Sciences and Technology Research (CASTER), the Trans-Saharan Disease Research Centre (established October 2020) and the Institute of Maritime Studies (established September 2013), the last positioned near the proposed inland port at Baro on the River Niger.
On-campus hostels have 24-hour security, internet access and cleaning services. Allocation gives priority to first-year students, international students and students with special needs. IBBUL reports a total student population of 20,621, of whom 19,299 are undergraduates and 1,322 postgraduates. Of its 51 undergraduate programmes, 35 held full accreditation as at 1 September 2026, one interim, three were awaiting first accreditation and twelve awaiting resource verification.
In October 2024, 108 final-year (400 level) IBBUL students from local government areas of Niger State affected by terrorism received scholarships from the TY Danjuma Foundation through its Victim Support Fund. The award covers tuition fees, accommodation and upkeep. Over 400 students applied; beneficiaries were chosen through screening, interview and verification of their details, coordinated by the university's Directorate of Student Affairs, and are expected to comply with the Foundation's guidelines.
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View scholarships for Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai →Admission is through JAMB: UTME for 100 level entry and Direct Entry for 200 level entry. Candidates must be 16 years old by 1 October of the year of admission. All degree courses require the university entrance requirements, and some courses add faculty or departmental requirements. Offers can be withdrawn if certificates are found to be fake or forged, and successful candidates submit all certificates and age documents to the Academic Office for scrutiny.
Candidates must have completed a full course of Senior Secondary School training (or an approved equivalent) and hold one of: SSCE, NECO, WASC or GCE with credit passes in at least five subjects including Mathematics and English Language, obtained at not more than two sittings; NABTEB O-Level with credits in at least five relevant subjects; or, for education courses only, the Teachers Grade II Certificate with credit or merit in at least five relevant subjects including Mathematics and English Language.
Credit passes in Mathematics and English Language are required for all courses.
UTME and Direct Entry candidates go through Post-UTME screening and verification on the university's admission portal. Separate application routes exist for postgraduate programmes, IJMB and remedial programmes, the French foundation programme and non-degree programmes.
Facilities include the Abubakar Gimba Library (with e-books and e-journals, 113 computers and workstations and 67,785 books procured through TETFund library interventions), a 1,000-capacity e-learning centre, a digital X-ray machine, the CASTER laboratory complex, the Entrepreneurship Centre, on-campus hostels with 24-hour security, internet and cleaning services, and indoor and outdoor sports facilities for football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, badminton and athletics.
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