Kaduna State University, Kaduna

Kaduna State University (KASU) was established in 2004 and serves Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria. It aims to provide quality education and cutting-edge research, with an emphasis on collaborative learning, resilience and digitalisation, and its mission includes promoting autonomy and innovation among students and staff and driving the socio-economic development of the state.

Teaching is organised in eight colleges: Arts, Education, Humanities and Law; Agriculture and Environmental Sciences; Allied Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Basic Studies and Continuing Education; Communication, Management and Social Sciences; Computing, Engineering and Sciences; Medicine; and Postgraduate Studies. Within them sit faculties including Arts, Education, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Basic Clinical Sciences and Clinical Sciences, Management Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Earth Sciences and Sustainability Studies. Two institutes, the Institute of Education and the Institute of Science, Technology and Management Studies, and a KASU Online unit with an e-learning platform complete the academic structure.

Undergraduate programmes include Theatre Arts, Arabic, History and Strategic Studies, Islamic Studies, Christian Religious Studies, English, Linguistics, French and Hausa; Education combined with a teaching subject (Arabic, Biology, Chemistry, Christian Religious Studies, Economics, English Language, Geography, Hausa, Islamic Studies, Mathematics, Physics); Pharmacology and Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy and related pharmaceutical departments; Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing and Radiography; and Human Anatomy, Human Physiology and Medical Biochemistry in the College of Medicine. Engineering and computing offerings include Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Cyber Security and Data Science. Postgraduate and diploma routes are also available across a wide range of subjects.

The university has campuses at Ungwan Rimi, Kafanchan, Makarfi, Kakuri and Magajin Gari. More than 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at KASU, and over 80% of those admitted in 2023 came from state schools. Students have access to a university library with an OPAC catalogue, an institutional repository and e-learning, and to laboratories and recreational areas. Campus life includes a Students' Union, arts and culture activities, student support services and an anonymous reporting platform for complaints and for sexual harassment and gender-based violence.

Research is organised partly through dedicated centres, among them the Centre for Mosquito and Vector-Borne Disease Research, the Centre for Nutrition Research and Innovation, the Centre for Energy and Environmental Strategy Research, the Centre for Democracy and Good Governance, the Centre for Kaduna Studies, the Centre for Forensic Science, Illicit Drug Analysis and Sensor Technology, and the Centre for Mentorship and Career Development. The Vice-Chancellor is Professor Abdullahi Ibrahim Musa, a former university librarian.