Nigerian Army University Biu

Nigerian Army University Biu (NAUB) is a public university in Biu, Borno State, established and run under the auspices of the Nigerian Army. It was conceived as a research-intensive, innovation-focused institution for the transformation of the Nigerian defence system into a technology-driven force, and as a solution centre for the local conception, development and sourcing of military platforms and equipment. Its motto is "Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation for National Self-Reliance".

The idea for an army-owned university came from the then Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen T. Y. Buratai, in 2016. The Federal Executive Council approved the university in 2018 with the endorsement of the National Universities Commission. The admission structure is planned at 75% civilian and 25% military and paramilitary students. The university also aims to become Africa's first green university, with students, lecturers and workers expected to plant at least ten trees a year, and expects students and lecturers to take at least one innovative project to a usable product annually.

Academic work is organised in five faculties: Arts, Management and Social Sciences; Computing; Engineering Technology; Environmental Sciences; and Natural and Applied Sciences. The Tukur Buratai Institute for War and Peace, a semi-autonomous research body, sits alongside them. The 31 undergraduate programmes include Accounting, Criminology and Security Studies, International Relations, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Civil, Electrical and Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering, Estate Management, Survey and Geo-Informatics, and Physics. The Directorate of Basic and Pre-Degree Programmes runs the IJMB programme and, since January 2026, Senate-approved diploma programmes.

The main campus is at No. 1 Gombe Road, Biu. Student services are coordinated by the Directorate of Student Affairs, which handles orientation, guidance and counselling, hall allocation and sports and recreation. The NAUB Medical Centre, accredited by the NHIA, serves staff and students, and a Career Service Centre was set up in 2024. Campus life includes a simulation centre, arts and culture activities, athletics and the tree-planting initiative.

The university is approved by the Federal Government and endorsed by the National Universities Commission; its stakeholders include the Federal Ministry of Education, the Nigerian Army and TETFund. In the 2022 NUC accreditation exercise, the Economics, Management, and Transport and Logistics Management programmes received full accreditation.