Northwest University Kano

Northwest University, Kano (NWU) is a public university owned by the Kano State Government. It was approved by the National Universities Commission on 27 March 2012 as the 37th state university and the 123rd university in the Nigerian University System, and was conceived as a second state university on a city-university model, to serve growing demand for university places among secondary school leavers. Its mission is to provide educational training, research and community service for development, taking account of the cultural heritage of the host community, and its stated vision is to be a world class citadel of learning offering practical education.

The university has two campuses in Kano: a City Campus at Kofar Nassarawa and the main campus along General Muhammadu Buhari Way, Kofar Ruwa. The Faculty of Science began on the fifth floor of the city campus and is now based at the main campus, while the Faculty of Basic Medical Science and the Faculty of Clinical Sciences are housed at the Magwan Campus.

Academic work is organised in eight faculties: Basic Medical Science (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology), Clinical Science (Community Medicine, Pharmacology and Therapeutics), Computing (Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information and Communication Technology, Software Engineering), Education, Humanities (History and International Studies, Hausa Language, English and Literary Studies, Arabic, Islamic Studies), Law (Islamic Law, Public Law), Science (Biological Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics) and Social and Management Science (Accounting and Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Geography). A College of Health Sciences complements these, and the School of Postgraduate Studies, established in 2021, runs graduate programmes. IJMB programmes are also offered.

Undergraduate degrees include MBBS Medicine and Surgery, BSc Software Engineering, BSc Cyber Security, BSc Computer Science, BSc Accounting, BSc Taxation, BSc Entrepreneurship Studies, BA Hausa, BA Arabic, BA Islamic Studies, Library and Information Science, and a range of B.Ed, BSc.Ed and BA.Ed teaching degrees. The Faculty of Law publishes the Journals of Law and Contemporary Issues and the Journals of Sharia'ah and Contemporary Issues.

The Sule Hamma University Library, established in 2012, stands beside the School of Postgraduate Studies on the main campus and gives access to online and offline resources through academic databases. The university is a TETFund beneficiary, with programme areas including academic staff training, library development, institution-based research and physical infrastructure.