NorthWest University Sokoto State

Northwest University Sokoto (NWUS) is a private university at Kalambaina Industrial Layout, Wamakko Local Government Area, Sokoto State, in north-west Nigeria. It was established to widen access to affordable, student-centred higher education for students from Sokoto and neighbouring states and the wider region. The proprietor is Senator (Dr.) Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. The idea for the university took shape around 2014; a formal proposal went to the National Universities Commission (NUC) in February 2020, and on 12 May 2022 the university received approval to begin academic activities.

Its stated philosophy is to see the university as a humane community of thinkers, scientists and inventors pursuing excellence in knowledge acquisition, research, professional and cultural empowerment with social responsibility. Its mission is to produce graduates with intellectual, scientific, professional and cultural skills who can apply them to national and global challenges. The university has about 5,000 undergraduate students and 30 courses, and describes its programmes as fully accredited.

Teaching is organised in four faculties and one college. The Faculty of Computing and Science (2022/2023) has departments of Computing, Chemistry and Biological Science, and offers B.Sc. Software Engineering, B.Sc. Cybersecurity, B.Sc. Computer Science and B.Sc. Information and Communication Technology, alongside fundamental sciences. The Faculty of Education (2022/2023) has departments of Special Needs Education and Library and Information Science. The Faculty of Law (2024/2025) has departments of Islamic Law and Public and Private Law, combining Islamic and common law training with curricula aligned to NUC and Council of Legal Education requirements. The Faculty of Management and Social Sciences (2022/2023) has six departments: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Psychology, Public Administration and Sociology, and follows the NUC Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS).

The College of Health Sciences, founded in the 2022/2023 session as the university's only college, offers Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Nursing Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Radiography, Physiotherapy (Doctor of Physiotherapy), Public Health and Environmental Health. It is organised into the Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Basic Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Allied Health Sciences, and trains students through teaching laboratories, clinical supervision and partnerships with healthcare institutions. The university also operates a general library, an e-library and a medical library.

NWUS operates under NUC licence (2022), and admissions opened for the 2025/2026 session.