University in Nigeria
Bokkos, Plateau State
University profile
Plateau State University, Bokkos (PLASU) is a state-owned university in Plateau State, north-central Nigeria. It was set up by Law No. 4 of 2005 (7 March 2005) and received recognition from the National Universities Commission on 29 April 2005, as the 66th university in Nigeria and the 24th state-owned university in the country. Its motto is "Knowledge, Diligence and Integrity", and its philosophy centres on handing down knowledge, diligence, culture and values through practical, problem-solving education blended with high moral standards.
The university sits at Diram Village along the Butura-Tarangol axis in Bokkos Local Government Area, about 70 km from Jos, the state capital. The Faculty of Agriculture describes the campus as home to over six thousand students. A university guest house at 8A Bachit Long Drive in Jos, rehabilitated with the support of the Plateau State Government, serves visitors, external examiners and accreditation panels, and an ICT extended support office operates in Jos beside Plateau State Polytechnic.
Academic work is organised in faculties of Agriculture, Arts, Communication and Media Studies, Computing, Education, Environmental Sciences, Law, Management Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Social Sciences, together with a College of Medicine and Allied Sciences that houses the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine. Programmes range from Agriculture, Architecture, Building and Quantity Surveying to Law, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Pharmacy, Medicine and Surgery, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Mass Communication and a wide set of education degrees. A postgraduate school and a remedial programme also run alongside the undergraduate offering.
Students can play football, volleyball, table tennis, basketball and handball; the first three have facilities for both male and female athletes. PLASU has been a member of the Nigerian Universities Games Association council since March 2019, which makes its teams eligible for NUGA Games, the Higher Institution Football League, West African University Games and FISU competitions. Fresh students are required to live on campus, in hostels that include female and male chalet blocks and TETFund- and NEEDS-funded female hostels. The university also runs a health centre, an ICT directorate with an e-learning platform, and a career services directorate.
The Vice-Chancellor is Professor Shedrack Best, who took office in February 2024; the Registrar is Mr. Yakubu F. Ayuba. Governance runs through the Governing Council, Senate, Congregation and Convocation. Admission to undergraduate programmes is through JAMB UTME and Direct Entry followed by the university's Post-UTME screening.
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View scholarships for Plateau State University Bokkos →Choose Plateau State University, Bokkos as first-choice institution on JAMB and upload O'Level results to the JAMB CAPS portal. The general UTME cut-off is 160. Higher cut-offs apply to Law (200), Medicine and Surgery (200), Nursing Science (200), Pharmacy (190) and Medical Laboratory Science (190); all other programmes are 160. Candidates enter O'Level results from a maximum of two sittings, starting with the five subjects relevant to the programme, and supply scratch-card details for online verification.
Direct Entry candidates must have chosen PLASU first in the JAMB Direct Entry application and hold a first degree, HND, ND (minimum Lower Credit), NCE (minimum Merit) or IJMB/JUPEB (minimum 6 points), and meet the minimum requirements of the chosen programme. Transfer is also available as an entry mode on the portal.
Applications are made at postutme.plasu.edu.ng: register with the JAMB number, phone number, email, entry mode and programme; verify the email; pay the screening fee through Remita; upload a passport photograph and signature (maximum 150KB each, JPG/JPEG/PNG), O'Level details, personal and next-of-kin details, O'Level result, Certificate/Letter of Indigene and Birth Certificate or Declaration of Age; then submit and print the application slip and receipts. For the 2026/2027 cycle registration ran from 14 July to 20 September 2026. Offers must be accepted on JAMB CAPS within two weeks. Admissions enquiries: [email protected].
Admitted students pay an acceptance and medical screening fee (N25,000 in the 2024/2025 session), obtain medical clearance at the university clinic, and present JAMB slip, original O'Level result or DE qualification, birth certificate or declaration of age, indigene certificate, passport photographs and medical report to the Central Registration Officer for clearance, followed by faculty clearance, tuition payment and matriculation number generation on the student portal. SUG yearly dues are N1,000. Fresh students must live on campus; 2024/2025 hostel fees ranged from N30,000 to N50,000.
Postgraduate applications are made through the postgraduate portal at pg.plasu.edu.ng.
The approved 2022/2023 school fee schedule for most programmes totals N90,000 (new indigenes) and N150,000 (new non-indigenes); Law totals N150,000 (new indigenes) and N200,000 (new non-indigenes). Undergraduate acceptance fee is N20,000.
Main campus, Diram Village, Bokkos (Bokkos LGA, about 70 km from Jos): the faculties, library, lecture theatres (including a 600-capacity lecture theatre funded through TETFund), hostels and health centre.
Library: established in 2005; phase 1 of the new library building next to the Faculty of Management Sciences was commissioned on 2 February 2017, with over 32,000 volumes, 283 current periodical titles and seating for 992 readers. The completed building is planned to seat 1,850 readers and hold about 750,000 volumes. An e-library gives round-the-clock online access.
Hostels: Hostel A (female, TETFund), Hostel B (female, NEEDS), Hostel C (female chalets) and Hostel D (male chalets).
Jos: a university guest house at 8A Bachit Long Drive, and an ICT extended support office at Obasanjo Model School, beside Nitel office, adjacent to Plateau State Polytechnic, Jos.
Sports and health: football, volleyball and table tennis facilities for men and women, plus basketball and handball; a university health centre; laboratories and a moot court for the Faculty of Law.
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