Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa, Jigawa

Sule Lamido University (SLU, also written SLUK), Kafin Hausa is a state-owned university of the Jigawa State Government, established on 13 May 2013 as Jigawa State University. It received its operating licence from the National Universities Commission in July 2013 and began full academic activities in September 2014. It was set up to widen access to higher education for people of Jigawa State and to produce skilled, entrepreneurial graduates. The visitor is the Executive Governor of Jigawa State and the Vice-Chancellor is Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim Yakasai.

The campus lies 2 km along the Jahun-Kano Road in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area, on about 400 hectares, and serves students from Jigawa and neighbouring states. Its vision is to be a top-class university providing a stimulating teaching, learning and research environment, and its mission is to produce graduates sound in character and learning, with a spirit of service. Core values are dedication, entrepreneurship, collaboration, fairness, integrity, transparency and responsibility.

Teaching is organised in six faculties and 26 departments: Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (Agricultural Economics and Extension, Animal Science, Crop Science, Soil and Land Management), Computing and Information Technology (Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering), Education (Education, Science Education, Library and Information Science), Humanities (English and Literary Studies, Arabic, History and International Studies, Islamic Studies, Nigerian Languages and Linguistics), Natural and Applied Sciences (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics) and Social and Management Sciences (Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology). The university offers 35 undergraduate and 29 postgraduate programmes, with a School of Postgraduate Studies, a School of General Studies and the School of Preliminary and Continuing Education (SPACE) for part-time study.

Student numbers were 10,353 in 2025, of whom 8,880 were undergraduates, 450 postgraduates and 1,023 SPACE students; about 70 percent are men and 95.4 percent come from Jigawa State. The Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology hold full NUC accreditation for their undergraduate programmes, and the B.Agric programme was accredited with a 92.0 percent score in late 2025. Campus centres include the Wetland Research Centre, the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, the Career and Human Development Centre and the Haruna Wakili Library.

International applicants may apply to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, subject to credential evaluation. An alumni portal and an alumni relations unit serve graduates, and the Sports Centre supports inter-faculty competitions and recreation.