Yobe State University, Damaturu

Yobe State University (YSU) is a state-owned university in Damaturu, Yobe State, north-eastern Nigeria. Its campus is at Km 7, Sir Kashim Ibrahim Way, P.M.B. 1144, Damaturu.

The idea of a state university was recommended to the Yobe State Government by the committee on a blueprint for the educational development of the state, whose sub-committee on higher education argued for a university in Yobe. Under Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim, the state decided to establish a university, initially to be named Bukar Abba Ibrahim University, and set up a planning committee chaired by Professor Muhammad Nur Alkali. The committee began planning the take-off of the university in January 2007. The academic brief, law and master plan were approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), and the university is planned over a 25-year period, covering vision, mission, philosophy, administrative structure and research policy as well as the faculties, departments and courses to be established at inception and at full maturity.

Beyond its undergraduate degrees, YSU runs a School of Postgraduate Studies, pre-degree and IJMB programmes, diploma programmes and a Directorate of Affiliate Colleges. The affiliate colleges offer postgraduate diplomas and diplomas under the university: for example the College of Administration, Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum and Mai Idriss Alooma Polytechnic offer postgraduate diplomas in areas such as Public Administration, Accountancy, Business Administration, Education and Management, while Al-Muneer International College, Maiduguri offers diplomas in Islamic Studies, Qur'an and Quranic Science, Hadith Studies and Tafseer.

Science departments include Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics. The university also hosts a Centre for Qur'anic Studies and an entrepreneurship programme, and publishes academic journals including Al Muqaddimah (arts, social and management sciences and law) and BAOBAB (science and technology).

Students have access to an e-library reachable on the university intranet, offering journals, books and conference proceedings, and a learning management system and student management information system (SMIS) for registration and records.