UMYU at a Glance
History
Established under the Katsina State Law No.7 promulgated in September, 2006.
Motto
To learn and to serve.
Our Vision
To be one of the best Universities in Nigeria with an established reputation for high quality teaching and research and innovative learning delivery techniques and to be in full harmony with its host community as the formulator of its hopes and aspirations and the promoter of its core cultural and spiritual values.
Our Mission
To produce well grounded, sound, God-fearing and entrepreneurially minded graduates, equipped with problem-solving and other skills attuned to the demands of the 21st Century environment, who can be self employed, and whose skills and knowledge would accelerate community development in particular and nation building in general through the regular and distance education modes using information and communication technology as a tool, thereby widening access to higher education significantly.
Campus
- 3 km x 3km
- 6 student residences
- Sports Arena
- Banking Facility
Staff
- Academic 532
- Non-Academic 516
Admissions
- Applicants 6,258
- Admits 3,000
- Percentage admitted 41%
Student Numbers (2015 – 2021)
- Undergraduate 12,257
- Postgraduate 1059
- Percentage admitted 75%
FACULTIES |
1. BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES |
2. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
3. FACULTY OF EDUCATION |
4. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES |
5. FACULTY OF LAW |
6. FACULTY OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES |
7. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
FACULTY OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES |
PROGRAMMES |
B.Sc. Biochemistry |
B.Sc. Biology |
B.Sc. Computer Science |
B.Sc. Geography (Science Option) |
B.Sc. Geography (Social Science Option) |
B.Sc. Meteorology |
B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry |
B.Sc. Mathematics |
B.Sc. Statistics |
B.Sc. Microbiology |
B.Sc. Physics |
B.Sc. Pure and Industrial Chemistry |
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES – PROGRAMMES |
B.Sc. Accounting |
B.Sc. Business Administration |
B.Sc. Economics |
B.Sc. Political Science |
B.Sc. Public Administration |
B.Sc. International Relation |
B.Sc. Sociology |
FACULTY OF LAW |
LLB Law |
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE – PROGRAMMES |
B.A. Agriculture |
B.A. Fisheries and Aquaculture |
B.A. Forestry and Wildlife management |
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES – PROGRAMMES |
B.A. Islamic Studies |
B.A. Arabic |
B.A. History |
B.A. Hausa |
B.A. English |
B.A. French |
FACULTY OF EDUCATION – PROGRAMMES |
B.A (Ed) ARABIC |
B.A (ED) ENGLISH |
B.A (Ed) HAUSA |
B.A (Ed) HISTORY |
B.A (Ed) ISLAMIC STUDIES |
B.A ED FRENCH |
B. Ed Special Education |
B. Ed Primary Education |
B. Ed. Early Childhood Education |
BLIS |
B.SC (Ed) BIOLOGY |
B.SC (Ed) CHEMISTRY |
B.SC (Ed) ECONOMICS |
B.SC (Ed) GEOGRAPHY (Science Option) |
B.SC (Ed) MATHEMATICS |
B.SC. ED. PHYSICS |
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES – PROGRAMME |
Medicine and Surgery |
PSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES |
FACULTY OF EDUCATION |
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) |
M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction |
M.Ed. Educational Psychology |
M.Ed. Educational Management |
Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction |
Ph.D. Educational Psychology |
Ph.D. Educational Management |
M.Sc. (Ed) Physics |
M.Sc. (Ed) Mathematics |
M.Sc. (Ed) Geography |
M.Sc. (Ed) Chemistry |
M.Sc. (Ed) Biology |
Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Record Management (PGDIRM) |
Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) |
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES |
M.A Arabic |
PhD Arabic |
M.A Hausa |
PhD Hausa |
M.A History |
PhD History |
M.A Islamic Studies |
PhD Islamic Studies |
M.A English |
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
M.Sc. Economics |
PhD Economics |
M.Sc Accounting |
Postgraduate Diploma in Political Science (PGDPS) |
M.Sc. Political Science |
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration (PGDPA) |
Master of Public Administration (MPA) |
M.Sc Public Administration |
Ph.D. Public Administration |
Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) |
Masters in Business Administration |
PGD Chemistry |
M.Sc. Chemistry |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
Postgraduate Diploma in Resource Management and Development (PGDRD) |
Masters in Resource Development (MRD) |
M.Sc. Geography |
Ph.D. Geography |
M.Sc. Mathematics |
Ph.D. Mathematics |
M.Sc. Computer Science |
M.Sc. Physics |
M.Sc. Microbiology |
M.Sc. Biochemistry |
Ph.D. Biochemistry |
Ph.D. Computer Science |
M.Sc. Biology |
Ph.D. Biology (with specialization in the following: |
Plant Ecology |
Plant Pathology |
Plant Genetics |
Plant Physiology |
Plant Resources |
Taxonomy/Biosystematics |
Entomology |
Public Health Parasitology |
Hydrobiology and Fisheries |