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 SCIENCESPROGRAMMES
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 AGRICULTUREPROGRAMMES
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