Official ABU Courses
The ABU has grown to become the largest, and the most influential and diverse university in Nigeria. Consisting of eighty-two (82) Academic Departments, twelve (12) Faculties, and twelve (12) Research Institutes and Specialized Centres, the University offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in such diverse fields as Agriculture, Public and Business Administration, Engineering, Environmental Design, Education, Biological and Physical Sciences, Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Humanities, Law and Social Sciences
Administration
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- L G & Development Studies
- Public Administration
Agriculture
- Agric Econs & Rural Sociology
- Agronomy
- Animal Science
- Crop Protection
- Plant Science
- Soil Science
Arts
- African Languages and Cultures
- Arabic
- Archeology
- English
- French
- Hausa
- History
- Theatre & Performing Arts
Education
- Arts and Social Science Education
- Educational Foundation & Curriculum
- Educational Psychology & Counselling
- Library and Information Science
- Physical and Health Education
- Science Education
- Vocational and Technical Education
Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Water Resources & Environmental Engineering
Environmental Design
- Architecture
- Building
- Fine Arts
- Geomatics
- Industrial Design
- Quantity Surveying
- Urban and Regional Planning
Law
- Civil Law
- Commercial Law
- Private Law
- Public Law
- Sharia Law
Medicine
- Anaesthesia
- Chemical Pathology
- Community Medicine
- Dental Surgery
- Haematology and Blood Transfusion
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Medical Microbiology
- Medicine
- Nursing Science
- Obsterics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Pathology (Morbid Anatomy)
- Psychiatrics
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Traumatic and Orthopeadic Surgery
Pharmaceutical Science
- Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacy Practice
- Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Pharmacognosy & Drug Development
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Science
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Geography
- Geology
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Physics
- Textile Science & Technology
Social Science
- Economics
- Mass Communication
- Political Science
- Sociology
Veterinary Medicine
- Theriogenology and Production
- Veterinary Anatomy
- Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology
- Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Veterinary Physiology
- Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine
- Veterinary Surgery and Medicine
List of Courses Offered at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU)
Here is a list of courses offered by Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) and all candidates interested in studying at the institution are encouraged to take note:
Guidance and Counseling
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Hausa
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History
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Home Economics and Education
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Hospitality And Tourism Management
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Industrial Design
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Information Resource Management
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Insurance
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Insurance and Actuarial Science
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International Studies
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Islamic / Sharia Law
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Land Survey
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Library and Information Science
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Literature in English
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Local Government And Development Studies
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Mass Communication
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Mathematics
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Mechanical Engineering
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Medicine and Surgery
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Metallurgical Engineering
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Microbiology
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Nursing / Nursing Science
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Pharmacy
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Physical and Health Education
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Physics
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Physiology
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Political Science
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Quantity Surveying
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Sociology
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Statistics
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Textile Science and Technology
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Textile Science and Technology
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Urban and Regional Planning
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Veterinary Medicine
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Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
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Zoology
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About Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU)
Ahmadu Bello University began with the faculties of Agriculture, Engineering, Law and Sciences, fifteen academic departments and 426 students. As a result of its rapid growth, the University has been transformed into the largest and the most extensive of all the universities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The University covers a land area of about 7,000 hectares and encompasses two campuses, twelve Faculties, a Postgraduate School and 82 academic departments. It also has five Institutes, six Specialized Centers, a Division of Agricultural Colleges, a School of Basic and Remedial Studies, a Demonstration Secondary School, a Primary School and a Consultancy Outfit which .provides a variety of services to the University and the wider society.
The total student enrolment in the University’s degree and sub-degree programmes is about 35,000, drawn from every State of the Federation, Africa and the rest of the world. Currently, the University has about 1,400 academic and research staff and over 6000 non-teaching, senior and junior administrative staff.
The University has also nurtured two University Colleges, – the Abdullahi Bayero College (now Bayero University), Kano and the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College (now Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Technology), Bauchi, while 27 institutions made up of Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and Schools of Basic or Preliminary Studies are currently affiliated to it.
