Bayero University Kano

Bayero University Kano, BUK

Jamiatu Bayero Kano
Former names	Ahmadu Bello College Abdullahi Bayero College, Bayero University College
Motto	"...and above every possessor of knowledge there is One more learned" "وفوق كل ذي علم عليم"
Type	Public University
Established	1977
Chancellor	Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuade
Vice-Chancellor	Muhammad Yahuza Bello
Students	37,747
Location	Kano , Kano State , Nigeria
Campus	Multi-campus
Website	buk.edu.ng

Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1977, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university; in 1980 it ceased functioning as a faculty of the Ahmadu Bello University. It has Faculties of Agriculture, Arts and Islamic Studies, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science, Earth and Environmental Studies, Pharmacy, Social and Management Science. Research Centers include: Center for Dryland Agriculture, Center for Biotechnology Research, Center for Renewable Energy and Center for the Study of Nigerian Languages among others. The University also houses the International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIIBF), the only one in the country. It is located approximately 12.8 kilometers (roughly 8 miles) from the city along the Kano-Gwarzo Rd.

History

Ahmadu Bello College, named for Premier of Northern Nigeria Ahmadu Bello, was founded in January 1960 in Kano as part of the School for Arabic Studies. When Ahmadu Bello University was founded in Zaria, Kaduna State, Ahmadu Bello College was renamed to Abdullahi Bayero College, after Abdullahi Bayero, Emir of Kano (ruled 1927 to 1953).

Starting January 1964 the college was situated at the Kano Airport Hotel, a location it remained at until March 1968, when it moved to western Kano to make way for a military hospital (the Nigerian Civil War having started the previous year). The first students began their studies in February 1964, and they graduated in July 1966. Starting in 1966, the institution served as the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies of Ahmadu Bello University.

In 1975, the college became a university college, and was renamed Bayero University College, with Mahmud Tukur as principal. In 1977, the status was again changed, to that of university, and Bayero University became the name; Tukur became Vice-Chancellor. In 1980 the university ceased functioning as a faculty of its Zaria counterpart.

List of leaders

Bayero University Kano campus

Bayero University Kano campus

SAS Principal (and director of college section)

• Aliyu Abubakar

Provost of Abdullahi Bayero College

• Abdalla Eltayeb (1964-1966)
• Hamidu Alkali (September 1966-November 1969)
• S. A. S. Galadanchi (1969-1975)

Principal of Bayero University College

• Mahmud Tukur (September 1975-1977)

Vice Chancellor (1977-October 1977)

• Mahmud Tukur
• J. O. C. Ezeilo (1978-1979)
• Ibrahim H. Umar (1979-1986)
• Dandatti Abdulkadir (1986 – 1990)
• M. Sani Zakraddeen
• Bello Bako Dambatta (1995-1999)
• Musa Abdullahi (August 1999 - 2005)
• Attahiru Muhammad Jega (September 2005-2010)
• Abubakar Adamu Rasheed (June 2010 to 17th August 2015)
• Muhammad Yahuza Bello (Tuesday 18th August, 2015 to date)

See also

Bayero University Kano library

Bayero University Kano library

Former instructors

• Stewart Brown
• Reginald Cline-Cole
• Abdulrazak Gurnah
• John Paden
• Zaki Badawy
• Shuaibu Oba Abdurraheem
• A M Quraishy
• MKM Galadanchi
• Yomi M Fakunle
• Michael Wise
• M O Fatope

Graduates

• Farouk Lawan
• Yushau Shuaib
• Ahmed Sani Yerima
• Mohammad Bin Usman
• Kazeem Adio
• Mohammed Babangida Aliyu
• Akinloye Oyebanji
• James Moloom
• Ruqayya Ahmed Rufai
• Abdulkadir Badsha Mukhtar

Holders of honorary degrees

• Esko Toyo
• Malam Aminu Kano
• Abdullahi Bayero
• Murtala Ramat Mohammed
• Malam Yahaya Gusau
• Yusuf Maitama Sule
• Yayale Ahmed
• Nelson Mandela
• Muammar Gaddafi
• Aliyu Babs Fafunwa
• Theophilus Danjuma
• Damburan Jada

External links

• Bayero University website