Federal University, Birnin Kebbi
Type | Public |
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Established | 2013; 11 years ago (2013) |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Auwal H Yadudu |
Location | Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State , Nigeria |
Campus | Urban |
Website | Official website |
Establishment
Federal University, Birnin Kebbi is a university based in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria. The Federal University Birnin-Kebbi (FUBK) was established on 18 February 2013, alongside those of Gusau and Gashua by the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the leadership of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, in line with the policy of the Government for establishing a Federal University in each of the states that did not have one across the federation.[1][2]
Vision
To be a Technology- driven center of Excellence in Innovation, teaching, and Research[3]
Mission
To add value to Human existence through the provision of a conducive academic environment for staff and students to actualize their dreams like their counterparts globally[4]
Staff
Mr. Abubakar Aliyu is a Registrar of Federal University, Birnin Kebbi who receives all the university admission inquiries. The Vice-Chancellor of the university is Professor Muhammad Umar
History
The University was established in 2013 by the federal government of Nigeria. Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, FNSMB, a Professor of Biochemistry and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto was appointed as the pioneer Vice Chancellor of the University while Ibrahim Abubakar Mungadi, FCAI, was appointed as the Registrar.[5][6]
Academic activities began in November 2014, for the 2014/2015 academic session with a students’ population of 507 and academic staff strength of 102. Accordingly, maiden and second matriculation took place on 5 March 2015, and 9 February 2016, with a total of 507 and 972 Undergraduate sworn in, respectively.[7]
The University currently has three faculties and a College of Health Sciences and offer a total of twenty-four (24) degree programmes.[8] The University has six (6) directorates which include, Academic Planning, Physical Planning, Research and Innovation, ICT Directorate, Entrepreneurship and CSBE Directorate. The University just recently toward the ends of the year 2017 had the substantive leadership, where the federal government approved the appointment of Prof. Bello Bala Shehu as the new university vice-chancellor; Prof. B.B Shehu is a Medical Practitioner of neural science, he was also the former Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja.[9]
The university is maintaining two sites, the takeoff site and the permanent site, the takeoff site maintains the School for Basic and Remedial Studies and Females Hostels at Kalgo; whereas, the permanent site maintains the major campus capacity buildings at Unguwar Jeji (a village 4 kilometers away from the takeoff site.) [10]
University facilities
The university has the following facilities:[11]
- University Library
- University Sport Facilities/Activities
- University Housing
University services
The university provides the following services:[12]
- Financial Aid
- Study Abroad
- Distance Learning
- Academic Counselling
- Career Services
Library
The university library is established to support the academic activities of the university through the acquisition and organization of information resources such as books, periodicals, online and offline data bases.[13] the current university Librarian is called Sabiu Lawal and the library used Library integrated management system that ease all the job of the librarians and make information retrievals easy.[13]
Faculties
The University currently operates four faculties.
Arts | Management Science | Social Science |
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Sciences | Environmental Science | College of Health Science |
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Departments
- Department of Arts
- Department Management Science
- Department Social Science
- Department of Architecture
- Medicine and surgery MBBS
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
University location
The University is located along Kalgo-Bunza Road; PMB 1157 Birnin Kebbi Nigeria.
References
- ^ "FEC approves three new federal universities for Yobe, Kebbi, Zamfara".
- ^ "Federal University Birnin Kebbi on The Conversation". theconversation.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "About Us - Federal University Birnin Kebbi". 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "About Us - Federal University Birnin Kebbi". 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "About the University". fubk.edu.ng. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Professor Lawal Bilbis emerges Usman Danfodiyi university vice chancellor". today.ng.
- ^ Hotels.ng. "Federal University, Birnin Kebbi". Hotels.ng. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Federal University in Kebbi gets NUC accreditation for 20 programmes".
- ^ "www.fubk.edu.ng | Federal University Birnin Kebbi : FUBK". InfoGuideNigeria.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Federal University, Birnin Kebbi". fubk.edu.ng. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Federal University, Birnin Kebbi Ranking & Review 2023". www.4icu.org. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Federal University, Birnin Kebbi Ranking & Review 2023". www.4icu.org. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ a b Profile of our Librarian.
See also
- List of universities in Nigeria
- Education in Nigeria
External links
- Official website
- "Federal University, Birnin Kebbi | Ranking & Review". www.4icu.org. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- "Federal University Birnin Kebbi fubk| School Fees, Courses & Admission info". universitycompass.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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