Ahmadu Bello University: Statistics

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Acceptance rate

8%

Enrollment

49,436

Languages

English

Type

Non-profit

Funding

Public-private partnership

Highest Degree

Doctorate

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Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate8%
Admissions RequirementsDirect entry for holders of the Higher School Certificate (General Certificate of Education, Advanced ('A') level). Evidence of minimum standard in English
Academic CalendarOctober to July
Enrollment49,436

We've calculated the 8% acceptance rate for Ahmadu Bello University based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Tuition

Below is the standard credit pricing for the various degree levels offered at Ahmadu Bello University.

Degree Level Cost Per Credit
Associate Degree 1,749 CR
Bachelor Program 1,950 CR
Master Program 2,149 CR
Ph.D. / Doctoral 2,850 CR
Final tuition fees may vary based on specific department requirements, residency status, and selected elective courses. Please contact the admissions office for a detailed financial breakdown.

Ahmadu Bello University faculties and divisions

Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up Ahmadu Bello University.

Centre : Energy Research and Training

Energy Engineering

Centre : Islamic Legal Studies

Islamic Law

College : Medicine

Biological and Life Sciences Dental Surgery Health Sciences Medicine

Department/Division : Agriculture

Agriculture Animal Husbandry

Faculty : Administration

Development Studies Government Public Administration

Faculty : Agriculture

Agricultural Economics Agriculture Agronomy Animal Husbandry Botany Plant and Crop Protection Rural Planning Soil Science

Faculty : Allied Health Sciences

Health Sciences

Faculty : Arts

African Languages African Studies Arabic Archaeology English French Heritage Preservation History Literature Performing Arts Philosophy Theatre

Faculty : Basic Clinical Sciences

Haematology Microbiology Pathology Pharmacology

Faculty : Basic Medical Sciences

Anatomy Biochemistry Medical Science Physiology

Faculty : Dental Surgery

Dental Surgery

Faculty : Education

Art Education Curriculum Educational and Student Counselling Educational Psychology Educational Sciences Health Education Humanities and Social Science Education Information Sciences Library Science Physical Education Science Education Technology Education Vocational Education

Faculty : Engineering

Agricultural Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Environmental Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Polymer and Plastics Technology Telecommunications Engineering Textile Technology Water Science

Faculty : Environmental Design

Architecture Building Technologies Ceramics and Glass Technology Fine Arts Geography Geological Engineering Industrial Design Regional Planning Surveying and Mapping Town Planning

Faculty : Law

Commercial Law Islamic Law Private Law Public Law

Faculty : Life Sciences

Biochemistry Biology Botany Microbiology Zoology

Faculty : Pharmacy

Chemistry Microbiology Pharmacology Pharmacy

Faculty : Physical Sciences

Chemistry Computer Science Geography Geology Mathematics Physics Statistics

Faculty : Social Sciences

International Studies Mass Communication Political Sciences Sociology

Faculty : Veterinary Medicine

Anatomy Embryology and Reproduction Biology Microbiology Parasitology Pathology Pharmacology Physiology Public Health Radiology Surgery Veterinary Science

Institute : Administration

Business Administration Public Administration

Institute : Development Research and Training

Arts and Humanities Cinema and Television Design Mass Communication Social Sciences Technology Welfare and Protective Services

Institute : Education

Art Education Education Humanities and Social Science Education Information Sciences Library Science Native Language Education Science Education Teacher Training

Institute : ICT (Iya Abubakar)

Information Technology

Research Division : National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services

Agricultural Economics Agricultural Engineering Agriculture Animal Husbandry Crop Production Fishery Food Technology Forestry Home Economics Irrigation

School : Basic Remedial Studies

Mathematics Natural Sciences

School : Business

Accountancy Actuarial Science Banking Business Administration Economics Finance Insurance Marketing

School : Postgraduate Studies

Administration Agriculture Architectural and Environmental Design Arts and Humanities Biological and Life Sciences Business Administration Dental Surgery Education Engineering Health Sciences Law Mathematics and Computer Science Medicine Natural Sciences Performing Arts Pharmacy Social Sciences Veterinary Science

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Ahmadu Bello University.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine Yes Yes Yes
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes

Bachelor's Degree

Accountancy Actuarial Science Adult Education Agricultural Education Agricultural Engineering Agriculture Anatomy Aquaculture Arabic Archaeology Architecture Art Education Automotive Engineering Banking Biochemistry Bioengineering Biological and Life Sciences Botany Building Technologies Business Administration Business Education Ceramics and Glass Technology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Civil Law Computer Education Computer Engineering Computer Science Dental Surgery Development Studies Economics Education Educational Administration Educational and Student Counselling Educational Psychology Educational Sciences Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering English Environmental Engineering Finance Fine Arts Fishery Foreign Languages Education Forestry French Geography Geological Engineering Geology Government Hausa Health Education History Humanities and Social Science Education Industrial Design Information Sciences Insurance International Studies Islamic Law Laboratory Techniques Library Science Literature Management Marketing Mass Communication Materials Engineering Mathematics Mathematics Education Mechatronics Medicine Metallurgical Engineering Microbiology Mining Engineering Native Language Education Nursing Performing Arts Pharmacy Physical Education Physics Physiology Political Sciences Polymer and Plastics Technology Public Administration Radiology Regional Planning Religious Education Science Education Sociology Statistics Surveying and Mapping Telecommunications Engineering Textile Technology Theatre Town Planning Veterinary Science Water Science Wildlife Zoology

Postgraduate Diploma

Accountancy Administration Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Agriculture Agronomy Analytical Chemistry Anatomy Animal Husbandry Applied Chemistry Arabic Biochemistry Biotechnology Botany Building Technologies Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Civil Law Commercial Law Communication Arts Computer Engineering Computer Science Crop Production Data Processing Development Studies Economic and Finance Policy Education Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Environmental Engineering Environmental Management Farm Management Finance Fishery Geography Geology Government Harvest Technology Herbalism Hygiene Industrial Design Information Management International Law International Relations and Diplomacy Islamic Law Landscape Architecture Logistics Management Machine Building Management Mass Communication Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Metal Techniques Metallurgical Engineering Microbiology Nutrition Peace and Disarmament Petroleum and Gas Engineering Pharmacology Physics Plant and Crop Protection Police Studies Political Sciences Polymer and Plastics Technology Power Engineering Private Law Protective Services Public Administration Public Health Radiophysics Real Estate Regional Planning Rural Planning Safety Engineering Software Engineering Soil Science Sports Management Statistics Surveying and Mapping Teacher Training Telecommunications Engineering Textile Technology Theatre Town Planning Toxicology Translation and Interpretation Transport Management Veterinary Science Video Water Science

Master's Degree

Accountancy Actuarial Science African Languages African Studies Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Agricultural Education Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Equipment Agriculture Agronomy Analytical Chemistry Anatomy Animal Husbandry Applied Chemistry Arabic Archaeology Architectural and Environmental Design Architecture Archiving Art Education Art History Artificial Intelligence Banking Biochemistry Bioengineering Biological and Life Sciences Biology Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Building Technologies Business Administration Business Education Ceramics and Glass Technology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Civil Law Commercial Law Communication Arts Community Health Computer Engineering Computer Science Construction Engineering Control Engineering Criminal Law Crop Production Curriculum Demography and Population Development Studies Economic and Finance Policy Economics Educational Administration Educational and Student Counselling Educational Psychology Educational Technology Educational Testing and Evaluation Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Embryology and Reproduction Biology Energy Engineering Engineering Management English Entomology Entrepreneurship Environmental Engineering Environmental Management Epidemiology Finance Fine Arts Fishery Foreign Languages Education French Geography Geological Engineering Geology Geophysics Government Haematology Hausa Health Education Health Sciences History Home Economics Education Horticulture Humanities and Social Science Education Hydraulic Engineering Immunology Industrial Chemistry Industrial Design Information Management Information Sciences Information Technology Inorganic Chemistry Insurance International Relations and Diplomacy Irrigation Islamic Law Journalism Laboratory Techniques Landscape Architecture Law Library Science Literature Logistics Management Machine Building Management Mass Communication Mathematics Mathematics Education Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Metal Techniques Metallurgical Engineering Microbiology Microelectronics Native Language Education Network Technology Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Physics Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics and Gynaecology Organic Chemistry Painting and Drawing Parasitology Parks and Recreation Pathology Peace and Disarmament Performing Arts Petroleum and Gas Engineering Pharmacology Pharmacy Philosophy Physical Chemistry Physical Education Physics Physiology Plant and Crop Protection Police Studies Political Sciences Polymer and Plastics Technology Power Engineering Private Law Production Engineering Protective Services Public Administration Public Health Public Law Regional Planning Religious Education Road Engineering Rural Planning Safety Engineering Science Education Sculpture Sociology Soil Science Sports Sports Management Statistics Structural Architecture Surveying and Mapping Taxation Teacher Training Technology Education Telecommunications Engineering Textile Technology Theatre Tourism Town Planning Toxicology Transport Engineering Transport Management Veterinary Science Vocational Education Water Management Water Science Wildlife Zoology

Master of Philosophy

Accountancy African Languages African Studies Agricultural Economics Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Equipment Agronomy Anatomy Animal Husbandry Applied Chemistry Arabic Archaeology Architecture Art Education Art History Biochemistry Biological and Life Sciences Botany Building Technologies Business Administration Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Commercial Law Communication Arts Community Health Computer Engineering Construction Engineering Control Engineering Development Studies Economics Education Educational and Student Counselling Educational Psychology Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical Engineering Energy Engineering Engineering Management English Entomology Environmental Engineering Finance Fine Arts Fishery French Geography Geological Engineering Geology Government Hausa Health Education History Horticulture Hydraulic Engineering Industrial Design Irrigation Islamic Law Literature Management Materials Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Metal Techniques Metallurgical Engineering Microbiology Nursing Painting and Drawing Parasitology Parks and Recreation Pathology Performing Arts Petroleum and Gas Engineering Pharmacology Pharmacy Physical Education Physics Physiology Plant and Crop Protection Political Sciences Power Engineering Private Law Production Engineering Public Law Regional Planning Road Engineering Rural Studies Safety Engineering Sculpture Sociology Soil Science Sports Sports Management Statistics Surveying and Mapping Technology Education Telecommunications Engineering Textile Technology Theatre Tourism Town Planning Toxicology Veterinary Science Vocational Education Water Science Wildlife Zoology

Doctor of Philosophy

Accountancy African Languages African Studies Agricultural Economics Agricultural Education Agricultural Engineering Agriculture Agronomy Analytical Chemistry Anatomy Animal Husbandry Applied Chemistry Arabic Archaeology Architecture Art Education Art History Biochemistry Bioengineering Biology Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Building Technologies Business Administration Business Education Ceramics and Glass Technology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Commercial Law Communication Arts Computer Engineering Computer Science Construction Engineering Control Engineering Crop Production Curriculum Development Studies Economics Education Educational Administration Educational and Student Counselling Educational Psychology Educational Technology Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Embryology and Reproduction Biology Energy Engineering Engineering Management English Entomology Environmental Engineering Environmental Management Finance Fine Arts Fishery Foreign Languages Education French Geography Geological Engineering Geology Geophysics Government Haematology Hausa Health Education History Home Economics Horticulture Humanities and Social Science Education Hydraulic Engineering Immunology Industrial Design Information Management Information Sciences Inorganic Chemistry International Relations and Diplomacy Islamic Law Islamic Studies Laboratory Techniques Library Science Linguistics Literature Mass Communication Materials Engineering Mathematics Mathematics Education Mechanical Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Microbiology Museum Management Native Language Education Nuclear Physics Nursing Organic Chemistry Painting and Drawing Parasitology Pathology Performing Arts Pharmacology Pharmacy Philosophy Physical Chemistry Physical Education Physics Physiology Plant and Crop Protection Political Sciences Polymer and Plastics Technology Power Engineering Private Law Production Engineering Protective Services Psychology Public Administration Public Law Regional Planning Religious Education Road Engineering Rural Planning Science Education Sculpture Social Studies Sociology Soil Science Solid State Physics Sports Sports Management Statistics Structural Architecture Surveying and Mapping Telecommunications Engineering Textile Technology Theatre Town Planning Toxicology Transport Engineering Veterinary Science Water Science Wildlife Zoology

Research profile

Ahmadu Bello University is a world-class research university with 18,286 scientific papers published and 212,371 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Medicine, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Physics, Ecology, Organic Chemistry, and Genetics.

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
12,889 / 154,057
Environmental Science
10,559 / 118,681
Chemistry
9,640 / 110,569
Medicine
9,219 / 119,143
Engineering
7,759 / 97,290
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
6,846 / 88,340
Physics
6,585 / 86,615
Ecology
6,052 / 75,554
Organic chemistry
5,592 / 66,109
Genetics
5,465 / 74,817
Biochemistry
5,314 / 64,199
Geography and Cartography
5,053 / 52,069
Geology
4,946 / 59,181
Computer Science
4,714 / 55,241
Pathology
4,407 / 73,312
Materials Science
3,932 / 47,384
Quantum and Particle physics
3,578 / 39,507
Botany
3,354 / 38,057
Mathematics
3,173 / 29,885
Paleontology
3,160 / 36,203
Sociology
3,139 / 51,776
Political Science
3,124 / 29,360
Law
2,942 / 28,507
Agricultural Science
2,736 / 29,307
History
2,720 / 26,564
Psychology
2,715 / 27,113
Statistics
2,708 / 26,232
Immunology
2,571 / 29,490
Economics
2,567 / 26,310
Archaeology
2,512 / 25,005
Business
2,468 / 28,345
Philosophy
2,307 / 17,818
Public Health
2,244 / 49,150
Metallurgy
2,232 / 27,985
Veterinary
1,889 / 20,372
Horticulture
1,765 / 19,993
Virology
1,738 / 19,663
Demography
1,719 / 43,124
Machine Learning
1,596 / 21,834
Nutrition and Food Science
1,591 / 15,998

Annual publication & citation counts

Academic rankings

75 Notable alumni

Simon Ajibola

1. Simon Ajibola

politician
Simon AjibolaListen became the Senator for the Kwara South Senatorial District of Kwara State in June 2004 and was reelected in 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
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Lucy Surhyel Newman

2. Lucy Surhyel Newman

1965-. (aged 61)
business executive
Lucy Surhyel Newman is an international consultant, policy advisor and author.
Stephen Oru

3. Stephen Oru

politician minister
Stephen Orise Oru is a Nigerian politician. He is a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu

4. Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu

1953-. (aged 73)
academic
Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu // is a Nigerian microbiologist and served as the Director General/CEO of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), a research agency under the Nigerian Ministry of Science & Technology until the expiration of her tenure in 2018.
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General Info & Contacts

Alternative names ABU
Founded 1962
Motto Discipline, Self-Reliance and Excellence
Colors blue, green
Academic calendar October to July
Address P.M.B. 1045 Sokoto Road, Samaru Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria
City Population 408,000
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