Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a federal government research university located in Zaria, Kaduna State. ABU was founded on October 4, 1962, as the University of Northern Nigeria.
The university operates three main campuses: Samaru and Kongo in Zaria, and School of Basic Studies in Funtua. The Samaru campus houses the administrative offices, sciences, social-sciences, arts and languages, education, environmental design, engineering, medical sciences agricultural sciences and research facilities. The Kongo campus hosts the Faculties of Law and Administration. .

ABU – Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Senate Building,
Ahmadu Bello University,
Samaru Campus, Zaria,
Kaduna State, Nigeria
Twiter @abuzaria
Phone: 080-
Email: helpdesk@abu.edu.ng
Admissions
ABU offers admission into the various faculties and departments in the school. View below the list of available departments in ABU

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Programs
- Undergraduate Programs
- School of Continues Education
- Post Graduate Programs Both PhD, MSc, and PGD
- Remedial Course
Faculty
Arts
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- African Languages and cultures
- Arabic
- Archeology
- English
- French
- Hausa
- History
- Theatre and Performing Arts
Agriculture
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- Agricultural Economics & RS
- Agronomy
- Animal Science
- Crop science
- Plant science
- Soil science
Law
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- Civil law
- Commercial law
- Private law
- Public law
- sharia law
Life science
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- Biochemistry
- biology
- Botany
- Microbiology
- Zoology
Medicine
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- Anasthesia
- chemical pathology
- cummunity medicine
- dental surgery
- haematology
- Human anatomy
- human physiology
- Medical Microbiology
- Medicine
- Nursing Science
- Obsterics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Psychiatrics
Administration
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- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Local Government
- Public Administration
Pharmaceutical science
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- Clinical Pharmacy and pharmacy practice
- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Pharmacognosy and drug development
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Veterinary medicine
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- Veterinary Anatomy
- Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Veterinary Public Health and Preventive medicine
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital
- Veterinary surgery and Medicine
- Theriogenology and production
Engineering
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Water resources and environmental engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
Management sciences
- Political Science
- Mass Communication
- Economics
- Sociology
Physical Sciences
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Computer science
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Geology
- Geography
List of Courses in ABU Zaria
Courses
- Accounting
- African Languages and cultures
- Agricultural Economics & RS
- Agronomy
- Anasthesia
- Animal Science
- Arabic
- Archeology
- Biochemistry
- biology
- Botany
- Business Administration
- Chemical Engineering
- chemical pathology
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Civil law
- Clinical Pharmacy and pharmacy practice
- Commercial law
- Computer science
- Crop science
- cummunity medicine
- dental surgery
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Economics
- Educational foundation
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- English
- French
- Geography
- Geology
- haematology
- Hausa
- History
- Human anatomy
- human physiology
- Library and information science
- Local Government
- Mass Communication
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Microbiology
- Medicine
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Microbiology
- Nursing Science
- Obsterics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Pharmacognosy and drug development
- Physical and health education
- Physics
- Plant science
- Political Science
- Private law
- Psychiatrics
- Psychology and counseling
- Public Administration
- Public law
- Science education
- sharia law
- Sociology
- Soil science
- Statistics
- Theatre and Performing Arts
- Theriogenology and production
- Veterinary Anatomy
- Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Veterinary Public Health and Preventive medicine
- Veterinary surgery and Medicine
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital
- Vocatiion and Technical education
- Water resources and environmental engineering
- Zoology
ABU Application Links
Follow the links below to start your Journey at Amadu Bello University, ABU Zaria
ABU Tuition & Fees
- New students – N45,000
- Returning students : N25,000/ 27,000 for faculty of Medicine
This figure is average from last session
Financial Aids
You can get a couple of aids and scholarship once you have a good GP from your first session. Here are some link of helpful scholarships you can opt for.
ABU Zaria Campus Life
Housing
- School Hostel +Yes
- Co-ed Housing +Yes
- Parking Space – No
Student Activities
- Student Union Government -No
- Sport Activities +Yes
- TV Station -No
Campus Events
- Matric +Yes
- Fresher’s Night +yes
- Student Week +yes
- Final year Week +yes
Student Organizations
- SUG +yes
- Dept Executive +yes
- Course Senior/Rep +yes
- Students Clubs and Society +yes
Student Services
- Health Clinic +yes
- Counselling +yes
- Student Affairs +yes
- Free Wifi Services +yes
Near By Schools
- AFIT Kaduna
- Kad Poly
- NCAT
- Kaduna State University (KASU)
For more information on ABU Admissions, You can call the numbers below.
- 0801
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