Kaduna Polytechnic Competitors

Founded in 1962, the University of Lagos has, for over 5 decades, provided qualitative and research-oriented education to Nigerians and all those who have entered its domain in search of knowledge. At its inception, the University of Lagos was empowered to produce a professional workforce that would steer the political, social and economic development of a newly independent country. Over the last fifty years the University has pursued this mission with vigour, excellence and panache. The University has built a legacy of academic excellence and is now acclaimed publicly as “the University of First Choice and the Nation’s Pride.”

The establishment of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) began in 1961 following the recommendation of the Ashby Commission on “Post-School Smaller-ABU-logo-120x120Certificate and Higher Education in Nigeria”. A Law establishing a Provisional Council for the University was passed by the Legislature of Northern Nigeria in April while the Council itself was constituted in November, 1961, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Shettima Kashim, CBE, who later became Sir Kashim Ibrahim KCMG, CBE. Sir Norman Stanley Alexander, a New Zealander and a Professor of Physics at the University College, Ibadan, was appointed the First Principal, later Vice-Chancellor, of the University in July and he assumed office in November, 1961. Ahmadu Bello University began full operation in 1962, on the cites of these educational institutions: the defunct Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, founded in 1955; the Clerical Training Centre, Kongo, founded in 1957; the Samaru Agricultural Research Station, established in  1924, and the Shika Livestock Farm, started in 1928. The University was named after SirAhmadu Bello (1901-1966), “the Sardauna of Sokoto”and the Premier of Northern Nigeria. As the first Chancellor of the’ University, Sir Ahmadu Bello performed its Opening Ceremony on the 4th of October, 1962. In 1975, the University was taken over by the Federal Government through a Decree (the Ahmadu Bello University [Transitional] Provisions Decree of 1975), thus becoming a Federal University.

The University was awarded a full FABLAB (Fabrication Laboratory) by the Government of France through the France Research Team in May 2020. The FABLAB is to be domiciled at the Faculty of Engineering with a Mechanical Workshop to enable local fabrication of some equipment that will assist local artisans and will be useful for laboratory practical. The University has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universities of Lyon and Grenoble Alpes to strengthen human resource capacity, research and development. Through joint sponsorship (UNIJOS, French Embassy and TETFund) six Staff are currently on PhD programme at the University of Grenoble Alpes since September 2018 to 2022 when they will be graduating. This is to encourage Staff mobility for the purpose of sharing expertise, research findings and trainings. The University is one of the seven institutions involved in the Climate Change project being funded by the French Government. The UNIJOS team has participated in the brainstorming session organized in France at University of Grenoble Alpes and was part of the capacity building summer training at Grenoble Institute of Technology (aka Grenoble INP) for six weeks from June to July, 2019. The University also entered into a partnership with Goethe University (GU), Frankfurt, Germany which involves University of Jos, National Film Institute Jos (an Affiliate of UNIJOS) and the training arm of the Nigerian Film Corporation. This has resulted in the mounting of a two-year Masters Programme in Film Culture and Film Archiving which commenced on October 2019 and also involves the Arsenal Institute for Film in Germany. This programme is the first of its kind in Africa and one of about a dozen worldwide aimed at training scientific personnel for Film and Media Archiving, training institutions of Film Culture across Africa and building capacity for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage of Nigeria and Africa. As a result of all these and many other opportunities in national and international research, Staff ...