Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University

public university

Year dem found am	4 October 1962
Official name	Ahmadu Bello University
Native label	Ahmadu Bello University
Nickname	ABU
Affiliate plus	Association of African Universities
Dem name after	Ahmadu Bello
Motto text	Discipline, Self-Reliance and Excellence
Country	Nigeria
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Zaria
Located in time zone	Central European Time
Coordinate location	11°9′0″N 7°39′0″E
Member of	Association of African Universities
Language dem use	English
Dema official website	https://www.abu.edu.ng/
Official color	green, white

Ahmadu Bello University Zaria be federal government research varsity wey dey locate insyd Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria,^[1] dem open am insyd 1962 as de University of Northern Nigeria.^[1] Ahmadu Bello found am wey dem now name for Ahmadu Bello, de first premier of Northern Nigeria.^[2]

De varsity dey operate main campus at Samaru; satellite from nearby Kongo, den pre-degree school insyd Funtua, approximately 85 kilometres (53 mi) away. De main campus houses administrative offices den faculties of physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, arts den languages, education, environmental design, engineering, medical sciences, vetrinary medicine, agricultural sciences, den research centres. Kongo dey hosts faculties of law den administration, de latter dey address accounting, business administration, local government den development studies as well as public administration.^[3]

Undergraduate den graduate programmes dey include affiliate degrees, vocational programmes den remedial courses. De varsity get one of de largest teaching hospitals for de country insyd make e support medical teaching den research.^[4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Ahmadu Bello University". Ahmadu Bello University. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
2. ↑ "History Of ABU Zaria: The Largest University In Sub Saharan Africa". 2021-05-03. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
3. ↑ "History Of ABU Zaria: The Largest University In Sub Saharan Africa | The Abusites". 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
4. ↑ "Kashim Ibrahim Library". Ahmadu Bello. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05.