About Federal University Birnin Kebbi.
One of twelve new Federal Universities approved by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria, established in 2013 and proprietored by the Federal Government of Nigeria to advance access, equity and quality in University education.
A technology driven centre of excellence in innovation, teaching and research.
Welcome to Federal University Birnin Kebbi. Our University was established in 2013 as one of twelve new Federal Universities created to improve access, equity and quality in higher education across Nigeria.
Our mission is “to add value to human existence through the provision of conducive academic environment for staff and students to actualise their dreams like their counterparts globally”. In pursuit of that mission we have built, year by year, the faculties, departments and research centres our founding plan envisages — from the takeoff of the Faculty of Science, the combined Faculty of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, and the School of Basic Studies, through the establishment of the Faculties of Medicine, Environmental Sciences, and now the separate Faculties of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, Education, Dentistry and Law.
We hold ourselves to eight core values: transparency and accountability; justice and equity; capacity building; cooperation; modesty; excellence and professionalism; superior service; commitment. Our motto, In Pursuit of Excellence, is the promise we make to every student, every member of staff, and every community we serve.
Whether you are a prospective student, a researcher, a member of our staff, or simply a visitor — you are most welcome here.
Twenty-five years, in five phases.
The University's growth follows a 25-year arc in which faculties, departments and programmes are opened in phases of five years each, leading at maturity to ten faculties, seventy-nine departments and more than three hundred programmes.
4 faculties · 39 departments · 29 undergraduate programmes
- ·Faculty of Arts, Social and Management Sciences (combined)
- ·Faculty of Science
- ·Faculty of Medicine (Year 2)
- ·Faculty of Environmental Sciences (Year 3)
- ·General Studies and Entrepreneurship Development Unit
- ·School of Basic Studies
8 faculties · 64 departments · 68 UG + 96 PG programmes
- ·Faculty of Arts (split from combined faculty)
- ·Faculty of Social and Management Sciences (split from combined faculty)
- ·Faculty of Dentistry
- ·Faculty of Education
- ·Faculty of Law
- ·Postgraduate School
9 faculties · 71 departments · 76 UG + 188 PG programmes
- ·Faculty of Engineering
Continued growth across established faculties
- ·Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Full maturity: 10 faculties · 79 departments · 305 programmes
- ·Complete growth of all faculties
To be a technology driven centre of excellence in innovation, teaching and research.
To add value to human existence through the provision of conducive academic environment for staff and students to actualise their dreams like their counterparts globally.
In Pursuit of Excellence.
Eight principles that guide our common life.
Seven objectives, as set in law.
The statutory objectives of the University are the commitments against which the work of teaching, research and service is measured.
To promote innovation, entrepreneurship, prudence, transparency and competitiveness.
To promote applications of knowledge to creation of goods and services through University–Industry cooperation and collaboration.
To encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring higher and liberal education.
To provide courses of instruction and other facilities for the pursuit of learning in all its branches, and to make those facilities available on proper terms to such persons as are equipped to benefit from them.
To encourage and promote scholarship and conduct research in all fields of learning and human endeavour.
To relate its activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria.
To undertake any other activity appropriate for a University of the highest standard.
A university built in Kalgo, for the Sahel.
The permanent site of the University covers about 638 hectares along the Kalgo–Bunza Road, in Kalgo Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Kebbi State, created out of the former Sokoto State in 1991, lies in north-western Nigeria and shares borders with the Republic of Niger and the Republic of Benin.
The University's postal address is Federal University Birnin Kebbi, P.M.B. 1157, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Blue, green and white — water, agriculture, and the peace of the environment.
Open book and pen beneath an incomplete bell-like dome, symbolising knowledge and the traditions of Northern Nigeria.