Federal University Dutse

Federal University, Dutse

Type	Public
Established	2011
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Fatima Botoul
Location	Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Campus	Urban
Nickname	FUD
Website	fud.edu.ng

The Federal University Dutse (FUD), is among the nine universities created by the Federal Government of Nigeria since 2011.

FUD offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs (Pgde.Msc. and as well as PhD)

The Federal University, Dutse (FUD) hold its first ever maiden convocation ceremony on January 16, 2016.

Delivering his speech at the convocation ceremony the Pioneer vice chancellor of the university Professor Jibirilla Dahiru Aminu (OFR) revealed that, the university has scored over 80 percent marks from the assessment made by National Council of University on facilities and academic effectiveness. The history of federal university can never be complete without Professor Abubakar Musa Kundiri and Prof. J.D Amin (OFR) the pioneer Vice Chancellor. These two gentlemen lays the foundation of FUD from grassroot level.

The university's campus is located in the ancient town of Dutse the capital of Jigawa State. FUD seeks to attract a diverse cast of lecturers and students, support research and teaching on local, national and global issues and create academic relationships with many universities and higher education institutions in Nigeria and across the world. FUD is offering a broad range of degree programs in Humanities, Natural and the Social Sciences, Agricultural Science and also in Medicine. Faculties in offerings are Faculty of law, faculty of engineering and faculty of management science to take up this year.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Fatima B. Mukhtar

From the university's pioneer crop of 205 students enrolled in four academic programmes in three faculties had grown to about 3,200 students in the university's fifth academic year of operation, while there are 1,332 academic and non-teaching staff. The number courses in the university now stand at 17.

Faculty Of Science

FUD currently run nine academic programmes in the Faculty of Sciences including basic sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Botany and (Mathematics) and applied sciences (Microbiology, Biotechnology, Zoology Computer Science and Environmental Management and Toxicology).

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

The university runs the BA English, Bsc Economics and Bsc Criminology and Security Studies.

Faculty of Agriculture

In addition to BA. Agric programme, they offer Bsc Forestry and Wildlife as well as Bsc Fisheries.

College Of Medicine and Health Science Federal University Dutse

Federal University Dutse in it Fifth academic calendar have succeeded in establishing college of Medicine and Health Science.

Federal University Dutse is the first and only Nigerian University that offers an intercalated MBBS program.

The faculty runs the following programs:

1. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

2. Dental Surgery

3. Environmental Health

The college of Medicine pioneer provost is a renowned medical practitioner in the United Kingdom, Professor Usman Ahmed, adding that the state government had already donated the Dutse General Hospital to the university to be upgraded as a teaching hospital. The state government also donate the Rasheed Shakoni hospital to the medical college.

School of Postgraduate Studies Federal University Dutse

The school of postgraduate was established in 2014/2015 and it runs 10 post graduate Studies. In addition to Msc, Federal University Dutse now offers PhD degree on Biotechnology and Microbiology.

Federal University Dutse focuses on building relations with other universities locally and internationally. The university has entered an agreement with North Dakota State University.

External links

• fud.edu.ng website of Federal University, Dutse
• Approved/Accredited Programmes of Nigerian Universities, National Universities Commission, January 2012

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