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History of ATBU
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU, Bauchi was established in
1980 as the Federal University of Technology, Bauchi, in the North Eastern part
of the Nigeria with Dr. Jerome Udoji and Professor A. O. Adekola as the pioneer ProChancellor and Vice-Chancellor
Chancellor respectively.
At
inception
the
Univers
University
inherited the site of the former
Bauchi State College of Arts and
Science (BACAS) at Yelwa as its
temporary site. She also acquired a
4,500 hectare parcel of land off the
Bauchi-Ningi
Ningi
Road
as
its
permanent site and another parcel
of land along Bauchi-Maiduguri
Maiduguri
Road on which a residential estate
for staff was developed; the estate is
called Kari Estate.
Main Entrance, Yelwa Campus
The University academic units were
divided into Schools and Programmes
at inception until 2014 when the
National Universities Commission,
Commission
NUC, approved the change of
nomenclature from School to Faculty
and from Programme to Department.
The University started full academic
Faculty
of Engineering
Building,
III of its first batch of
activity at the Yelwa Campus
in October,
1981 with
the Phase
admission
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100 students into her Pre-Degree Programme, while Degree Programmes began in
1982 in the School (now Faculty) of Science and Science Education. Two
additional Schools (now Faculties), namely the School of Engineering and
Engineering Technology and the School of Agriculture and Agricultural
Technology were established in the 1983/1984 academic session.
In 1984, under the rationalisation programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria,
the University was merged with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and was renamed
the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College, Ahmadu Bello University, (ATBC-ABU) with
Professor Buba Bajoga as the Provost. The name of the College was in honour of the
first Prime Minister of Nigeria, Late
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.
In 1988, it was de-merged from the
Ahmadu Bello University and
regained its autonomy as a full
fledge university. Prof Buba
Bajoga, the former Provost
became the Vice Chancellor.
Additional Schools were
established as follows:
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o
o
o
later
Faculty of Management Technology
The School (now Faculty) of Environmental Technology in the 1991/1992 Session;
The School of Post Graduate Studies in the 1995/1996 Session;
School (now Faculty) of Management Technology and
The School (now Faculty) of Technology Education in the 2002/2003 Session.
The establishment of the School of Technology Education effectively separated
Education courses from the Sciences, and the former Sch ool of Science and Science
Education was renamed the
School of Science.
Senate Building, Gubi Campus
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Of recent, the University is in the
advanced stages of concluding
the establishment of the College
of
Medical
Sciences.
The
University Governing Council has
since set-up Committees to
ensure a smooth take-off of the
College. As a prelude to the
establishment of the Medical College, the Bauchi State Government handed over the
erstwhile Bauchi State Specialist Hospital to the Federal Government, and has since
been converted to the University Teaching Hospital.
A major landmark in the history of the University is the relocation to the permanent
site at Gubi. This began with the movement of the Directorate of Remedial Studies in
2008 followed by the Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology. The Central
Administration also moved to Gubi Campus in 2010.
Since inception the University has been managed by the following Chief Executives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Professor A. O Adekola
Professor B. G. Bajoga
Professor B. G. Bajoga
Professor A. S. Sambo
Professor G. A. Babaji
Professor M. H. Muhammad
Professor S. A. Ibrahim
1980 – 1984
1984 – 1988
1988 – 1995
1995 – 2004
2004 – 2009
2009 – 2014
2014 to date
Vice-Chancellor
Provost
Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor
Currently, the university has 30 Academic Departments, 6 Faculties, 8 Directorates and
7 Centers, with an undergraduate students’ population of over 10,000.
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