Sokoto State University

History

• Planning for the structure and facilities for the effective running of the university,
• seeking for and obtaining approval from the Federal Government for Sokoto state to run its own university aside, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, which is Federal Government owned and in which the indigenes of the state were marginally placed over the years arising from the Federal Character Principle; and
• establishing the Sokoto State University School of Developmental Studies with the sole aim of preparing students, a one-year pre-degree programme before enrolling into the university.

Objectives

• To provide for the indigenes of Sokoto state access to higher education for self-reliance.
• To promote, preserve and propagate the social and rich cultural heritage of the people of the state.
• To identify and produce man-power that can and will meet specific needs of the state.
• To encourage the effective application of higher education to the needs of the state through research and consultancy.
• To encourage and promote advancement of learning and to hold out all persons without discrimination of race, creed or political conviction.
• To engage in any other activity of a growing university.

  Courses/departments

• Arabic Studies
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Education and Biology
• Education and Chemistry
• Education and Computer Science
• Education and Mathematics
• Education and Physics
• Educational Management
• English Language
• Geography
• Guidance and Counseling
• Hausa
• History
• Islamic Studies
• Mathematics
• Microbiology
• Physics
• Political Science
• Sociology