Kano University of Science & Technology Wudil

 

Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil (KUST) was created as "Kano University of Technology" (KUT) in 2001 during regime of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso  as Governor of Kano state, Nigeria.

The Then governor of Kano State, His Excellency Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso mulled idea of establishing the first state university during his first tenure in office between 1999 and 2003.

It is located in Wudil, a Local Government in Kano State Nigeria. The university which was known as Kano University of Technology, Wudil has been renamed as Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil in the year 2005 in conformity to the Gazette laws of the University.

• Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil
• Motto: Learn, Work and Worship
• Established: 2000
• Location: Kano State
• Chancellor: Aliko Dangote

It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

KUST, Wudil started with 2 faculties (Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology and Faculty of Sciences) but today, there are six (6) faculties - Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (FAAT); Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (FACMS); Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences (FAEES); Faculty of Engineering (FAENG); Faculty of Sciences (FASSE) and Faculty of Sciences and Technical Education (FASTE).

The University also has 10 institutes and runs IJMB and remedial sciences under the Directorate of Institute and Continuing Education. The student population has risen from 88 students in 2000 to about 15,000 students.

List of Approved Courses and Programs

1. Agricultural Economics and Extension
2. Agricultural Engineering
3. Agricultural and Science Education
4. Animal Science
5. Architecture
6. Automotive Engineering
7. Biochemistry
8. Biology
9. Chemistry
10. Civic Engineering
11. Computer Science
12. Crop Science
13. Education and Biology
14. Education and Chemistry
15. Education and Geography
16. Education and Mathematics
17. Education and Physics
18. Electrical Engineering
19. Environment Engineering
20. Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
21. Food Science and Technology
22. Geography
23. Geology
24. Health Education
25. Information and Communication Technology
26. Library and Information Science
27. Mathematics
28. Mechanical Engineering
29. Mechatronics Engineering
30. Microbiology
31. Physics
32. Science Laboratory Technology
33. Statistics
34. Soil Science
35. Urban and Regional Planning
36. Water resources and Environment engineering