Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a renowned Nigerian federal government-owned university in Kano, Nigeria.
Established in 1977, the university has become one of the leading educational institutions in the country, offering a wide range of academic programs and conducting cutting-edge research across various fields.
BUK offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in various disciplines.
The university comprises several faculties, including;
- Arts and Islamic Studies
- Social Sciences
- Education
- Engineering
- Law
- Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Science
- Agriculture
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Communication.
These faculties house numerous departments that cater to diverse academic interests.
Bayero University Kano Courses
Bayero University Kano (BUK) offers various undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs across various faculties and departments.
Here are some of the major courses offered at BUK:
- Accounting
- Adult Education
- Agric-economics & Extension
- Agricultural Engineering
- Agricultural Science & Education
- Agriculture
- Anatomy
- Applied Biology
- Arabic Studies
- Architecture
- Automotive Engineering
- Banking & Finance
- Biochemistry
- Biological Science(S)
- Biology
- Botany
- Business Administration
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Common & Islamic Law
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Criminology
- Cyber Security Science
- Dentistry & Dental Surgery
- Early Childhood Education
- Economics
- Education & Arabic
- Education & Biology
- Education & Chemistry
- Education & Economics
- Education & English Language
- Education & French
- Education & Geography
- Education & Hausa
- Education & History
- Education & Islamic Studies
- Education & Mathematics
- Education & Physics
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Physics
- English Language
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Health Science
- Environmental Management
- Estate Management
- Fisheries & Aquaculture
- Food Science & Technology
- Forensic Science
- Forestry & Wildlife Management
- French
- Geography
- Geography
- Geology
- Hausa
- Health Education
- History
- Industrial Chemistry
- Information Science & Media Studies
- Information Technology
- International Relations
- Islamic Studies
- Library & Information Science
- Linguistics
- Mass Communication
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine & Surgery
- Meteorology
- Microbiology
- Nursing Science
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Optometry
- Petroleum Engineering
- Pharmacy
- Physical & Health Education
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Physiology
- Physiotherapy
- Plant Biology
- Political Science
- Primary Education
- Public Administration
- Quantity Surveying
- Radiography
- Sociology
- Software Engineering
- Special Education
- Statistics
- Taxation
- Teacher Education Science:
- Technical Education
- Telecommunication Engineering
- Theatre & Performing Arts
- Urban & Regional Planning
- Veterinary Medicine
- Zoology
BUK Courses & Subject Combination
Here is a list of Bayero University Kano (BUK) courses, along with their respective subject combinations:
| Course | JAMB Subjects | O’level Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Adult Education | English, Government/History, one (1) Social Science subject and any other subject. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Agric-Economics & Extension | English, Chemistry, Biology/ Agricultural Science plus Mathematics or Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and one of Geography, Physics and Economics. |
| Agricultural Engineering | English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any from Introduction to Agricultural Science, Materials and Workshop Process and Machining, Tractor Layout Power Unit Under Carriage and Auto Electricity; Transmission System; Implement and Machine; Principles of Crop Husbandry and Land Use, Materials and Workshop Processes; Construction and Maintenance of Agricultural Machines; general Metal Work; General Wood Work and Building/Engineering Drawing. |
| Agricultural Science & Education | English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Any other subject. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes or equivalents in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and another relevant subject. |
| Agriculture | English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and any one of Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and any one of Mathematics, Physics, Geography and Economics. |
| Anatomy | English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. |
| Applied Biology | English, Chemistry, Biology and either Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and any one (1) Physics and Geography. |
| Arabic Studies | English, Arabic and two (2) subjects from Arts and/or Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Arabic and three (3) other relevant subjects. |
| Architecture | English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Biology or Fine Art. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two (2), one of which must be selected from Further Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography Agricultural Science, Engineering/Technical Drawing, Building Construction, History, Literature, Music and Fine Arts. |
| Automotive Engineering | English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry ,English Language and any other Science subject. |
| Banking & Finance | English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject | Five (5)SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Biochemistry | English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology. |
| Biological Sciences | English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and any other Science subject. |
| Biology | English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics/Physics. |
| Botany | English, Biology, Chemistry and any other Science subject. | Five (5) SSC Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. |
| Business Administration | English, Mathematics, Economics and one (1) other subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics, plus any two (2) of Accounting, Business Methods, Commerce, Government, Geography, and Statistics. |
| Chemical Engineering | English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English Language and any other Science subject. |
| Chemistry | English, Chemistry and two (2) of Physics, Biology and Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Civil Engineering | English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and one Science subject |
| Common & Islamic Law | English, Literature in English, Islamic Studies and any of Arts, Science or Social Sciences. | Five (5)’O’ Level credit passes in English Language, Islamic Studies, Literature in English and any two (2) from Arts, Science or Social Sciences. |
| Computer Engineering | English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and English Language. |
| Criminology | English, Any two subjects from Economics, Geography, Accounting, Commerce or Government and one (1) from Arts, Science or Social Science. | Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, two (2) from Social Science subjects and additional two (2) from Arts, Science or Social Science. |
| Cyber Security Science | English, Mathematics, Physics and one (1) of Biology, Chemistry, Agricultural Science, or Geography. | Five (5) SSCE credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics plus two (2) other Science subjects. |
| Dentistry & Dental Surgery | English, Chemistry, Biology and one (1) other Science subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. |
| Early Child Dedication | English, Any three (3) subjects. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Economics | English, Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and Christian Religious Studies/Islamic Studies. | Five (5)SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two (2) of Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Education & Arabic | English, Arabic and any two (2) relevant Arts subjects (Government can substitute for History). | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes in relevant Arts subjects including English Language and Arabic. |
| Education & Biology | English, Biology and two (2) other subjects from Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and one (1) other subject. |
| Education & Chemistry | English, Chemistry and two (2) other subjects chosen from Physics, Biology and Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credits in Mathematics, Chemistry, English Language and two (2) of Physics, Biology and Agricultural Science. |
| Education & Economics | English, Economics, Mathematics and any (1) other subject from Geography, Government, Accounting and Commerce. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language, Economics and Mathematics. |
| Education & English Language | English, Literature in English and one (1) Art and any other subject. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language and Literature in English plus three (3) other Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Education & French | English, French plus two (2) other Arts subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and French. |
| Education & Geography | English, Geography plus two (2) other Social Sciences/Arts subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Geography, English Language and Mathematics. |
| Education & Hausa | English, Hausa, one (1) Arts and one (1) subject from Economics, French, Geography/Physics, Government, History, Islamic Studies, Literature in English and Mathematics. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language and Hausa. |
| Education & History | English, History and any other two (2) subjects chosen from Christian Religious Studies / Islamic Studies, Literature in English, French, Yoruba, Geography/Physics, Economics, Government and Hausa. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, History and three (3) relevant Arts subjects. |
| Education & Islamic Studies | English, Islamic Studies/Arabic and two (2) other Social Science or Arts subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Islamic Studies and three (3) other relevant subjects. |
| Education & Mathematcis | English, Mathematics and any two (2) of the following Science subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics plus one (1) other Science subject. |
| Education & Physics | English, Physics, Mathematics or Chemistry plus one (1) other subjects. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credits passes to include English Language, Physics, Mathematics and two (2) other Science subjects or NTC/NBC. |
| Electrical Engineering | English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English Language. |
| Electronics & Physics | English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and any other Science subject from Further Mathematics and Biology or Agricultural Science. |
| English Language | English, Literature in English, one other Arts subject and another Arts or Social Science subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Literature in English, English Language and three other Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Entrepreneurship | English, Economics, Mathematics and one other Social Science or Commercial subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Economics, one Science subject and one other Social Science or Commercial subject. |
| Environmental Health Science | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and English Language |
| Environmental Management | English, Mathematics, Geography and any one of Biology, Physics, Agricultural Science or Chemistry. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any of Biology, Chemistry or Agricultural Science. |
| Estate Management | English, Mathematics, Economics and one from Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography or Fine Arts. | Five (5) SSCE credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two from Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Business Studies/Commerce, Geography, Agricultural Science, Building Construction, Technical Drawing and Fine Arts. |
| Fisheries & Aquaculture | English, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any other Science subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and English Language plus any other Science subject. |
| Food Science & Technology | English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and any of Mathematics or Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics. |
| Forensic Science | English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology. |
| Forestry & Wildlife Management | English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and one of Physics, Economics, Further Mathematics and Statistics. |
| French | English, French and any other two (2) subjects from Arts and Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including French and English Language plus one other Arts subject. |
| Geography | English, Geography and two (2) other Arts or Social Science subjects | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Geography, and any three (3) from Arts or Social Science subjects with at least a pass in Mathematics. |
| Geology | English, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. |
| Hausa | English, Hausa, Literature in English and any of Economics, Government, History and Arabic. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and Hausa. |
| Health Education | English, Biology and any two (2) relevant subjects. | i) Five (5) SSC credit passes/TC II merit passes including English Language, Biology or its equivalent. ii) Five (5) SSC credit passes/TC II merit passes to include English Language and Mathematics. |
| History | English, History and any other two (2) subjects from Arts and Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include History and English Language. |
| Industrial Chemistry | English, Chemistry, Mathematics and any of Physics/Biology/ Agricultural Science. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology/Agricultural Science. |
| Information Science & Media Studies | English, Two (2) subjects from Arts, Science or Social Sciences and one (1) Additional Subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, any two from Arts, Science or Social Sciences and two additional credits. |
| Information Technology | English, Mathematics, Physics and one (1) of Biology, Chemistry, Agricultural Science, or Geography. | Five (5) SSCE credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics plus two (2) other Science subjects. |
| International Relations | English, Economics, Literature in English and Geography/Government/History | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Government or History and three (3) relevant subjects. |
| Islamic Studies | English, Islamic Studies plus two (2) other Arts subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and Islamic Studies or Arabic and any three (3) relevant subjects. |
| Library & Information Science | English, Any three (3) subjects, two of which must be from Arts, Sciences or Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language and any four (4) relevant Arts/Sciences/Social Sciences subjects. |
| Linguistics | English, Any Language and two (2) other subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language. |
| Mass Communication | English, Any three (3) from Arts or Social Science subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language and four (4) other subjects in Arts or Social Sciences. |
| Mathematics | English, Mathematics and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Economics or Geography | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry. |
| Mechanical Engineering | English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and any other Science subject. |
| Mechatronics Engineering | English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any other subject. |
| Medical Laboratory Science | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology |
| Medicine & Surgery | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology |
| Meteorology | English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or Geography | Five (5) SSC credit passes including Physics, Mathematics and English Language and either Chemistry or Geography |
| Microbiology | English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. |
| Nursing Science | English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Nutrition & Dietetics | English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. |
| Optometry | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Petroleum Engineering | English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics | Five (5) SSC credits to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and any one Science subject. |
| Pharmacy | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Physical & Health Education | English, Biology and any two (2) relevant subjects. | i) Five (5) SSC credit passes/TC II merit passes including English Language, Biology or its equivalent. ii) Five (5) SSC credit passes/TC II merit passes to include English Language and Mathematics. |
| Physical Education | English, Biology and any two (2) relevant subjects. | i) Five (5) SSC credit passes/TC II merit passes including English Language, Biology or its equivalent. ii) Five (5) SSC credit passes/TC II merit passes to include English Language and Mathematics. |
| Physics | English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and any other Science subject from Further Mathematics and Biology or Agricultural Science. |
| Physiology | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Physiotherapy | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Maths, Biology, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Plant Biology | English, Biology, Chemistry and any other Science subject. | Five (5) SSC Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. |
| Political Science | English, Two subjects from Social sciences to include Government and a subject from Arts, Science or Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Government or History, a credit pass in social sciences and two (2) additional credits in other subjects. |
| Primary Education | English, Any three (3) subjects. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Public Administration | English, Two subjects from Social Science to include Government and a subject from Arts, Science or Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Government, credit passes in Social Science and one additional credit. |
| Quantity Surveying | English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Building Construction, Technical Drawing, Commerce, Biology and Economics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, and two (2) from Chemistry, Geography, Biology, Economics, Technical Drawing, Building Construction and Commerce. |
| Radiography | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Sociology | English, Any two (2) subjects from Economics, Accounting, Commerce or Government and one (1) from Arts, Science or Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, two from Social Science subjects and additional two (2) from Arts, Science or Social Sciences. |
| Software Engineering | English, Mathematics, Physics and one (1) of Biology, Chemistry, Agric Science, Economics and Geography. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics plus two (2) other Science subjects. |
| Special Education | English, Any three (3) Subjects | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Statistics | English, Mathematics and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Economics | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics and at least three (3) subjects from Physics, Statistics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Economics and Geography. |
| Taxation | English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Teacher Education Science | English, Literature in English and one (1) Art and any other subject. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language and Literature in English plus three (3) other Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Technical Education | English, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes in relevant subjects which must include English Language and Mathematics or NTC/NBC. |
| Telecommunication Engineering | English, Mathematics, Economics and any one of Account, Commerce and Government. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Economics and Mathematics. |
| Theatre & Performing Arts | English, Literature in English and two (2) other relevant subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and Arts subjects. |
| Urban & Regional Planning | English, Mathematics, Geography and one of Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Fine Arts | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography, and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Government, Biology, Fine Art, Business Studies, Commerce, Agricultural science, Building Construction and Technical Drawing. |
| Veterinary Medicine | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) O’ level credit passes to include English Language, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. |
| Zoology | English, Biology and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology and two (2) other Science subject. |
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