HISTORY
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU), formerly Katsina State University was established by the Katsina State Government out of the desire to improve access to higher education for its citizenry.
The law establishing the Katsina State University was passed by the Katsina State House of Assembly on 5th September 2006. The University commenced academic activities in January 2007 with three faculties(Education, Humanities & Natural and Applied Sciences), and 16 undergraduate programmes. The university will build upon existing academic strength, a total of 13 faculties, 76 departments and 236 academic programmes (undergraduate and postgraduate) at the end of its 25 year period of it’s academic phasing, which is divided into four years each.


VICE CHANCELLOR’S MESSAGE

As you begin your journey to attain tertiary education, I welcome you to Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, a citadel of learning on the edge of the sahara, in a city known for its tradition and thirst for knowledge over the centuries. Your choice of this University among 120 Universities in the country must have been informed by not mere sentiments of being citizens of Nigeria and Katsina State, but a common belief that the University will offer you all that is required to attain your goals of knowledge, character and learning.



University Education, unlike any other form of education is not mainly about classroom or laboratory instructions. It is an educating process based on individuality. You determine what you want to learn, how you want to learn it and at what time to learn it. What I am saying is that you have an enormous responsibility on your shoulders to determine the outcome of your University learning experience. The onus is on you to score very highly, to access the vast body of knowledge and information available on campus, in the University Library, Faculty and Department Library and the internet. It is up to you as individuals to follow all instruction and ensure successful outcome of your University stay. It is up to you to ensure that you have an impeccable record of good character, gentlemanly behavior and being at home and at ease and friendly with your fellow students, while remaining respectful to the teaching and non-non teaching staff of the University.



The learning facilities required are available and open to you, in particular the e-library and the vast collection of books and journals in the library. You must ensure that you utilize these to enrich your learning experience.

The University rules and regulations were put in place to ensure that no one individual infringe on the rights of others and that everyone had equal access to all learning and social resources. Follow the rules. Finally, ensure that you have a personal goal written in your own handwriting on why you are in this University and what you wish to achieve at the end of each academic session, and to your graduation. Review these goals from time to time and see if you are measuring up. If not, take time to audit your activities and make amendments.



WELCOME TO UMYU


Our Vision
Umaru Musa Yar’adua University aspires to be one of the best universities in Nigeria with an established reputation for high quality teaching and research and innovative learning delivery techniques and to be in full harmony with its host community as the formulator of its hopes and aspirations and the promoter of its core cultural and spiritual values.

Our Mission

The mission of the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University is to produce well-grounded, sound, God-fearing and entrepreneurially-minded graduates, equipped with problem-solving and other skills attuned to the demands of the 21st century environment, who can be self-employed, and whose skills and knowledge would accelerate community development in particular and nation building in general through the regular and distance education modes using information and communication technology as a tool, thereby widening access to higher education significantly.



Students Affair

ABOUT STUDENT AFFAIRS
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Dr Sunusi Mamman

Dean Student Affairs

Student Affairs is dedicated to the support and enhancement of the academic mission of the University. The division provides programmes and services to both current and prospective students. The Programme is structured to compliment students’ academic experience, celebrate the rich diversity of the campus, provide opportunities to develop leadership skills, participate in community services, and offer an entertaining and safe social atmosphere. Services are offered to ensure the physical, emotional, and mental health of all students and provide guidance towards a career of excellence.



Students at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina enjoy countless opportunities for academic growth, both in and out of the lecture hall. At UMYU we organise educational activities for academic challenges and a base of support for scholastic success, and extends to the building of leadership skills and a sense of commitment to the community within the larger society.

The division comprises of the following Units

Students Sporting And Recreational Activities
Students’ Welfare Unit
Students’ Union leadership Unit
Male students’ accommodation Unit
Female Students’ Accommodation Unit
I.D. Card distribution Unit
NYSC liaison Office
Guidance and Counselling Unit
Career Unit (Scholarship awards)
Students’ Transportation facility
Clubs and Societies Unit

PUBLICATIONS

200 LEVEL GSP Moral Philosophy NOTES
2013 STUDENT UNION ELECTION TIME TABLE
ABOUT NYSC MOBILISATION
Activity based instructional strategy.
BEING A PAPER DELIVERED AT THE LAUNCHING OF A BOOK
Duties of Departmental Heads
Examination Regulations in UMYU
Inaugural Speech by Dr Sunusi
katsina computer presentation
LEVEL COORDINATORS
PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP
Physical exercise and Cardio
RESEARCH METHODS
Semester System
Teaching small and large groups
University teaching in an information age
VC'S PRESENTATION
vice chancellor

Student Affairs Mission

To create a selfless and collaborative environment that inspires students to functionally face academic challenges thereby encouraging their personal growth and support community engagement that promotes global citizenship in an information epoch.

CORE VALUES OF UMYU STUDENT AFFAIRS



THIS DIVISION VALUES STUDENTS AS UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. Our students are unique,are all valued equally and appreciated in their own right. Opinions of all are considered as we seek to foster open communication.



IT IS OUR CONVICTION THAT NEW STUDENTS NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING of their environment so that they can adjust to face new challenges. We provide decent and comfortable accommodation for as many students as applicable on first come first served basis.



WE VALUE STUDENTS’ PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: Students are encouraged, challenged, and expected to grow as human beings by engaging in purposeful programmes.



THE DIVISION PROVIDES students support service that supports the university community in its quest to promote an environment that will enhance students’ success.



WE VALUE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN STUDENTS: Students with leadership qualities and traits are encouraged to pursue their aspiration without undue interference.



We aspire to recruit students to reflect the rich diversity of Katsina State and to provide to students, once enrolled, with co-curricular programmes, activities and services that:

Strengthen the educational environment for learning.
Facilitate full development of student talents and abilities.
Inspires leadership skills in students,
Support and encourage students in the achievement of their educational and career aspirations.
Enhance the sense of community and the overall quality of campus life.
Assist students in making the transition from academic life to the world of work



The Student Affairs Division recognizes the increasingly diverse nature of the student population. With that in mind, many programmes, activities and services are designed to meet the needs of all students including persons with disabilities, special target and other distinct groups.


STUDENTS’ WELFARE

The Student Welfare office is dedicated to the development of programmes and services designed to help a diverse student body achieve their educational goals, objectives and to enhance the overall quality of campus life. Developing leaders is a major focus of Student Life.



The University Senate has approved a dress code which must be respected by all students to ensure that issues of sexual harassment and sorting are discouraged in the campus.
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING SERVICES

Counseling Services offers a variety of services to help students grow personally, understand themselves, and develop mutually satisfying relationships with friends and family. In addition to short-term counselling service, the professional staff offers assistance in exploring and assessing aptitudes, interests and abilities that are important to career planning.



STUDENTS’ ACCOMMODATION

Hostel accommodation provides inviting, high-quality, and cost-effective housing for many students. There are also catering services within the campus that enhance the educational experience of our students and meet the needs of the entire University community. The division provides decent hostel accommodation for all female students on request. There are two hostels Block A and B with the capacity of accommodating 576 female students.



The Student Affairs provide private hostel accommodation for 200 male students on first come first served. The building popularly known as the WHITE HOUSE is provided with water supply.

Student Affairs Mission

To create a selfless and collaborative environment that inspires students to functionally face academic challenges thereby encouraging their personal growth and support community engagement that promotes global citizenship in an information epoch.

CORE VALUES OF UMYU STUDENT AFFAIRS



THIS DIVISION VALUES STUDENTS AS UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. Our students are unique,are all valued equally and appreciated in their own right. Opinions of all are considered as we seek to foster open communication.



IT IS OUR CONVICTION THAT NEW STUDENTS NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING of their environment so that they can adjust to face new challenges. We provide decent and comfortable accommodation for as many students as applicable on first come first served basis.



WE VALUE STUDENTS’ PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: Students are encouraged, challenged, and expected to grow as human beings by engaging in purposeful programmes.



THE DIVISION PROVIDES students support service that supports the university community in its quest to promote an environment that will enhance students’ success.



WE VALUE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN STUDENTS: Students with leadership qualities and traits are encouraged to pursue their aspiration without undue interference.







ABOUT STUDENT AFFAIRS

Student Affairs is dedicated to the support and enhancement of the academic mission of the university. The division provides programming and services to both current and prospective students. Programming is structured to compliment the students’ academic experience, celebrate the rich diversity of the campus, provide opportunities to develop leadership skills, participate in community service, and offer an entertaining and safe social atmosphere. Services are offered to ensure the physical, emotional, and mental health of all students and provide guidance toward a career of excellence. The Division of Student Affairs is made up of employees distributed into many offices and Units.



Students at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina enjoy countless opportunities for academic growth, both in and out of the lecture hall. At UMYU we organise educational activities for academic challenges and a base of support for scholastic success, and extends to the building of leadership skills and a sense of commitment to the community within the larger society.

The division comprises of the following Units

y Students Sporting And Recreational Activities

y Students’ Welfare Unit

y Students’ Union leadership Unit

y Male students’ accommodation Unit

y Female Students’ Accommodation Unit

y I.D. Card distribution Unit

y NYSC liaison Office

y Guidance and Counselling Unit

y Career Unit (Scholarship awards)

y Students’ Transportation facility

y Clubs and Societies Unit









OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS’

B 16, Senate Building, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.

The mission of Students Affairs is to recruit students reflecting the rich diversity of Katsina State and global population and to provide those students, once enrolled, with co-curricular programmes, activities and services that:



y Strengthen the educational environment for learning.

y Facilitate full development of student talents and abilities.

y Inspires leadership skills in students,

y Support and encourage students in the achievement of their educational and career aspirations.

y Enhance the sense of community and the overall quality of campus life.

y Assist students in making the transition from academic life to the world of work



The Student Affairs Division recognizes the increasingly diverse nature of the student population. With that in mind, many programmes, activities and services are designed to meet the needs of all students including persons with disabilities, special target and other distinct groups.


STUDENTS’ WELFARE

The Student Welfare office is dedicated to the development of programmes and services designed to help a diverse student body achieve their educational goals, objectives and to enhance the overall quality of campus life. Developing leaders is a major focus of Student Life.



The University Senate has approved a dress code which must be respected by all students to ensure that issues of sexual harassment and sorting are discouraged in the campus.

GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING SERVICES

Counseling Services offers a variety of services to help students grow personally, understand themselves, and develop mutually satisfying relationships with friends and family. In addition to short-term counselling service, the professional staff offers assistance in exploring and assessing aptitudes, interests and abilities that are important to career planning.



STUDENTS’ ACCOMMODATION

Hostel accommodation provides inviting, high-quality, and cost-effective housing for many students. There are also catering services within the campus that enhance the educational experience of our students and meet the needs of the entire University community. The division provides decent hostel accommodation for all female students on request. There are two hostels Block A and B with the capacity of accommodating 576 female students.



The Student Affairs provide private hostel accommodation for 200 male students on first come first served. The building popularly known as the WHITE HOUSE is provided with water supply.




Faculty of Education PDF Print E-mail
Undergraduate Programmes
-> B.A. Ed. Arabic
-> B.A. Ed. Islamic Studies
-> B.A. Ed. History
-> B.A. Ed. English
-> B.A. Ed. Hausa
-> B. Sc. Ed. Biology
-> B. Sc. Ed. Geography
-> B. Sc. Ed. Chemistry
-> B. Sc. Ed. Physics
-> B. Sc. Ed. Mathematics
-> BLIS
Postgraduate Programmes
-> Postgraduate Diploma in Education
-> M.Ed. Curriculum and Instructions
-> M.Ed. Educational Psychology


Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Programmes
-> B.A. Arabic
-> B.A. English
-> B.A. French
-> B.A. Hausa
-> B.A. History
-> B.A. Islamic Studies
Postgradute Programmes
-> M.A. Arabic
-> M.A. Islamic Studies
-> Ph.D Arabic
-> Ph.D Islamic Studies




Faculty of Law
Undergraduate Programme
-> LLB Law



Faculty of Natural & Applied Sciences
Undergraduate Programmes
-> B.Sc. Biology
-> B.Sc. Biochemistry
-> B.Sc. Chemistry
-> B.Sc. Computer Science
-> B.Sc. Geography
-> B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry
-> B.Sc. Microbiology
-> B.Sc. Mathematics
-> B.Sc. Physics
Postgraduate Programmes
-> M.Sc. Chemistry
-> M.Sc. Geography
-> Masters in Resource Development (MRD)
-> M.Sc. Computer Science
-> M.Sc. Mathematics
-> Ph.D. Chemistry
-> Ph.D Geography (Internal Candidates only)
-> Postgraduate Diploma in Resource Development (PGDR


Faculty of Social & Management Science
Undergraduate Programmes
-> B.Sc. Accounting
-> B.Sc. Business Administration
-> B.Sc. Economics
-> B.Sc. Political Science
-> B.Sc. Sociology

what about post graduate studies on foculty of social science