Federal University Gashua (FUGashua) is a university based in

Yobe State Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; and it's largest and most populated city is Potisku ...

, northeastern Nigeria. It is a learning and research institution that seeks to solve immediate needs of the society and give every person the opportunity to acquire knowledge. The university was established in 2013 by President

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. This was done to give every state of Nigeria (those without a federal university) access to higher education and to give all states equal access to education. Yobe State is listed as one of the educationally disadvantaged with low enrollment in schools and high rate of illiteracy. In its Education Sector reform and development, the Federal Government of Nigeria, in 2010, approved the establishment of twelve (12) universities in the six geopolitical zones of the country. This was to expand access to tertiary education for Nigerians. For effective take off of the universities, an Implementation Committee which includes

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(NUC), the

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(TETFUND) and other relevant stakeholders was constituted. The Committee held consultations with governors of the states for the new universities and inspected the proposed sites before submitting its report on 15 November 2010. The implementation of the committee's report was in phases. The implementation of the first phase started with the establishment of nine Universities, in February 2011. The implementation of the second phase involved the establishment of three Universities including the FUGashua in February 2013. On 18 February 2013, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahaman was appointed Vice-Chancellor, and Sulu Dauda, Registrar (pioneers). In June 2015, FUGashua matriculated its 240 pioneer students. Three years after the maiden matriculation, student population grew significantly, and in February 2018, 990 students were matriculated.

University Library

Its an academic library that was established in 2013 to support teaching, learning and research to meet the mission, objectives of the university. the library has information resources that support the courses offered which is headed by a University librarian. present university librarian is Dr. Adam Gambo Saleh.

Academic

FUGashua offers over 20 courses in five faculties.

Faculty of Agriculture

Agricultural Economics and Extension
Agronomy
Animal Science
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Forestry and Wildlife Management
Home Economics and Management/Economics

Faculty of Art and Humanities

English Language
History and International Studies
Islamic Studies

Faculty of Management Science

Accounting
Business Administration
Public Administration

Faculty of Sciences

Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Computer Science

Faculty of Social Science

Economics and Development Studies
Geography
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

References

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