Bayero University Kano (BUK) offers undergraduate programmes across agriculture, engineering, medicine, law, education, and the humanities, each requiring candidates to meet BUK’s general UTME or Direct Entry requirements below before applying for a specific course.
BUK Admission Requirements
The general entry requirements for both UTME and Direct Entry candidates to first-degree programs are as follows.
- Candidates who chose Bayero University, Kano, as their choice of institution during the UTME/Direct Entry Registration
- UTME Candidates Candidate must have a minimum of 180 in the JAMB Examination
- Candidates for the UTME must have earned at least five O’ level credits in relevant disciplines, including English and mathematics, at the GCE O’Level, WASCE, SSCE, NECO, or recognized equivalents in no more than two sittings.
- The Direct Entry Candidate needs to have At least five (5) subjects must have been passed in no more than two sittings, with at least two of those subjects having to be at the principal/advanced level of the G.C.E. and the remaining three having to be at the credit level of the SSC/GCE O/Level; no subject may be counted at both the Ordinary and Advanced Levels.
- Both UTME and Direct Entry candidates should note that Credit in Mathematics is for all Science Based Courses.
- Candidate must be at least 16 years of age.
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List Of Available Courses Offered by BUK
Bayero University, Kano (BUK) invites applications from suitably qualified UTME and Direct Entry candidates for consideration for admission into the listed Undergraduate first degree courses.
- ACCOUNTING
- ADULT EDUCATION
- AGRIC-ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION
- AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
- AGRICULTURE
- ANATOMY
- APPLIED BIOLOGY
- ARABIC STUDIES
- ARCHITECTURE
- AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
- BANKING AND FINANCE
- BIOCHEMISTRY
- BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE(S)
- BIOLOGY
- BOTANY
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- CHEMISTRY
- CIVIL ENGINEERING
- COMMON AND ISLAMIC LAW
- COMPUTER ENGINEERING
- COMPUTER SCIENCE
- CRIMINOLOGY
- CYBER SECURITY
- DENTISTRY AND DENTAL SURGERY
- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND ARABIC
- EDUCATION AND BIOLOGY
- EDUCATION AND CHEMISTRY
- EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- EDUCATION AND FRENCH
- EDUCATION AND GEOGRAPHY
- EDUCATION AND HAUSA
- EDUCATION AND HISTORY
- EDUCATION AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
- EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS
- EDUCATION AND PHYSICS
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
- ELECTRONICS
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE
- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- ESTATE MANAGEMENT
- FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
- FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- FORENSIC SCIENCE:
- FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
- FRENCH
- GEOGRAPHY
- GEOGRAPHY
- GEOLOGY
- HAUSA
- HEALTH EDUCATION
- HISTORY
- INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
- INFORMATION SCIENCE AND MEDIA STUDIES
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- ISLAMIC STUDIES
- LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
- LINGUISTICS
- MASS COMMUNICATION
- MATHEMATICS
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
- MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
- MEDICINE AND SURGERY
- METEOROLOGY
- MICROBIOLOGY
- NURSING/NURSING SCIENCE
- NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
- OPTOMETRY
- PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
- PHARMACY
- PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
- PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- PHYSICS
- PHYSIOLOGY
- PHYSIOTHERAPY
- PLANT BIOLOGY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDIES
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- QUANTITY SURVEYING
- RADIOGRAPHY
- SOCIOLOGY
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- STATISTICS
- TAXATION
- TEACHER EDUCATION SCIENCE
- TECHNICAL EDUCATION
- TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
- THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS
- URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
- VETERINARY MEDICINE
- ZOOLOGY
Matching Your JAMB Choice to a BUK Course
Match your chosen course against the list above and the credit-in-Mathematics rule for science-based courses before relying on the general 180 cut-off alone.
This list reflects BUK’s current undergraduate offerings and may be updated as new programmes are approved, so check back if your course is missing.