The Muhammadu Buhari University formerly The University of Maiduguri, is a federal-government-owned higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in Northeast Nigeria.
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History
The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, with the intention of its becoming one of the country's principal higher-education institutions. It enrolls about 25,000 students in its combined programs, which include a college of medicine and faculties of agriculture, arts, environmental science, Allied health science, Basic medical science, dentistry, education, engineering, law, management science, pharmacy, science, social science, and veterinary medicine. With the encouragement of the federal government, the university has recently been increasing its research efforts, particularly in the fields of agriculture, medicine and conflict resolution, and expanding the university press. The university is the major higher institution of learning in the north-eastern part of the country. Following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari on 13 July 2025, the Federal Executive Council under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved renaming the university to Muhammadu Buhari University of Maiduguri.
Faculties (colleges)
Muhammadu Buhari University of Maiduguri has 12 faculties.
Affiliate institutions
The approved affiliate institutions of Muhammadu Buhari University, approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) are as follows:
Umar Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi College of Education, Science and Technology, Bama
College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State
College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State
Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe
Annahda college of science and Islamic
Studies Diploma section
Federal College of Education Yola
Notable alumni
Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe Deputy Governor of Kaduna State
Abubakar Sani Bello Governor of Niger State
Umar Buba Bindir, Nigerian Agricultural engineer and incumbent Director-General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)
Imrana Alhaji Buba, Activist, Social entrepreneur, recipient of Queen's Young Leader Award
Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, Nigeria
Professor Mala Mohammed Daura - Former Vice Chancellor, University of Maiduguri and present Vice Chancellor Yobe State University, Damaturu.
Chelsea Eze, actress
Sen Lawal Yahaya Gumau, Nigerian Politician
Fatima Mohammed Habib, Social entrepreneur and founder of Advocacy for Human Value Foundation (AHVF)
Professor Andrew Haruna, Nigerian academic, and Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gashua
Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, former Inspector General of Police, Nigeria
Okezie Ikpeazu Former Governor of Abia State
Orji Uzor Kalu, Former Governor of Abia State
Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Sen Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Senate President of Nigeria
Terrorist attacks
In the early morning of January 16, 2017, there was a suicide bomb attack at a mosque at the university. The explosion killed four people, including Professor Aliyu Mani and one of the attackers, and injuring seventeen. The wounded were rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Another attacker, a girl of about 12 years of age, was reportedly shot by police as she approached the university, detonating her explosives and killing her. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. The number of attackers involved has varied between reports, but one of the bombers was believed to be a teenage girl.
Three suicide bombers attacked the University on June 25 and June 26, 2017, killing one security guard. The university has begun digging a 27 kilometer trench around the perimeter in order to prevent Boko Haram attacks.