Kashim Ibrahim University formerly Borno State University is Borno State government-owned university located in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria. It was established in 2016."NUC Approves Borno State University Take off" NTA, Maiduguri, 07 November, 2016 Retrieved 06 April, 2019"NUC Approves Borno State University" Daily Trust Maiduguri. Borno State It has five faculties with over 20 departments. The pioneer vice chancellor of the university is Prof. Umar Kyari Sandabe." Borno State University " Channels Television Borno State, Nigeria."NUC Approves Borno State University Takeoff " Channels Television. In June 2021, the university's senate building was inaugurated by Muhammadu Buhari, the president of Nigeria. In October 2024, Prof. Babagana Gutti was appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor.
In January 2025, Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno State approved the renaming of the institution to Kashim Ibrahim University, Maiduguri, to honour the first Northern Nigeria's first Governor, Sir Kashim Ibrahim.
Mission Mission of the Borno State University is to provide excellent, modem, free and dynamic environment and adequate facilities, conducive for training and research through its programs for students to acquire the right type of knowledge and skill of good quality that would enable them to be self- employable and that are relevant to the transformation and accelerated development of Borno State, Nigeria and the world in general.
Faculties
Faculty of Social and Management Sciences Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Sciences College of Medical and Health Sciences
Courses Courses offered in the University include the following:
Accounting
Agriculture
Animal and Environmental Biology
Biotechnology Business Administration Chemistry
Computer science Criminology and Security Studies
Economics
Education and Biology
Education and Chemistry
Education and Computer Science
Education and Economics
Education and English Language
Education and Islamic Studies
Education and Mathematics
Education and Physics
Educational Management
English Language
Geography
Guidance and Counselling
Islamic Studies
Literature in English
Mass Communication
Mathematics
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Physics
Plant Science and Biotechnology
Political Science
Public administration
Sociology
Statistics
Teacher Education Science
Radiography
Medical laboratory science
Physiotherapy
Medicine and surgery Nursing
Gallery
See also Academic libraries in Nigeria
References
External links Borno State University official website