ATBU Admission List (UTME/DE) 2015/2016 Released

This is to inform 2015/2016 aspirants of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University that the list of admitted candidates into the institution has been released. To check for your name, visit http://atbu.edu.ng/#/ug/checkadmissionlist

1.Wait a few minutes for the page to display the list of admitted students.

2.If your name is not on the first page, use the “View Page” option to navigate to the next page. 

Note: You can use other options like “Filter by Course”, “Filter By Entry Mode”, “Filter By Institution” to streamline your search. 

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi, northern Nigeria. The university is named after the first Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. The motto of the university is Doctrina Mater Artium, which means “Education is the mother of the practical arts”.

The university was established in 1980 as the Federal University of Technology, Bauchi. The institution’s first students were admitted in October 1981 for pre-degree and remedial programmes while the degree courses of the School of Science and Science Education began in October 1982. On 1 October 1984, the university was merged with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria with a change of name to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College, Ahmadu Bello University, Bauchi campus. The university regained its autonomous status in 1988 following a general demerger of such institutions. This was followed by a change of name to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

The academic pattern of the university was formulated in 1980 after consultation with subject experts from Nigeria, United Kingdomand the United States of America. The curriculum adopted was applied in nature, as suited a technologically based institution, and it is this theme that is being maintained in all the units of the university.