Title Caption - Adamawa State University (ADSU): Towards ensuring rapid development and
transformation of the State.
Background - Adamawa State with a population of about 2.5 million,
has a land area of 42,159 sq. km located within the Savannah belt of Northern
Nigeria. The State has enormous agricultural potentials including livestock
and fisheries.
Location of
University - Adamawa State University is located in Mubi, the headquaters
of the North Senetorial District of the State, which was once a constituent
of the German Territory of Northern Cameroun. Mubi town was the provincial
capital of the erstwhile sardauna province. The town is situated at the foot
of the Mansara Mountains separating Nigeria from the Republic of Cameroun.
The town has a pleasant weather and scenic horizons. There is a rich traditional
culture of the local peoples, with a paramount first class traditional ruler,
the Emir of Mubi.
Why Adamawa
State University?
The State has continued to make steady progress in the area of enrollment
of pupils in primary and secondary schools. The University is intended to
provide additional places for the increasing number of students seeking admission,
which currently is not being adequately met by Federal Universities located
in the country's North Eastern geopolitical zone. However, the state is endowed
with abundant natural and mineral resources. Financial capital and suitably
trained manpower are key requirements for harnessing the enormous resource
potentials of the State. ADSU shall not only produce the desired manpower
possessing requisite skills and orientation, but shall itself be fully engaged
in extension delivery and service to the community. The University shall promote
true liberal scholarship and pursue national and international collaboration
and linkages with other institutions for all its programmes. The assistance
of philanthropists, non-governmental agencies, National, International, and
multi-lateral organizations etc. shall be courted and jealously guarded.
Mission, Vision
and Objectives of the University.
The Mission of the University is the production of graduates of the highest
standards in all fields of study. The graduates shall be trained and oriented
to utilize modern technological and management tools for societal development.
The overall goal is towards industrial production, thereby creating employment
opportunities in a technology driven sector for alleviation of poverty.
The objectives of establishing the University has been articulated, and center
in the main, on qualitative and functional education within the context of
building a harmonious and prosperous State.
The overall Vision of the University is to bring together diverse minds and
nurture potential talents for the exploitation of the bountiful resources
of Adamawa State.
In conclusion, we intend to harness all available resources in order to develop a University
of the highest standards, conscious of the need to nurture linkages and collaborations.
Partnership with agencies and bodies within and outside the country is identified
as a key ingredient of this pursuit.
Programmes of the University.
At full development, which is envisaged within the next decade, the University
shall have nine (9) No. Faculties, a college of Medicine, and a School of
Foundation and Remedial Studies and Three Research Centres. Although ADSU
was conceived as a conventional University, emphasis shall be on applied sciences
and professional courses.
In order
to address some of the needs and harness the resources of the State, the Centres
for Solar Energy Research and Development, Livestock and Dairy Products Research,
and Agriculture Research and Development shall be established. The post graduate
school is expected to come on-stream by the 2006/2007 academic session, to
coincide with the graduation of the first set of matriculating students.
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