1. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi, north eastern part of Nigeria.
2. The university is named after Nigeria’s first and only prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.
3. The motto of the university is “Doctrina Mater Artium”, which means “Education is the mother of the practical arts”.
4. It was established in 198 0as the Federal University of Technology, Bauchi.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The university offers degrees through seven schools: the School of Engineering, Science, Environmental Technology, Agriculture, Management Technology, the School of Technology Education and College of Medical Sciences.
9. Oba Rufus Adeyemi Adejugbe Aladesanmi, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti is the registrar of the institution .
10. The university has two campuses. One is The Yelwa campus and the other is the Gubi campus.
