Danfodiyo Versity Splits faculties, Upgrade Unit to departments

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Ibrahim Yasir, Sokoto

The management of usmanu danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has approved the splitting of some faculties in the institution and as well upgraded academic units to the status of departments, at its 159th sitting held on Thursday 12th, March 2020 at the Senate building.

According to the memorandum released by the management dated Friday 13th, March 2020, contained the affected faculties and departments.

Department of pure and applied chemistry in the faculty of science has now converted to energy and chemistry studies, and industrial chemistry respectively in the new faculty of chemical and life science.

The nomenclature of the New Faculties (From the Splitting) and their Departmental Composition are as Follows:

Pure Chemistry is now Energy & Chemistry Studies in the New Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences.

Applied Chemistry is now Industrial Chemistry in the New Faculty of Chemical and life Sciences.

Plant Science and Zoology as a Unit of Biology has now been Upgraded to a Status of Departments in the New Faculty of Chemical and life Sciences.

Biochemistry, Biology and Micro Biology are now in the New Faculty of Chemical and life Sciences.

Computer science, Geology, Mathematics, Statistics and Physics are now in the New Faculty of Physical and Computing Sciences.

History and International Studies, Mass Communication and Nigerian Languages are now in the Faculty of Art.

English and Literary Studies, Linguistic and French as a Unit of History are now Upgraded to a Status of Departments in the Faculty of Arts.

Arabic Studies, Arabic Literary Studies, Islamic Studies and Qur’an and Hadith Studies are now in the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies.

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