The Federal University of Kashere, also known as FUKashere, is a public conventional university situated in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.[1] The recently established university is situated in the small city of Kashere, an administrative territory of Pindiga, Akko local government in Gombe State, Nigeria. It was established in 2010 by the Goodluck Jonathan administration as one of the nine new federal universities created in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. The university was established in a bid to increase access to education and also to ensure equity among all the States in Nigeria.
Faculties/schools
The university is recently running 6 faculties and 2 schools which are listed below
The current vice-chancellor is Prof. Umaru A. Pate.[3] He succeeded Prof. Alhassan Muhammed Gani, whose single term tenure of five years expired on February 10, 2021[4]
Professor Umaru A. Pate, 2021 - date
Professor Muhammad Alhassan Gani, 2016 - 2020
Professor Mohammed Kabiru Faruk, 2011 - 2015
Registrar
The former registrar of the school Alhaji Kabiru Garba Aminu handed over to the new Acting Registrar Mallam Umar Faruq Bayu which is appointed in August 2022.[5]
Library
The Federal University Kashere Library is a two–storey building, located at a central position making it accessible to the entire university. The library fully started operation in 2012. [6] It has five divisions: Technical Service Division, Reader Service Division, System and Multimedia Division, Reference and Information Services Division, and Serials Management.[7]
Ranking
According to webometrics, the Federal University of Kashere Ranking is analysed below;[8]