Bayero University Kano Releases 2025/2026 Undergraduate School Fees Schedule; Bayero University Kano has released the approved undergraduate school fees schedule for the 2025/2026 academic session.
The fee structure applies to both new and returning students and covers acceptance fees, tuition, general registration charges, faculty-based payments, departmental levies and hostel accommodation fees.
BUK Acceptance Fee
All newly admitted students are required to pay an acceptance fee before screening.
- Acceptance fee: ₦10,000
The university also stated that registration fees are non-refundable once payment is made.
BUK Tuition Fees
Nigerian students are not required to pay tuition fees.
However, non-Nigerian students are required to pay tuition depending on their faculty or programme of study.
Tuition Fees for Non-Nigerian Students
- Arts and Islamic Studies: ₦200,000
- Social Sciences: ₦200,000
- Economics and Management Sciences: ₦200,000
- Education: ₦300,000
- Law: ₦300,000
- Agriculture: ₦400,000
- Communication: ₦400,000
- Computing: ₦400,000
- Engineering: ₦400,000
- Earth and Environmental Sciences: ₦400,000
- Life Sciences: ₦400,000
- Physical Sciences: ₦400,000
- School of Continuing Education: ₦400,000
- College of Health Sciences (including Pharmaceutical Sciences): ₦600,000
BUK General Registration Charges
General registration charges apply to all students, and the amount varies by faculty or academic group.
Arts, Law, Social Sciences and Economics Groups
This category includes:
- Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies (except History)
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Economics and Management Sciences (except Accounting, Business Administration and Finance)
Fees:
- Returning students: ₦96,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦106,800
Accounting and Finance
- Returning students: ₦98,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦108,800
Computing, Communication, Education and Business Administration Groups
This includes:
- Faculty of Computing
- Faculty of Communication (except Theatre and Performing Arts)
- Earth and Environmental Sciences (except Architecture, Geology, Quantity Surveying and URP)
- Faculty of Education
- Business Administration
Fees:
- Returning students: ₦101,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦111,800
Architecture, Geology and Urban and Regional Planning
- Returning students: ₦106,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦116,800
Allied Health Sciences
- Returning students: ₦141,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦151,800
Clinical Sciences and Dentistry
- Returning students: ₦161,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦171,800
Veterinary Medicine
- Returning students: ₦111,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦121,800
Basic Medical Sciences, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
- Returning students: ₦103,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦113,800
Agriculture, History and Quantity Surveying
This category includes:
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Department of History
- Department of Quantity Surveying
Fees:
- Returning students: ₦102,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦112,800
Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Returning students: ₦104,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦114,800
Engineering
- Returning students: ₦108,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦118,800
Theatre and Performing Arts
- Returning students: ₦131,000
- Fresh students (L100 and L200): ₦141,800
Extra Faculty and Departmental Charges
Some faculties and departments require additional payments for specific academic or professional needs. These include:
- Architecture students: ₦5,000 (ARCON fee)
- Geology students: ₦50,000 (field trips and practicals)
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: ₦10,000 (induction and lab materials)
- Chemistry/Industrial Chemistry: ₦1,500 (lab manuals)
- Life Sciences (L100): ₦3,000 (lab manuals)
- Microbiology (L200): ₦1,500 (lab manuals)
- Medical graduates (ECFMG processing): ₦60,000 service charge
- Adult Education: ₦1,000 (vocational training fee)
- Geography Education (L300): ₦2,000 (field trip)
- Clinical Sciences & Dentistry: ₦40,000 (faculty) + ₦20,000 (college)
- Allied Health Sciences: ₦25,000 (faculty) + ₦15,000 (college)
- Agriculture: ₦2,000 (agric inputs)
- Veterinary Medicine: ₦10,000 (practicals) + ₦20,000 (field trip/excursion)
- Law: ₦2,000 (Law Clinic/Moot Court)
- Biochemistry/Nutrition & Dietetics: ₦5,000 (peculiar charges)
- Anatomy/Human Physiology: ₦10,000 (peculiar charges)
- Computing: ₦2,500 (lab manual) + ₦1,700 (log books)
- SIWES students: ₦500 (logbook fee)
BUK Hostel and Hostel Maintenance Charges
Hostel accommodation fees apply only to students allocated beds in university hostels.
The charges include:
- ₦37,590
- ₦80,090
- ₦150,090 (M Block, depending on allocation)
