Lists of The Courses, Programmes Offered in Taraba State University (TSU) and Their School Fees

The idea of establishing a State University for Taraba State was muted in 2004 when Rev. Jolly T. Nyame was State Governor, Feasibility studies were conducted but the proposal was never implemented. It was on 14th June 2007 when Pharm. Danbaba Danfillani Suntai, State Governor, set up a Technical Committee on the Establishment of Taraba State University.

The Taraba State University commenced academic activities in the 2008/2009 academic session with over 582 students registered at the school of General and Preliminary Studies. Full-time undergraduate programs commenced in the 2009/2010 academic session with over 40 academic staff and 476 students, registered in eighteen departments.

The University has witnessed significant growth since 2008. At the beginning of the 2011/2012 academic session, the academic staff strength was over 100 while undergraduate enrolment was about 2300.

The pioneer Vice-Chancellor was Dr. Ahmed Usman Jalingo who served from 2008 to 2010. Dr. Jalingo died in March 2011 and was replaced by Prof. Michael Noku who served as Acting Vice-Chancellor until January 2012, when Prof. Mohammed Sani Yahaya took over as the second substantive Vice-Chancellor. Dr Cathrine Musa Ashasim took over as Acting Vice-Chancellor in October 2016

to 28th February 2017. The current Vice-Chancellor is Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe and he took over on 1st March 2017.

Below are the lists of the courses offered in the Institution.

Faculty of Social Science 

• Department of Geography
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Political Science and International Relations
• Department of Economics
• Department of Peace and Conflict Management

Faculty of Social Science

• BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
• ZOOLOGY
• BOTANY
• CHEMISTRY
• PHYSICS
• MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
• COMPUTER SCIENCE
• GENERAL STUDIES
• MICROBIOLOGY
• ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
• BIOTECHNOLOGY
• Nursing 

Faculty of Agriculture 

• ANIMAL SCIENCES
• AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION
• AGRONOMY

Faculty of Education 

• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
• DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
• DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
• DEPARTMENT OF ARTS EDUCATION
• EDUCATION FACULTY BASED COURSES
• GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
• VOCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of Engineering 

• Agriculture & Bio-Resource Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

TSU SCHOOL FEES.

School Fees vary by faculty and departments. However, below are the school fees being paid by the varsity students. Please note that the school fees displayed below are Tuition Fees only which excludes other charges like acceptance fees, medical fees, SUG, faculty dues, department dues and other registration charges.

• 100 Level – #130,000

• 200 Level – #115,000

• 300 Level – #100,000

• 400 Level – #100,000

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