Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a federal government research university located in Zaria, Kaduna State. ABU was founded on October 4, 1962, as the University of Northern Nigeria.

The university is named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, the first premier of Northern Nigeria.

It is the largest university in sub-Saharan Africa and the second largest on the African continent after the University of Cairo in Egypt.

The university operates three main campuses: Samaru and Kongo in Zaria, and School of Basic Studies in Funtua. The Samaru campus houses administrative offices, sciences, social sciences,d languages, education, environmental design interior, engineering, medical sciences agricultural sciences, and, research facilities.

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The Kongo campus hosts the Faculties of Law and Administration. The Faculty of Administration consists of Accounting, Business Administration, Local Government and Development Studies, and, Public Administration Departments. Additionally, the university is responsible for a variety of other institutions and programs at other locations.

The university runs a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate programs (and offers associate degrees and vocational and remedial programs). The university has a large medical program with its own A.B.U. Teaching Hospital, one is of the largest teaching hospitals in Nigeria and Africa.