BUK Releases Postgraduate Application Forms 2023/2024

This is to inform the general public that online sale of the Bayero University, Kano, Postgraduate Application Forms for the 2023/2024 Academic Session is to commence on Wednesday 13th December 2023.

All interested Applicants should visit the Bayero University website: www.buk.edu.ng for details about available programmes and the procedure of applying online.

Please note the following information:

1. The cost of each application form is Twelve Thousand Naira (N12,000) only, including administrative charges.

2. The duration of the sale and submission of Application Forms is from Wednesday 13 December,2023 to Monday, 4th March 2024.

3. An Applicant should ensure that he/she has the entry requirements for the programme applied for, plus five ‘0’ Level Credits including English Language and Mathematics as appropriate.

4. Applicants for Ph.D/M.Phil and Academic Masters’ programmes should ensure that transcripts of their academic records are sent to the Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Bayero University, Kano.

Note That Applicants for Ph.D programmes are to provide a short research proposal of not more than 350 words in the space provided on the online application form.

The proposal should include title, statement of the problem and objectives.

The Application Procedure

STEP 1. Visit www.buk.edu.ng and under the PROSPECTIVE STUDENT TAB click Applications at the homepage. Login using FULL NAME OF THE APPLICANT and select “Applying for a Postgraduate Programme”. A usemame and password will be generated for you.

Please take careful note of them, as you need them for subsequent steps of the application process.

STEP 2. Login to your account and generate/print your BUK Personalised Payment Form (BUKPPF). Anon-
refundable applieation fee of NI2,000 (Twelve Thousand Naira Only) is retlected on applicant’s BUKPPF, to be paid using Remita e-Payments and e-Collection platform (www.remita.net).

Applicants must make sure that they entered ALL the information of the
BUKPPF EXACTLY.

Applicants must also ensure that all of the following are captured exactly as they are written on the BUKPPF:

Name of MDA
Name of Service/Purpose
Description
Amount to Pay (N)
Application No.
BUKPPF ID
Payer’s Full Name
Payer’s Email
Payer’s Phone

Note that Payer (Payer’s Full Name, Payer’s Email, Payer’s Phone) means the applicant, so even if the applicant is not the one making the payment (payment by proxy) make sure to use the applicant information and his/her name in all relevant places.

STEP 3. Retum to www.buk.edu.ng and login with your username and password to fill in the Application Forms:

STEP 4. Transcript Request Form shall also be filled by candidates for Ph.D, M.Phil and Academic Masters’
Programmes in addition to the forms listed in Step 3 above. The upplicant prints and processes this at the relevant institution.