UMYU Part-time Degree Programmes Admissions 2025/2026

If you have been thinking of getting that degree but life has been serving you a plate too full, here’s something worth your attention. Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, has thrown open its doors for the 2025/2026 part-time degree programmes. This is through the School of Continuing Education, which is really just a way of saying you can work, handle your life, and still get your studies done.

Courses on Offer

They are not playing small here. The list is long, and there’s something for almost every mind.

Department of Education

• B.Sc. Ed. Biology
• B.Sc. Ed. Chemistry
• B.Sc. Ed. Economics
• B.Sc. Ed. Geography
• B.Sc. Ed. Mathematics
• B.Sc. Ed. Physics
• B.A. Ed. Arabic
• B.A. Ed. English
• B.A. Ed. French
• B.A. Ed. Hausa
• B.A. Ed. History
• B.A. Ed. Islamic Studies

Department of Humanities

• B.A. Arabic
• B.A. English
• B.A. French
• B.A. Hausa
• B.A. Islamic Studies
• B.A. History

Department of Social and Management Sciences

• B.Sc. Accounting
• B.Sc. Economics
• B.Sc. Business Administration
• BLIS. Library & Information Science
• B.Sc. Sociology
• B.Sc. Political Science
• B.Sc. Public Administration

How Long It Will Take

You have two main paths, depending on your entry:

• UTME entry: 12 to 18 contacts, which is about 5 years.
• Direct Entry: 9 to 15 contacts, which is about 4 years.

Each contact runs roughly 15 weeks of lectures, 3 weeks of exams, and 2 weeks break. Sounds steady enough if you plan it well.

How to Apply

If you want in, here is your move:

• Visit the UMYU part-time application portal
• Buy the form for ₦4,000
• Fill it online, upload your papers neatly, then send hard copies to the School Secretary.

Don’t just leave it in your head. If you have been waiting to start, or to finish what you started, maybe this is the nudge. You know as e be, time no dey wait for anybody.

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