The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (established in 2014) is one of the youngest Departments of Urban and Regional Planning in Africa South of the Sahara. We are situated at the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Bayero University Kano (BUK). The new Department developed out of the BUK’s Department of Geography (established in 1973). This Department has emerged with a mission and vision to respond to the emerging challenges and opportunities of the New Urban Age and the New Urban Agenda.
The Department is located in Kano, Northern Nigeria’s largest city and one of the oldest precolonial cities in Africa. BUK’s URP department embraces innovation in teaching and research and is open to bridging gaps between society, science, development and policy. We also open our hands to knowledge co-creation and co-production through multi-, inter, cross and trans-disciplinary approaches with all kinds of stakeholders.
