Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Architecture Programme of A.T.B.U. was one of the three programmes of the School of Environment Technology established in the 1991/92 academic session. It started modestly with five (5) number academic staff and a total of thirteen (13) students at the 100 and 200 Levels. It operated initially on a curriculum based on the National Universities Commission's Minimum Academic Standards (N.U.C's M.A.S.) document further developed by a committee of experts appointed for such in 1993. This curriculum provided for a six (6) year Bachelor of Architecture professional degree programme. The curriculum was however reviewed in 1998 to the more popular 2-tier degree structure of Bachelor of Technology in Architecture followed by a Master of Technology in Architecture.

The programme graduated her first set of graduate in the 1997/98 academic session (1 candidate) with

B. Arch degree. The first graduating set of the B. Tech programme completed their programme in the 1999/2000 session and those who qualified went onto the M. Tech degree programme completing it in the 2001/2002 session.

The programme has grown over the years with over four hundred and fifty (450) students in the B. Tech and the M. Tech degree programmes while the full academic staff strength has risen to fifteen (15).

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT

The Architecture programme of A.T.B.U. Bauchi is geared towards developing a high class faculty that would produce innovative and creative graduates who can respond effectively to the dynamics of modern environmental problems especially that of its immediate environ. This it will do, through developing and deploying both its human and material resources to relevant teaching and research and the needs of the community.

PHILOSOPHY

The Architecture Programme of A.T.B.U., Bauchi is established to produce a competent, skilled and versatile individual capable of facing a broad spectrum of challenges of the built environment for human and other activities,

The training is to inculcate in the students the ideas for exploiting the rich cultural and traditional resources of the country in general, and its immediate environment, Northern Nigeria in particular.

The programme shall in addition maintain a determination to be engaged in understanding the environmental problems of the community with a readiness to make efforts towards evolving solutions to these problems.

The graduate architect of the programme is therefore trained (technology based) in the art and science of planning, design, erection, commissioning, maintenance, management and co-ordination of allied professional inputs in the development of the environment.

Flexibility in the development of the courses is articulated to allow for the changing needs of architectural education arising from the responses of the dynamic environment to social, economic, psychological and technological issues.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES

The Architectural Education programme of the department is committed to achieve concisely the following:
(i) A high quality of professional education aimed at producing Architects capable of understanding and solving complex technical and environmental problems as well as applying the knowledge to tackle and co-ordinate other related professional inputs in the development of the environment;

(ii) The infusion, in the student, of an understanding of the context of the design and construction in physical, cultural, social, economic and technological terms;

(iii) An atmosphere in which the student is equipped with adequate knowledge, creativity, specialized skills and leadership capabilities that will enable the graduate to co-ordinate and control of the design and construction processes and inputs there to by allied professionals and executors:

(iv) A graduate architect of the Programme is therefore trained to be a consultant capable of performing the following functions in relation to the environment

•  Brief development and feasibility studies

•  Project initiation and development;

•  Site analysis and development planning;

•  Design;

•  Supervision

•  Contract administration;

•  Project management

•  Rehabilitation and refurbishing

•  Modification and material change in use;

•  Restoration and preservation

•  Maintenance.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission into the programme shall be considered as follows:

NORMAL ADMISSION

Candidate who have successfully completed his/her SSCE and or GCE 0 Level with passes, at credit level, in Mathematics, English Language, Physics and any two other subjects from the following list will be eligible for admission: Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Fine Art, Geography, Economics, Building Construction and Land Surveying. Normal admission should be through acceptable pass at the entrance examination conducted by JAMB. Candidate so admitted shall commence at the 100 level of the Programme. Remedial students who have remedied their 0 Levels deficiencies and with C- grades in their remedial examinations may be considered by the Programme.

DIRECT ENTRY ADMISSION

Candidate who fulfil ordinary level requirements and who have obtained GCE Advanced Level, HSC, IJMB, or equivalent with passes in Mathematics and Physics, or Mathematics or Physics and any other subject noted above may be admitted at the 200 level of the Programme. Taking appropriate courses shall rectify any deficiencies in their background.

SPECIAL ADMISSION

A candidate who fulfils ordinary level requirements and in addition, holds a HND certificate, or NCE Technical certificate in Architectural Technology at Credit level could be considered for special admission into 300 level, as the case may be. Taking appropriate courses shall rectify any deficiencies in their background.