Eight faculties were presented for the award of first degrees on Tuesday, 7th February, 2023 as Bayero University,  Kano commenced its staggered 36th and 37th   combined Convocation ceremonies.

Vice Chancellor, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas said a total of 5, 648 candidates for the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 sessions from Faculties of Agriculture , Computing, Engineering, Social Sciences, Communication, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Law and Management Sciences would be conferred with first degrees.

The Vice Chancellor, who presided over the convocation, said within the last two years the University was ranked the best university in Nigeria in terms of international outlook and 4th best University in Nigeria behind University of Ibadan, University of Lagos and Covenant University following the latest 2023 World University Assessment by the Times Higher Education of United Kingdom.

He said the ranking shows that BUK is the best University in the North-West, North-East, South-East and South-South.

The 2018/2019 session had 2,807 candidates, while for the 2019/2020 session, a total of 2, 841 candidates were conferred with the award of first degrees for the first day.